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Subject: CILIP members vote overwhelmingly for flat rate subscription system
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:06:24 -0000
From: Tim Buckley Owen <[log in to unmask]>
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AE.
Tel: 020 7255 0500 Textphone: 020 7255 0505 Fax: 020 7255 0501
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News from CILIP
Thursday 18 November 2004
For immediate release (Please copy to online discussion lists)
CILIP members vote overwhelmingly for flat rate subscription system
Ballot represents "clear vote of confidence in direction Institute is
heading"
By a margin of more than three to one, members of CILIP: the Chartered
Institute of Library and Information Professionals have voted in favour
of comprehensive reform of CILIP's subscription system, which should see
the majority of personal members paying the same subscription rate by 2008.
The results of the ballot were as follows:
Total number of votes cast: 5022
Votes in favour of option 1 (flat rate with concessions by 2008): 3880
Votes in favour of option 2 (income-related system with inflation
increase): 1124
Spoiled papers: 18
Percentage voting in favour of subscription reforms: 77%
"This is excellent news for CILIP, and a real vote of confidence in the
direction the Institute is heading," said CILIP's Chief Executive Bob
McKee when the result was announced. "It means that we can really start
to go for membership growth."
The postal ballot was called for by members attending CILIP's Annual
General Meeting last month. At the meeting, CILIP's Honorary Treasurer
Andrew Wale presented details of the proposed subscription reforms and
explained why they were necessary to enable CILIP to expand its
membership. "This decisive vote now means that we should be able to
renew more and more memberships automatically in future years, and
devote ever greater efforts to recruiting new members, instead of having
to divert staff activity into retaining existing members," Mr Wale said.
Over the next three years, most CILIP personal members will see their
subscriptions move progressively towards a flat rate. However, lower
paid members' costs will also be safeguarded, because they will be able
to continue to pay at lower rates reflecting their incomes, as now. In
addition, the Prompt Payment discount will be extended immediately to
members who opt to pay in instalments by Direct Debit. Up to now, this
discount has only been available to members who are able to pay in full
within the first two months.
Contact: Tim Buckley Owen, Head of Membership, Marketing & Media.
Tel: 020 7255 0652. Email:
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Notes to Editors
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists
and knowledge managers, with around 23,000 members working in all
sectors, including business and industry, science and technology,
further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the
health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries.
For more information about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk or visit
us on stand 168 at Online Information 2004, Olympia, from Tuesday 30
November to Thursday 2 December.
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