This is the message on the website (see below). I am not sure that this is the right message to give to members / prospective members, actually, in terms of the benefit or otherwise of membership. If this was for a limited period of time ‘cos of the financial situation OK, but this message does not suggest that. Also, what will happen to the training rooms that are now not being used?
Clive
Important Message to our Customers
From 1 July 2011 CILIP's Training & Development course programme is being suspended until further notice. CILIP's onsite training courses will still be delivered, as will specialist courses and networking events organised by CILIP's Special Interest Groups and regional Branches. CILIP's autumn programme of conferences, Executive Briefings and Suppliers Showcases will remain unaffected.
CILIP's CEO Annie Mauger says: "We have been undertaking an ongoing financial review of all CILIP's activities and have had to take some difficult decisions about the immediate future of our commercial training provision”.
"The decision to suspend Training & Development courses presented at CILIP's London offices is part of a series of major changes that the Institute is making to its focus of operations as part of a major restructure programme. It is seeking to align them with the outcomes of Defining our Professional Future, a major consultation exercise during which more than 3,500 members and non-members were asked about CILIP’s future and what they want from the Institute”.
Onsite training opportunities
CILIP will continue its successful onsite courses, and full details are available here.
Other CILIP events in 2011
CILIP will present two major conferences and five Executive Briefings in the second half of 2011. Full details are available here.
CILIP Special Interest Group training courses
A number of CILIP’s Special Interest Groups present training courses. Details are available on CILIP’s online Calendar.
Contacts
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Clive Lacey
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