Joined a meeting at Clyde Road this afternoon chaired by Damien Owens, with John Power, John Byrne and Richard Seaver, to review the current architecture of IT systems, in the light of our investments over the summer, and to consider how these might be further developed in a cost effective and resilient manner for the future.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Finance Committee Meeting; Executive Committee Meeting
Hope you had a great August!
We had a Finance Committee meeting, followed by Executive, at Clyde Road this afternoon.
Our finances remain tight, although we remain on target for a small profit for the year. Our main focus remains on our subscription revenues, both for existing members and new members. These are reasonably where we expect them to be at this time of year, are we are hoping for an uplift of new members joining in the light of our recent changes to our membership criteria for MIEI.
We had a first consideration of the annual budget for 2010, including member subscription rates for 2010. Executive's recommendations on subscription rates will be brought to our imminent Council meeting on 26th next.
We had a Finance Committee meeting, followed by Executive, at Clyde Road this afternoon.
Our finances remain tight, although we remain on target for a small profit for the year. Our main focus remains on our subscription revenues, both for existing members and new members. These are reasonably where we expect them to be at this time of year, are we are hoping for an uplift of new members joining in the light of our recent changes to our membership criteria for MIEI.
We had a first consideration of the annual budget for 2010, including member subscription rates for 2010. Executive's recommendations on subscription rates will be brought to our imminent Council meeting on 26th next.
Friday, July 10, 2009
IT Project Steering Meeting
Had lunch time meeting for the Steering Group, with representatives from our vendors and consultants Version 1 and IQ Content.
We're still looking good for the launch of the new website and new internal backend systems, for 20th July next. We'll make a final go/no-go decision in the middle of next week.
Migration of our old data and records into the new systems is a very substantial task, but we believe that it is progressing well enough that the 20th July launch should still be viable.
We're still looking good for the launch of the new website and new internal backend systems, for 20th July next. We'll make a final go/no-go decision in the middle of next week.
Migration of our old data and records into the new systems is a very substantial task, but we believe that it is progressing well enough that the 20th July launch should still be viable.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Council meeting 13th June
We had our first national council meeting of 2009-10 session this morning.
While there were a fairly large number of topics discussed, a few in particular may be worth especially highlighting.
Our finances are under pressure, particularly due to cut backs in government subvention for our continued professional development (CPD) and schools outreach (STEPs) programmes, as well as the obvious economic challenges to our corporate customers and partners. Our finance subcommittee has, and continues to, monitor our situation in detail. We are reasonably optimistic of at least breaking even, from the operational perspective, by the year end.
We took the opportunity to co-opt 3 additional members to Council: Dave Kelleher, Christian Scholz and Justin Tuohy. We also confirmed the following members to the Executive this year: Domhnall Blair, John Carley, Gerry Cawley, Orla Lonergan, Dan O’Brien, Damien Owens, Jim Robinson, Con Sheahan and Tadhg Walshe. I look forward to working with the Executive, and the full Council, throughout the next 12 months.
We reviewed our activities in support of our unemployed members, and are seeking further suggestions and ideas for additional initiatives. We are particularly concerned about challenges in the Civil Engineering field.
Our investment in improving our business processes, IT support, and new web technology is progressing well, albeit it emerged to be a larger project than we had initially envisaged.
A recommendation from the Director General will be going to the first meeting of our new Executive to implement and publicise changes in our membership rules for MIEI, which has the potential to increase our membership. If the Executive so approve, then these changes and publicity could be immediately put in place.
Our next annual conference is confirmed in Cork, in late April next year.
I was very pleased with the collegiate atmosphere and involvement of our Council members, and trust we can continue to even further improve the service we provide to all our members
While there were a fairly large number of topics discussed, a few in particular may be worth especially highlighting.
Our finances are under pressure, particularly due to cut backs in government subvention for our continued professional development (CPD) and schools outreach (STEPs) programmes, as well as the obvious economic challenges to our corporate customers and partners. Our finance subcommittee has, and continues to, monitor our situation in detail. We are reasonably optimistic of at least breaking even, from the operational perspective, by the year end.
We took the opportunity to co-opt 3 additional members to Council: Dave Kelleher, Christian Scholz and Justin Tuohy. We also confirmed the following members to the Executive this year: Domhnall Blair, John Carley, Gerry Cawley, Orla Lonergan, Dan O’Brien, Damien Owens, Jim Robinson, Con Sheahan and Tadhg Walshe. I look forward to working with the Executive, and the full Council, throughout the next 12 months.
We reviewed our activities in support of our unemployed members, and are seeking further suggestions and ideas for additional initiatives. We are particularly concerned about challenges in the Civil Engineering field.
Our investment in improving our business processes, IT support, and new web technology is progressing well, albeit it emerged to be a larger project than we had initially envisaged.
A recommendation from the Director General will be going to the first meeting of our new Executive to implement and publicise changes in our membership rules for MIEI, which has the potential to increase our membership. If the Executive so approve, then these changes and publicity could be immediately put in place.
Our next annual conference is confirmed in Cork, in late April next year.
I was very pleased with the collegiate atmosphere and involvement of our Council members, and trust we can continue to even further improve the service we provide to all our members
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