The Members’ Conference
Brian Clancy has written to the Institution expressing grave concern at the forced cancellation of ‘Memcon ’, due to have taken place in Birmingham on 15 July (see Structural news for 4 July). We remind members that the conference was to have taken the form of four discussion sessions, with a reception and buffet-style dinner on the Friday evening and overnight accommodation offered at halls of residence at the University of Birmingham. The programme, drawn up after full consultation with the Branches, represented a ‘new initiative arranged for the benefit of members, to give them an opportunity to hear and express views on a wide range of topics. ’ Panel style
discussions, with no formal speeches, were planned around topics included within the sessional themes of
- the developing Institution
- education & training
- professional affairs
- the future.
Brian Clancy writes as follows:
The Institution tries very hard to anticipate the wishes of the membership and to keep itself in the forefront of engineering development and practice. The recent decision to cancel the first ever Members’ Conference because of lack of support from the membership must therefore come as something of a surprise to those who thought it would be of interest to members. Clearly, Council did not anticipate the wishes of the members correctly.
Verulam