Hi everyone.
Well as August draws to a close the Summit
For those not booked and still wishing to attend I urge you to get on line and book NOW!! I am informed we are now down to single figures for remaining full time delegate places.
All details can be found below:-
Ticket prices represent exceptional value with day tickets available to ILP members at just £130 per day (non member £230).
Better still, don't miss a minute of this event by snapping up a Special Residential Ticket: two days at the Professional Lighting Summit, overnight stay at the St John's hotel & networking dinner for only £390 (non member £685). Spaces are on a first come, first served basis. All prices + VAT.
Since June was my last posting I’ll just wrap up what has been going on and what’s to come over the next few weeks
1st July saw an Executive Board meeting take place.
8th July I attended a fantastic day hosted by the London and South Eastern Region at the IGuzzini HQ in Guildford . A great day, fantastic papers and all I have to say –it had nothing to do with street lighting! We heard about the lighting of London Bridge Station from WSP, IGuzzini gave papers on intelligent innovative lighting and finally Pete Lummis (Immediate Past President) gave us an entertaining and highly informative paper on Airport Runway Lighting from a pilot’s perspective.
17th July I travelled home to the Western Region (Bristol Rovers Football Club). Another fantastic day with highly informative papers covering Sports Lighting, Artificial Pitches, CE markings and LED Lighting.
On 21st July I attended the formal launch of The Institution of Primary Engineers and the Institution of Secondary Engineers.
Hosted by Baroness Wall of New Barnet and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and many other organisations, the event took place at the House of Lords, London
Speakers were Terry Scouler CEO EEF, Archie Bethel Executive Director Babcock International, Mark Hunt President of the IMechE and Janet McKinlay Head teacher St Mary’s RC Primary Bolton Lancashire.
30th July the Executive Board Strategy Day was held where we reviewed the Institution’s progress to date. Our 3 year plan will be produced soon and posted on the website along with recommendations for the future and possible changes to be made to the Institution going forward. All this will be discussed at Council on 10th September.The results of the recent survey (Our ILP) have been produced and will be published in the near future. It’s great we had such a fantastic response and even more importantly ,you the members feel the Institution is doing the right things in the right way and long may that continue.
On matters more serious ,during the course of the last two months or so a number of disciplinary investigations have been ongoing. Below is a summary for your information:
1) Misuse of Post Nominal letters
An individual was claiming to be an MILP, IEng .Upon investigation this was proved to be incorrect and indeed the individual was not and never had held either of these post - nominals. Under the Engineering Council Code of Conduct this is a serious offence. As a result the individual concerned no longer works for their employer and is no longer a member of the ILP.
To all you employers please please check the credentials of your job applicants with the ILP Membership Dept or Engineering Council. It’s free to do so and gives you peace of mind that you are employing competent / qualified lighting staff.
To all members I remind you- misuse of membership or registration status will not be tolerated. It will be investigated and action will be taken. Please be honest, if not you will get caught and you could loose your job!!.
There is no need to falsify your post nominals. The Membership Dept is there to help you upgrade your membership at anytime. There is a mentoring process in place and help all along the way to achieve the desired level of membership you wish to attain in a structured and straight forward way.
2) Student misbehaving on the Exterior Lighting Diploma.
Sadly I have to report that this incident was an embarrassment to the Institution as a whole. In essence a student got exceedingly drunk and caused damage to a room at the Draycote Hotel, long time host to the Diploma Modules. The individual has been subject to disciplinary action from their employer, banned from the hotel and had a bill to settle.
To all potential students please remember that you represent your employer and the ILP and this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated. The Draycote Hotel now have the authority to remove and ban any student from the hotel should unacceptable behaviour be apparent. All such behaviour will be reported back to your employer for them to take action. If you are attending as a member of the ILP then action will also be taken under our Code of Conduct, which could end up in you being excluded from the ILP.
In other news thank you to all those who applied for the recently announced Vice President vacancies and for the sustainability spokesperson. It’s fantastic to have had such a great response for the two VP positions. Both posts are integral to the Institution and it’s operation. Interviews are currently underway or being arranged for shortlisted candidates. Hopefully all positions will be announced at the
Events coming up in September are as follows:
1st Executive Board Meeting Rugby
4th Midland Region 5 a side competition
9th YLP Seminar at SSE Southampton also on the 9th is Practical Street Lighting Course in Edinburgh
10th Council can ALL regions please ensure they are represented by their Councillor
11th Western Region in Newport
15th -19th Exterior Lighting Diploma Module 1
18th Midland Region Back to Basics Day at SAPA Redditch
24th-25th ILP Summit , Solihull
30th How to be Brilliant – At Diversity in Lighting at ACDC Lighting London
Full details of all events can be found on the website
I look forward to seeing all those attending the Summit
My thanks as always 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
