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POLICE WORLD
Vol 59 No. 4, 2014
An Update from the NEC
Working on
your behalf
In this the last Edition of 2014 members
of the National Executive Committee
(NEC) outline the key area of business
they have been involved with on your
behalf over the last few months and
their plans for 2015.
Activity, Activity
and more
Activity
for 2015
Firstly, a thank you to you all for
your support on my election on
17 May 2014 and I very much
look forward to engaging and
working with you over the next
three years.
Communication is the key to
everything we strive to achieve and aim
to accomplish in the future. My monthly Presidential
blog which features on the website, I hope, will give
you a timely snapshot as to what work the NEC is
doing on your behalf.
The staff at IPA HQ - Section UK are integral to this
process and to ensure your needs as members
are met. For example, in May the Member
Journey document as it has become known, for
new members joining the association, has been
reviewed so that it reflects the image we wish to
portray. The revisions even saved on costs. This
work is continuing into how the branch/regions
engage with our new members to deliver
A VIBRANT IPA.
As well as striving to be ‘A VIBRANT IPA’ we
have a mission statement, updated NEC roles
and responsibilities, which can be viewed at:
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and_Responsibilities_NEC_0714.doc.docx
, new
VP liaison responsibilities and a renaming of BSAC
amongst other things.
It would be wrong not to mention recruitment and
retention (R&R) and the two landmark moments
achieved during June when we climbed over the
10,000 membership barrier and recruited our
1000th new member under the free membership
scheme. Our aim as a NEC is to continue on
this upward trajectory which is due to all your
endeavours, so a huge thank you.
In conjunction with R&R my message to the
Chairs when we meet on 2 November at HQ will
be “Activity, Activity and more Activity for 2015” to
ensure that those we have recruited and those that
have been long standing members remain with us
for the years ahead.
Key to recruitment is keeping the current members
we have happy and enthused about the association;
as the NEC recognise you are our best recruiters.
So until the next time, have fun enjoying your
IPA membership.
Yours in friendship,
Mick Luke
, National President
Sean Hannigan
Having been asked to take on
the Vice Presidential portfolio
concerning professional
development, Sean was
appointed to the role of National
Liaison Officer to Gimborn and
attended the annual meeting there. He was able to
raise the number of English/German seminars for
2015 from 1 to 3. Along with Iain Sirrell, the IDLEP
National Co-ordinator, he has been busy promoting
the International Learning and Development
Programme to other IPA Sections, as well as police
staff associations, chief officers and Police and
Crime Commissioners in the UK.
Ronnie Dukes
and Mark Kernohan
The two have been working together on improving
membership offers and the way information
is conveyed to members via IPA media. A new
offer organised for members recently includes
a discount on new car prices – see page 2 for
details. Mark and Ronnie have both met to
finalise arrangements for Section UK’s signature
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– All inclusive
V
– Visible
I
– International
B
– Benefits R key
R
– Retain members respecting all views
A
– Activities
N
– Networking in Friendship
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– Trust and Charity
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