LETTER FROM MILTON KEYNES

摘要

The thank you is to all of you who have renewed your membership for 2021. One of the responsibilities of the President, supported by the Executive Committee and Chief Executive, is to manage the finances of the Institute. And having some certainty over revenue is essential to being able to plan what we can do for the membership in terms of events, CPD opportunities and general outreach such as our STEM activities. The apology is for the confusion I have caused by trying to sort out a problem that I know some members have encountered at the start of each year. Previously, your membership certificate showed that your membership in any year was valid until 31 December. The usual pattern was for the membership renewal to go out in January, and on receipt of the relevant membership fee, the certificate would be reissued for the new year. However, for those in consultancy, some clients require proof of IOA membership when considering commissioning some work. If that happens in early January (which I understand does occur), the relevant member cannot demonstrate that they are a current member because the certificate has expired and the renewal process has not yet been completed for the new year.