While I send this post-Council Briefing over various communication channels I, and other Council Members, do blog periodically on other Council things through the Council Matters blog – so feel free to sign up to RSS feed for the blog posts or comments if you want more regular information on things between meetings. Comments left on the blog will get picked up on or you can also contact the Trustees...
For some of the topics mentioned below there's oral reports or paperwork still to come so if there's a ( P) against something there's a Paper available now for it. If you're logged in to the CILIP website you can access them under July Meeting from the Papers link on the post-it note attached to the paperclip at the top of this blog. Or sign in to CILIP website and go to Council from...
As Leader of Council I'm looking forward to Monday's Branch and Group meeting - it's a perfect opportunity to listen carefully to what your representatives tell us (the Council). The Trustees are committed to making CILIP what the members want - and need - it to be. It's the B&G's meeting, and they have set the agenda. Areas on the agenda include communication and Ridgmount Street staff support...
On behalf of the CILIP Council I would like to wish all our members, both in the UK and overseas, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I would also like to extend those greetings to everyone else who works in the LIS sector, and I look forward to welcoming you as new members in 2009! All the best, Caroline (Moss-Gibbons) Leader - CILIP Council
Congratulations to the four successful candidates in this year's election to Council: Dion Lindsay, Bruce Royan, Judy Broady-Preston and Jill Lambert. All will serve from 1st January 2009 until 31st December 2011. The number of ballots cast was up on last year, which is excellent, and next year hopefully even more members of CILIP will participate - it is your organisation, and your voice really does...