| Election of Vice President for 2012-2013 |
Council elected Geoff French, David Balmforth, Bill Hewlett, Andrew McNaughton, Tim Broyd and Alan Stilwell to continue as Vice Presidents for the 2012-13 session and agreed that Geoff French should be considered as a candidate for the Presidency in 2013. Council elected Sir John Armitt as succeeding Vice President, commencing November 2012, with a view to becoming President in November 2015 subject to interim election by Council. |
| Emerging Trends |
This would be a standing item on all future agendas, aimed at highlighting external developments within the industry, nationally and internationally, with view to aiding discussion at the Council’s Annual Strategy Meeting in October 2012. The Council heard a presentation from Simon Sole (CEO, Exclusive Analysis) on globalisation and its wider implications on finance, economics, employment and government. These, in their turn, would have a bearing on the civil engineering profession. |
| Business Plan – Performance Reports |
Council received reports on the headline key performance indicators as well as on other priority activities and noted that performance was for the most part on target. |
| Director General’s 100 day Report |
Council heard a presentation from the Director General, his assessment of the Institution following his first 100 days in office. Summary of key points as follows:
• A strong purposeful organisation that exerts influence with officials and parts of the UK administrations
• Knowledge focused, with a wealth of technically expert panels, but with opportunities for greater commercial exploitation of that knowledge
• In principle customer focussed but instinctively process based
• Financially overextended but stable
• Demographics of membership need to be addressed
• Very significant opportunities exist in regions and the OGGS refurbishment
• We must keep pace in a very rapidly changing world
The full report would be brought to Council at its meeting in July. |
| Subscriptions 2013 |
Council supported, in principle, an inflation linked increase to the annual subscription, transfer and entrance fees for 2013 of 2.5%, subject to a further review of inflation nearer the time of the July Council meeting. Council agreed that no ballot of members was required in respect of the proposed 2013 increase and noted the suggested increase to the Benevolent Fund voluntary donation to £10. A decision paper would be brought to Council in July. |
| OGGS and the Olympic Media Centre |
Council agreed that the income derived from the Olympic Media Centre contract should be treated in the same way as other TTL generated income and not allocated as an Olympics legacy for members. Activities to recognise the civil engineering achievements of the Olympics were already underway under the auspices of the Learned Society, TTL Publications and ICE London Region. These included special publications, lectures (available for downloading free of charge from the website), commissioned research on lessons learned, as well as artwork already on display at OGGS. Parallel activity would also be taking place to raise funds to enable an OGGS refurbishment project, aimed at benefitting both members and society at large to mark two important ICE anniversaries. |
| Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements to 31 December 2011 |
Subject to an amendment in order to declare a trustee third party related payment, the Council approved the Trustees Annual Report and Accounts which had been endorsed by the ICE Audit Committee. This would be available on the ICE website in due course. |
| Room Charging |
A proposal raised under AOB would be considered and a paper brought to Council. |