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Professional Development

National Council Meeting 2019 Steve Bretherton , Secretary General, Section UK The National Council Meeting (NCM) provides an opportunity for members from across Section UK to gather and debate proposed rule changes, elect members to the National Executive, and for the President to recognise members and groups who have given exceptional service to the IPA. This year’s venue, set in acres of parkland, was Coombe Abbey, near Coventry.

Gurmit Kaur 5 Region Chair welcomes guests to the weekend

Hosts 5 Region ready and awaiting the start of the National Council Meeting

Motions This year we had four main motions to debate. The first two of these concerned the enrolment and renewal fees. Those of you with good memories will remember that membership fees were last increased in 2011. Since then inflation has gradually eroded the value of the enrolment and renewal fees while the cost of wages, rates, heating and lighting and so on have all increased. Where possible the NEC have made savings, for example by cutting back staff working hours at Fox Road and by using video conferencing to reduce travel costs. For the price of a Costa coffee per month the renewal fee represents great value for money but the time has come for us to revise the membership fees. Council agreed to the membership fee changes so, from January 2020, the renewal fee will be £32 (an increase of £4) while the enrolment fee goes up to £40 this October. The other two motions debated by council were both carried. Rule 11 amended the requirement for officers and staff joining the IPA after leaving the police to show that they served for five years. This has now been reduced to three years. A further motion passed by council saw the British South Africa Police (BSAP) become the second Associate Member Group whose members are now automatically entitled to join the IPA. Honorary Life Membership was granted to Lawrence Wright (Region 8), Michele Rai (Region 5), Max Fordyce (Region 1) and Pete Connolly (Region 2), who stepped down from the post of Secretary General after his four-year term in office.

T his year was an election year and the posts of: Secretary General, Vice-President Professional, Vice-President Social and Vice- President Cultural were all being contested. • Congratulations to Yvonne McGregor and Sean Hannnigan who were re-elected to the posts of VP Social and VP Cultural. • Steve Bretherton was uncontested in his bid to be the new Secretary General. • This left the post of VP Professional vacant. Martin Turner from 9 Region was the successful candidate and he joins the new NEC line up.

President Clive Wood congratulates the Newly elected Secretary General Steve Bretherton

President section UK Clive Wood exchanges gifts with Martin Hoffman president section Austria

POLICE WORLD Vol 64 No.3, 2019

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