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Stephen Crockard and Steve Connor
were awarded a Silver Medal from
the IEB.
Stephen Crockard said: “I feel pleased and
honoured to receive this award and I shall
continue to do my best for the Association and
my fellow members.”
Section UK owns a magnificent HQ building in
West Bridgford, Nottingham. Part of my portfolio
as National Treasurer is to ensure this flagship
building is maintained to a high standard.
A number of repairs had to take place during
2015. It had been decided to replace the
windows in the building at a total cost of
approximately £10,000. Unfortunately, during
the year a leak developed in the roof and repairs
to it took precedence over the windows.
The work on the roof was completed in July at
a cost of approximately £7,500, including a
10 year warranty.
Work on the windows will take place in stages.
I can report that two windows in the office of
the International Administration Centre were
replaced during October at a cost of £2,200.
Fred Boyd, National Treasurer
IPA World Congress XXI Cyprus
by Vice President Ronnie Dukes & Treasurer Fred Boyd.
T his year’s World Congress was hosted
in Limassol by Section Cyprus and was
followed by an optional Friendship Week.
The Congress was attended by our President
Mick Luke and two observers, Vice President
Ronnie Dukes and Treasurer Fred Boyd. Also
in attendance from Section UK was Stephen
Crockard who was standing for election in a new
role as Head of Administration.
During this Congress the positions on the
International Executive Board (IEB) (replacing the
Permanent Executive Board (PEB)) were to be
contested and elected for a four year period.
There were several items of the Agenda that our
Section had proposed, including hosting future
events.
On the first day, delegates, observers and friends,
many in uniform, attended the opening ceremony.
This included several welcoming speeches and
musical entertainment. It was an opportunity
to meet everyone, renew acquaintances and be
introduced to new IPA friends. The obligatory
group photo was taken from a rooftop to try and
get everyone in it. That afternoon the business of
the Congress commenced.
All Sections with the exception of Mozambique
were in attendance.
Pierre-Martin Moulin, International President
opened the Congress. This was followed by
attendees standing for a minute’s silence to
reflect on those members who are no longer
with us. In his introduction he reflected on the
past and commented on a vision for the future.
This would involve rethinking of the structures
of the IPA and the IEB; new check list with
strategic plans; documents being tidied up and
improvement in communication; a development
plan for new Sections wanting to join;
membership rules; the relevance of social media;
Chairs of Commissions to produce strategic
plans, determine projects and select participants
He reminded Sections that if they needed
support, not to hesitate to ask the IEB or other
Sections for it.
He also raised concerns about unproductive
internal disputes: friction; and power struggles,
advising that these should be avoided and
resolved as soon as possible.
Pierre-Martin was impressed with the current
programme and activities at Gimborn and
encouraged more use by Sections.
Report of International Secretary General (ISG)
The ISG commented on the IPA information guide
which is updated electronically monthly and
circulated to Sections. He reminded everyone
that there should be no unauthorised disclosure
of names and addresses.
Report of Assistant International Secretary
General (AISG) – Stephen Crockard
Stephen gave a review of the previous 3 years.
He commented on staff changes at the
International Administration Centre (IAC) in
Nottingham. Although their old email address is
still active he advised of the new email address:
He complimented archivists Phillip and Vivienne
Powell on the work that they had done at the IAC.
He introduced the International website
webmaster Andrea Quattrini (Switzerland) who
gave an informative presentation about the
website, links and social media. He referred to
the use of Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Google+,
You Tube, Flickr, Instagram and Pinterest and
recommended linking Twitter with Facebook.
Some of the links that he highlighted included
@ipaiac .
org/web and the Information Newsletter: www.
ipa-iac.org/newsletter
The Report of External Relations Commission
(ERC) was presented and accepted. Mick Luke
collected an award on behalf of Section UK
member Steve Connor for his contribution to
the ERC.
A Gold Standard Award has been
made to Section UK for its Website -
for a third year in a row.
Gold Awards also went to Australia, Austria,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Spain,
Switzerland and the USA.
Speaking at 2015 IPA World Congress, where
the Awards were announced, International
Executive Board member Stephen
Crockard said, ‘I take the view that this is
not a competition but an assessment of
competence’.
IPA HQ undergoing repairs
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