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open house at HQ in the afternoon for members
and friends followed by an evening meal at a local
restaurant. A number of dignitaries have been
invited as well to help us celebrate the occasion.
The NEC look forward to welcoming as many of
you as possible so if you can attend please book
in via the staff at HQ
The International Youth Gathering which we are
to host in 2018 was discussed in detail and
is led by Vice President Sean Hannigan. The
excellent programme proposed will give a mix
of professional, social and cultural activities for
the two weeks for those who attend and the NEC
hope to see a number of applications from the
UK. Again further details can be obtained from
staff at HQ.
The NEC also began to debate the format of
future NCM’s as for the first time in 2018 there
will be no elections which presents opportunities
as to how we operate and organise these
weekends in the future. Any suggestions are most
welcome.
Looking further ahead the 20-in-2020
methodology was presented as a discussion
paper during the meeting. This includes a time
scale for decisions to be made by and has been
circulated to all office holders. The aim is to
host twenty major events. Once again any ideas
around events and activity are still wanted to help
us celebrate what I hope to be a fantastic year.
To conclude the staff at HQ and the NEC has
tried to push as much news out as possible on
our media channels with regard to events and
member opportunities and ask that you continue
to submit your articles into HQ and the Editor so
that we can showcase your activity.
Please don’t forget his can be done pre-event
to attract attendees and equally important is to
fill out the events tab on the website as early as
possible once your event date is confirmed. This
enables extra publicity as well as covering the
event for insurance purposes.
Thank you all for your continued support, keep
safe and have a fantastic festive period.
Until next time in 2018
Mick Luke
Proud to be President of Section UK.
Meeting of the
Northern
European
Forum
The latest meeting of the Northern European
Forum (NEF) took place in Moscow over the
weekend of 29th June - 2nd July 2017 with
twelve Sections in attendance. President
Mick Luke attended as our delegate and
made a presentation to Alexsey Gankin,
President of Section Russia and IEB office
holder of an engraved Section UK Quaich,
together with a small whiskey, which was
shared as a sign of friendship.
D
uring the meeting a significant
number of topics were discussed with
the aim of sharing best practice and to
have an understanding of the current strengths
and ongoing developments within each Section.
Comment was made of the current vulnerability
of some Sections with regard to recruiting
younger members and Jaap Taal, President of
Section Netherlands spoke about the ‘Gimborn
Talks’ (an article was published on our website
regarding this initiative on the 12th July).
Mick spoke about Recruitment & Retention,
Communications, Partnership Working and
the need collectively for Sections to be more
forward thinking rather than just have strategies
in place for the current term of office holders so
that the Association’s strategies are medium to
long term. Mick gave examples of Section UK
planning International Events, the 20-in-2020
initiative and other ideas which the Section
are currently undertaking. Among many
ideas offered by delegates present, Oliver
Hoffman gave a presentation of an APP
which Section Germany have recently launched
which interacts with members regarding events
and those interested in becoming a member of
the Association. This product will be reviewed by
the NEC to see whether it is viable in the UK.
The upcoming World Congress was discussed
with delegates asked to discuss motions they
intend to propose. Section France presented
a motion for a new commission dealing with
internal and external communications as they
felt this was not effectively being dealt with.
A good discussion was had around the ‘lack’
of corporacy across the various Sections with
regard to IPA branding and how this should be
addressed. These discussions continued way
beyond the scheduled meeting end leaving
delegates with many thoughts and ideas to
progress when they got back home.
Thankfully there was an opportunity to have
a whistle stop tour of some of the sights in
Moscow during the night. Bizarrely a visit to the
various older metro stations is recommended
as they contain some wonderful architecture
and bronze statues. One metro station alone
had seventy-five!
A good weekend, which will enable the
development of ideas that potentially can be
utilised for the benefit of members in the UK.
Red Square, Moscow
All set for the Gala Dinner
Delegates at work
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