That's what most members would argue CILIP needs to concentrate on, and after the first meeting of the new Policy Forum, held in Birmingham last week, I'm pleased to say that CILIP is definitely addressing that need.
The Policy Forum is the last piece of the new Governance framework to come into being, and I was pleased to see representatives from groups and branches, joined by Honorary Officers, staff and Trustees all working together openly to discuss the key issues facing CILIP and the Profession.
Of course this was the first meeting of the Forum, and it will take a lot more work to develop policy statements across the key areas we discussed. But I'm confident that under Vice-President Peter Griffiths' firm leadership and with the enthusiastic support of staff and members the Forum will deliver in the coming few months.
The energy in the meeting room, and the high level of consensus over the ideas put forward certainly encouraged me, and even made the journey back to London, on (yet again) an overcrowded Virgin train bearable.
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