Stop Press: the vote on the proposed membership fees was 115 for, 66
against, with 3 abstentions. Nobody present spoke against the increase
(which one member pointed out was the equivalent of a couple of modest
bottles of supermarket wine per annum), but Norman Briggs pointed out the
need for a MASSIVE increase in new member recruitment.
Liz Maclachlan set the scene for a Big Conversation over the next few
months, engaging both members and interested non-members, about the future
role of a professional body for information workers. It would be interesting
to hear people's thoughts on this.
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Professor Bruce Royan, Trustee,
CILIP
(Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
41 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh, EH10 4BL, UK (44) 131 447 3151
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