The International Membership Standards CommitteeWorking Session: 2nd June 2014

Led By:Professor Becky Loo, FCILT, IVP & President CILT in Hong KongWith IMSC Members:Channaka de ALWIS CILT Sri LankaBob ARMSTRONG CILT North AmericaJanet EADY CILT UKMurray KING CILT New ZealandKeith NEWTON Secretary GeneralHarriet LEUNG CILT Hong KongEmurwon OLUPOT CILT Uganda

Agenda

• Reminder of outputs from Sri Lanka Convention

• Progress since Sri Lanka

• Guidelines document for use with Territories and Branches

• Table discussions

• Next Steps

Sri Lanka Convention: Outputs

© CILT 2011

IMSC Meeting Report

• CILT International – Growth

• Ensure that GROWTH is not achieved at the expense of QUALITY &

STANDARDS

• Value of a professional institute: Professionalism that it stands for.

• Rapid growth of CILT International family, some consistency in

membership election criteria desirable.

• Not to put in stone but be aware of differences (justifiable deviations?)

• Comprehensive Membership Survey to get factual information on

existing practices.

• After incorporating feedback from IMSC Meeting, a more easily

understood & elaborated “Membership Entry Chart” globally for

TOs/Branches to make reference to

© CILT 2011

Membership Entry Chart

Progress since Sri Lanka ConventionGuidance sought from Trustees on variations in qualifications for Chartered Membership between

Territories“The Council of Trustees and IMC recognised that there was no

violation of the Bye-Laws through existing practices in many TOs whereby higher education qualifications are deemed as equivalent to a year of professional experience. Moreover,

there should be flexibility in handling membership qualifications taking into consideration qualifications and experience and should be on a case by case basis applying

Bye-Law 12 c (iii). On that basis, TOs may have internal guidelines on the implementation”

COT & IMC Meetings Reviewed in December 2013

Progress since Sri Lanka Convention

• Circulated the Council of Trustees advice to all T&B’s in January

• Council of Trustees recommended we work on a guidelines document rather than a handbook

• Target as a group to present the draft guidelines document at Convention

• Work to create the draft completed by Harriet Leung (HK) and Janet Eady (UK)

• Reviewed and amended by IMSC in April 2014

Our Guidelines (Draft)

Our Draft Guidelines Document• Identifies some key terms that may need more

guidelines to ensure consistency of standards but also flexible enough to reflect local contexts

• Examples are:• "junior management experience"• "significant relevant experience"• "a position or positions of responsibility"• "special knowledge"• "a high position"• "eminence"• "special contribution to the achievement of the objects of

the Institute"

What should IMSC do next?

• We are a Membership Standards Committee so our brief is to review standards

• This would exclude membership growth as a subject to explore

• Our view is that we continue to focus on Chartered Membership Standards

• We do this by rolling out the guidelines post Convention

• We would like your views on this at the breakouts

Questions and Table DiscussionsFollow up Questions

• Anything arising from presentation or need for more information

Table Discussions and Feedback

• Mixed Country Groups of 10

• 40 mins discussion

• Feedback by nominated spokesperson

Table Discussions (2)• Topic A… “ Please review the guidelines document and feed

back any amendments or additions. Discuss as a group how this document may be used and whether there is benefit from circulating this globally.”

• Topic B… “Do you endorse the proposed agenda for the IMSC for the next 12 months? Are there any other subjects we should consider or prioritise ahead of our proposed work area?”

Feedback Session

• Topic A

• Topic B

And Finally… Summing Up …. Becky Loo