Police World Edition 1 2015

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International Police Association Section UK

Activity, Activity The first meeting of Regional Chairs for many years, outside of the National Council Meeting (NCM), took place in Nottingham

proposal to assign responsibility for the organisation of the National Council Meeting to the National Executive Committee (NEC) from 2017; that the NCM should be held in June and motions should be submitted at least 56 days before hand (a caveat being where cost was prohibitive for June the NCM would revert to May). Chairs supported the allocation of 1,950 free membership places in 2015. The Chairs agreed to a debate in their Regions as to whether a graduated membership fee be offered (See ‘what do you think’) and agreed to present ideas on how to refresh the recruitment/ retention strategy, particularly in relation to focusing specific categories of membership and/or particular market areas. They supported further investment in the development of the website and memberbase in order to support the secretaries in their role. The Chairs recognised the importance to maintain Section UK’s profile as the IPA’s founding Section and supported plans to organise international events. They supported proposals that needed to go before the World Congress in 2015 in order to host future international events such as the International Youth Gathering in 2018, the International Young Officers’ Seminar in 2019, and the World Congress in 2025. A general discussion on succession planning resulted in agreement that members should be identified and nurtured from the point of enrolment through ‘an IPA career’. The Regional Secretaries held a meeting on the same day. The general consensus of the day was holding a meeting of both Secretaries and Chairs helped mobilise commitment to change because both groups now have an input to the diagnosis of the current difficulties facing the IPA, and share in the solutions. They were revitalised and empowered to act on many issues, such as dealing directly with inactive branches, as is their right as Regional Executive members.

on 2 November 2014; its purpose – to allow Chairs

increased ownership over national strategy and to acknowledge the importance of their role as drivers of activity throughout their own Region. The main theme of the meeting was ‘Activity, Activity and more Activity for 2015 and Beyond’ and Mick Luke, National President, who chaired the meeting, stressed the importance of events being organised at a national, regional and branch level across the three strands of Social, Cultural and Professional, as well as events with an international flavour. All events need to be publicised well in advance and reported on to showcase activity to all. See ‘web events’ for a full listing of all events organised or planned to date: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog Recruitment and Retention information was provided and there was a review on recent initiatives to boost membership figures, such as the Free membership offer in 2014; improvements to marketing materials; broadening of the ‘IPA product’ for example - International Learning and Development Exchange Programme; prizes and travel opportunities being offered to members; new membership discounts; developing the role of the branch Publicity Officer and the potential merging of branches. These were seen as progressive objectives which would be continued to develop further. The Chairs made and supported several proposals on the National Strategy during the the day; these included a

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‘That we offer membership to wider groups of people, egYeoman Warders, Military police, PCC’s and staff, Serious Crime Agency etc.’

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‘That longer serving members receive some financial incentive to renew, eg reduce annual subscription.’

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