March kicked off with the Events team attending Eco-Build
Unfortunately due to my day job commitments I was unable to attend on any of the days however Jess Gallagher has kindly reviewed the event :
“The CPD seminars and Exhibitor Showcases were very well presented
The launch of How To Be Brilliant was a great team effort between ILP and acdc staff,
All 150 Lighting Journals whizzed off the stand and it was great being able to give people such a well presented snapshot of what the ILP is all about.
We handed out 30 Defra leaflets, 100 LED Specs and 100 Light Pollution leaflets.
We signed up five new members
We launched Lighting Landscapes to an audience of 50 interested people – the panel discussion prompted lots of questions and comments from the floor, and there was a great buzz around the subject.
The ILP Twitter account was busy as ever and gained 26 new followers, and approx 200 retweets and favourites. One tweet led directly to a new member joining, who wasn’t physically at the show, but was ‘there in spirit’ via twitter.
I am enormously thankful for the hard work put in by Chantal, Jo and Guy”
I can only echo Jess’s comments and thank all involved; another great event.
Council met on 12th March following the success of the VP Exec Board workshop day in February Mark Cooper (SVP and Council Chair) used the same format to gain some ideas from Council. A number of points were raised and Councillors have taken some issues back to the regions for consideration over the next few months.
Keith Henry VP Technical is pleased to announce that, following an open invitation to all members, to apply for the vacated post of ILP CIE representative, Nick Smith has been appointed to the role. Well done and congratulations Nick.
On 6th March I spoke at the APSE conference in Newcastle to a room full of Highways Engineers! It was interesting to hear some of their views with regard to lighting views that I hasten to add I attempted to put straight !!!!
The ILP were represented at the Lighting Design Awards on 20th March, both Mark Cooper and myself were asked to present awards; an honour not normally bestowed on the ILP and I hope a reflection of our growing membership and recognition of the Institution within the design community. The evening as always drew to a close with the award for Lighting Designer of the Year ;a prestigious award at the event .
I am extremely proud and pleased to inform you that this year’s recipient was non other than our very own Mark Ridler (VP Architectural). The award announcement was greeted with great joy and the room stood to applaud , the ILP logo was displayed behind Mark on the screen as he accepted the award and during the citation recognition of his work with the ILP was made. We really are incredibly proud of Mark, a huge congratulations from all ILP members.
On the evening of the 25th March I attended the first of the regional AGM’s
I would like to thank Eddie Henry (London Borough of Southwark) for having such a fantastic year as Regional Chair and wish Colin Fish (WSP) all the best for his forthcoming year in the hot seat. It was great to see well over 100 members attend the event.
Going forward April is busy it all kicks off on 1st April with the Midlands AGM, followed immediately by the Northern and then North East AGM’s. The Western Region have theirs on 24th April so I’ll be putting in the miles to attend all these
My thanks must go to my employer Skanska (IS) for supporting me with the time required to fulfil the duties as your President. Without this full support it would be extremely difficult.
You can also now follow me @mjrugby1968Until next time
Mark
