A number of members have read this page and have quite a few questions to ask that are not included in the article/new.

For instance, they include

1. Who comprises this small group, who elects them?

2. What if this group do not like what they find?  Do they have the right to veto someone's nomination, or make disparaging remarks about them on behalf of the Board?

3.  At what stage do they do this vetting? As soon as a nomination is received, after nominations are closed, or when? 

4. Who do they report to?  Just the Board, or to the membership at large? In what way do they report back - verbally, in writing….?

5. When do they make their report? If they report back before nominations close, is it their job, or the Board's job to encourage others with the "right balance" to enter the race before it's too late?

6. prospective candidates will be informed of the skills and experience that the ‘membership’ are looking for I take it?

Is it the business of the  existing Boards  who stands for election? Surely as long as they fulfil the formal requirements of CILIP membership and proper nomination and seconding they should be included?  The membership decides, by means of its votes, who joins the Board and who does not.  If, in the Board's considered opinion, the right balance of skills and experience is lacking, it can later co-opt.

I trust the Board will abandon this vetting idea right away, and also that the Board have taken cognisance of the bad feelings created and felt by the membership at the last furore?

Frances Hendrix

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