The following e-mail went out to all CILIP members this afternoon:
Notice of General Meeting of CILIP
A General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals will be held in the Ewart Room at CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE on Friday 28 June at 1.00 pm to discuss the motion:
“This General Meeting believes the current rebranding exercise should be halted, believing it to be a distraction from the urgent tasks of advocacy for the profession, and a waste of scarce resources.”
This meeting has been called and the motion submitted under Bye-law 22 by a requisition of Individual Members of CILIP.
Amendments to motions
Any Member wishing to move an amendment to the motion must send it in writing to the Chief Executive at [email protected] by no later than 1.00 pm on Friday 21 June 2013.
Voting at the General Meeting
All Individual Members whose subscriptions are not in arrears are entitled to vote at the general meeting.
Under Bye-law 35, each Member entitled to vote may appoint a proxy to vote at the General Meeting on their behalf. You may elect the Chair of the meeting to act as proxy or any other Individual Member attending in person who is eligible to vote. The proxy voting form and more information about the business to be discussed will be emailed to you shortly. Proxy voting forms must be submitted no later than 1.00 pm on Wednesday 26 June 2013.
Notice of General Meeting of CILIP
A General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals will be held in the Ewart Room at CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE on Friday 28 June at 1.00 pm to discuss the motion:
“This General Meeting believes the current rebranding exercise should be halted, believing it to be a distraction from the urgent tasks of advocacy for the profession, and a waste of scarce resources.”
This meeting has been called and the motion submitted under Bye-law 22 by a requisition of Individual Members of CILIP.
Amendments to motions
Any Member wishing to move an amendment to the motion must send it in writing to the Chief Executive at [email protected] by no later than 1.00 pm on Friday 21 June 2013.
Voting at the General Meeting
All Individual Members whose subscriptions are not in arrears are entitled to vote at the general meeting.
Under Bye-law 35, each Member entitled to vote may appoint a proxy to vote at the General Meeting on their behalf. You may elect the Chair of the meeting to act as proxy or any other Individual Member attending in person who is eligible to vote. The proxy voting form and more information about the business to be discussed will be emailed to you shortly. Proxy voting forms must be submitted no later than 1.00 pm on Wednesday 26 June 2013.
I'm not sure a Friday lunchtime is the best time, and the Ewart Room doesn't hold a huge number of people, but we have the meeting. Some members have contacted me asking me to act as their proxy. I'm very happy to do so. E-mail me, if you would like me to act as yours.
Elsewhere, a new survey on the name has been launched, which allows members to make their own suggestions. Read John Kirriemuir's post, then do fill it in.
I'm very grateful to everyone who supported the call for the General Meeting. Thank you. Now the task is to maximise attendance, and make sure our chance to debate the issue democratically is not wasted.