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2020 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING Resolutions


T he following Resolutions were adopted at the 2020 Special General Meeting:


Resolution 1: To make such amendments to the By Laws as are necessary to clarify the relationship between the Board and the Council. Resolution 2: To make such changes to the By Laws as are necessary to replace all gender specific references with gender neutral references.


INSTITUTION NEWS


2020 Annual Dinner


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ue to the continuing uncertainty over restrictions on travel and permitted size of groups, the


decision has been taken to cancel the 2020 Annual Dinner, which had been tentatively postponed to October. The 2021 Annual Dinner will be held at its usual time of April.


Code of Professional Conduct


dignity and reputation of the Institution and shall observe the provisions of the Charter and these By-Laws.” Every member is further constrained to “order his conduct as to uphold the dignity and reputation of his profession and to safeguard the public interest in matters of safety and health and otherwise.” A member is required


T


he By Laws requires that “every member of the Institution shall so order his conduct as to uphold the


to “exercise his professional skill and judgement to the best of his ability and discharge his professional responsibilities with integrity.” The Council’s rules governing


professional conduct and disciplinary procedures are published in the Institution’s Code of Professional Conduct. Tis may be downloaded from the Members’ Only page of the RINA website at www.rina.org.uk/members.


USE OF THE RINA CREST


The Council has agreed that members may display the RINA crest on literature, website etc, under the following strict conditions:


• Members must request permission to use the crest, and state where it will be used. • Only the version of the RINA crest provided by the Institution may be used. No variation or addition may be made to the crest. • Members displaying the RINA crest are also required to display their membership of the Institution in text and by the use of the appropriate post-nominals.


• The RINA crest may only be displayed on a company website where the company is owned by the member or is a Corporate Partner member of the Institution.


• The RINA crest must not be used in a way as to state or imply the Institution’s endorsement of a product or service provided by the member.


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RINA Affairs May/June 2020


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