I disagree: I think the motion needs to be along the lines of: "The
Royal Charter is to be amended by changing the name of the Institute
to 'Information and Library Professionals UK'."
John Briggs
On 17/08/2013, CHARLES OPPENHEIM <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The motion has been published - see page 14 of the latest Update. It states:
>
> "The motion is to agree a change of name to the organisation".
>
> To my mind this is not a proper motion as it does not specify what the new
> name should be. if passed, CILIP's name could be changed to anything
> Council wanted. The motion should surely read along the lines of:
>
> "This Annual General Meeting instructs Council to change the name of the
> organisation to 'Information and Library Professionals UK'."
>
> I have copied Jill Colbert, Annie Mauger and John Dolan into this e mail so
> that any of them can respond to my comment that the motion as worded
> currently is not specific enough.
>
> Charles
>
> Professor Charles Oppenheim
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Regards,
John Briggs
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