What percentage of members actually voted? If I remember correctly (& I'm
sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) the number of members voting in
the balloton the amalgamation & name change was fairly small.
Malcolm Dobson
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> Subject: CILIP members vote overwhelmingly for flat rate subscription
> system
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> CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
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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.
>
> - Ends -
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