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What will happen in 2018 for you as a Section UK IPA member?
Well firstly you are receiving a very warm welcome from me as
President to the latest edition of Police World together with
wishing you and your family a happy and successful 2018.
Secondly, a sincere thank you for renewing your IPA membership
once again.
A
s to what happens from there during
the coming year it is somewhat down
to you. If I can use an example from
the workplace it’s about the National Executive
Council (NEC) giving you the right tools in your
tool box to do the job you are tasked with. If you
have the wrong tools or are not trained in how to
use them then it becomes significantly harder to
achieve a positive outcome.
So how does this equate to the IPA I hear
you ask?
Empowerment to all members will enable you
to have the ability to recruit new IPA members.
Likewise in order to retain you as a member we
need to ensure we satisfy you with regard to the
current services and benefits that the IPA has to
offer so that they have value and meaning to you
and your family.
The how is by once again offering free enrolment
in 2018 for new joiners which hopefully removes
a number of barriers to the hard sell as it is at no
cost or detriment to them. ‘Try before you buy’ is
the theory.
It is about driving out inefficiencies of how we
have previously operated so now our staffing
model at HQ is able to deal with the calls to
service from members both at home and abroad
in a timely and efficient manner.
That your annual dues are used to the maximum
to drive member activity internationally, nationally,
regionally and at branch level as well as within
our ever growing Special Interest Groups.
If you are not aware a percentage of your
membership is returned directly to Regions in
March of every year. In addition further money
goes to support the Iconic Events strategy and
the Member Journey initiative.
A proportion of your money is set aside for
‘Member Opportunities’ where the Section
receives invites to attend various events across
our Professional, Social and Cultural portfolios
and members are given the chance to represent
the Section.
During 2017 there were some excellent examples
with trips to the USA, Poland, Serbia and Romania
amongst others with the news stories to back this
up as to the wonderful experience they all had.
Investing your money for the future is an essential
part of our planning especially with a number of
key international events on the horizon over the
coming years which starts with the International
Youth Gathering this August where money has
been already been set aside to support this
venture.
As another example we have also commenced
our planning for our 70th anniversary year where
we intend to hold twenty major events in 2020
across the Section.
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.
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