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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.
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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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