Present: S J Beneld, J Blay, Professor
G N Blount, EurIng Dr L M Buck, D T H
Castle, M Cook, EurIng Dr D J Cumberland,
D B Farrell, Dr T M B Humphries-Smith,
G J Jeffery, A T A Keegan, Professor G E
Kirk, EurIng C Ledsome, J C Leinster, P
Lomas, C A Maris, L J Meaton, S Owen, N
Phelps, M Philbin, J Roberts, M J Robins,
F E Salisbury, Dr P J Sewell, Dr G A L
Tizzard, I Treacy, EurIng S P Vaitkevicius,
Dr B Watson, R T West, J L Whiteley, A M
Williamson, R Yuen.
Apologies were received from: P K R
Bateman, M K Chowdhree, C M C Dowlen, T
Doyle, E Fosberry, C Hibbert, Professor P C
Hills, J C Lewis, Professor P A McKeown, J
D Poole, Dr F U Rehman, Dr C J Simcock, B
Walker, R G Whitby, G Wilkin, Dr K Winning.
Chair of Meeting: Ms Maggie Philbin,
outgoing President (to agenda item 5),
Mr Pete Lomas incoming President (from
agenda item 5).
The Annual General Meeting was convened
by the Secretary at 12.00, there being
present more than the number of corporate
members needed to form a quorum. Ms
Philbin welcomed all members and guests
present.
1.1 The Chair proposed that the Minutes of
the Annual General Meeting held
at 12.00 on Saturday 8 July 2017, as
published in the May/June 2018 issue
of Engineering Designer, be adopted.
This was carried.
1.2 The Chair proposed that the Minutes of
the Extraordinary General Meeting
held on Saturday 8 July 2017
immediately following the AGM, as
published in the May/June 2018 issue
of Engineering Designer, be adopted.
This was carried.
2 The Chair proposed that the Income
and Expenditure Account and Balance
Sheet for the period 1 January 2017
to 31 December 2017 be accepted.
Prior to being put to a vote, Mr A T A
Keegan, Honorary Treasurer, gave
a report of the Institution’s nancial
situation during the period.
Mr Keegan reported that income for
the year totalled £288k, made up of
£209k subscriptions, £28k room
rental, £18k joining fees, £7k
accreditation fees and £3k donations
and advertising. Expenditure for the
year stands at £300k, with £218k on
administration costs (general running
of the organisation), £60k on the
journal, £17k on website, IT and other
expenses and £5k on accreditation.
This means there is a decit of £12k
for the year, which has been funded by
borrowing. Expenditure has been
reduced by £11k, compared to 2016
gures; other measures are being put
into place to ensure a more even
keel with regards to the long-term
nancial position, including realisation
of the asset that is Courtleigh and
longer-term development and
investment plans.
There were no questions, but Mrs
Linda Meaton thanked Mr Keegan for
a clear and concise explanation of the
current situation.
The Income and Expenditure Account
and Balance Sheet for the period
were approved.
3 The Chair then referred those present
to the Annual Report and asked the
representatives of the Membership
and Education and Training
Committees to give verbal reports.
EurIng S P Vaitkevicius gave a report
on the work of the Membership
Committee for the year, stating that
there were 65 new member
applications successfully completed
(up from 53 in 2016), nineteen
Engineering Council registrations and
one CTPD application. EurIng
Vaitkevicius commented that he is
stepping down from the role of Chair
of the Committee after nine years,
thanked the Committee members,
staff and other volunteers for their
support and wished his successor,
Mr Beneld, good luck in the role.
Dr P J Sewell reported on the work of
the Education and Training Committee,
stating that 24 individual case
procedures (non-standard) applications
for membership were examined by the
Committee during the year, the busiest
since 2014. The introduction of the
experiential learning route (ELR) will
mean that these numbers may decline
again as assessment of educational
qualications are not part of that
process.
During the year 13 visits were made
to Higher and Further Educational
Institutions to accredit or approve a
total of 50 programmes, the highest
number ever achieved in a single
year, with several HEIs requesting
accreditation for the rst time.
The International Conference on
Engineering and Product Design
Education (E&PDE) was held in Oslo
in September, it was well attended
and a small surplus made. The 2018
conference is to be held at Imperial
College Dyson School of Engineering
in September 2018. 173 abstracts
have been accepted, with up to 180
attendees expected to partake.
The Chair asked those present for any
questions on either report.
There were no questions.
The annual report for 2017 was
approved.
4 The Chair proposed that Haines
Watts be appointed as the Institution’s
Independent Examiners for 2018.
Approved.
5.1 The Secretary announced that Ms
Philbin has come to the end of her
term as Honorary President and that
Mr Pete Lomas has been elected to
serve for a term of two years.
Ms Philbin presented Mr Lomas with
the President’s badge of ofce. Mr
Lomas assumed the role of Chair of
the meeting, presented Ms Philbin with
her Past President’s badge and invited
Ms Philbin to say a few words about
her term of ofce.
Ms Philbin commented that she’s
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