Thanks to everyone who came to the CIPR SW AGM on 4th March, here are the slides.

1. Welcome
CIPR South West AGM
4th March 2013

2. Sarah Pinch FCIPR & Gemma Myers
MCIPR
Chair & Secretary
South West CIPR

3. Agenda
• Approve AGM minutes 2013
• Annual report for 2013
• Annual accounts for 2013
• Formal election of duty officers, election of
remaining committee members
• Over view of plans for 2014
• AOB
• Break for refreshments
• CIPR CEO, roundtable discussion ‘The Future of
Membership’

4. Review of last year
• Ten formal events across the region
• In addition, informal networking events
• Highly successful Communicators’ Conference
• More than 230 attendees at PRide, our annual
awards

5. Review of last year
• Sustained members across the region
• Role of professionalism, value, CPD and
training
• Ensuring everything we did was for the benefit
of members

6. Challenges and opportunities
• Connectivity
• Public Sector cuts
• Budget freezes
• Recruitment
• Diversity
• Governance
• Relevance

7. Accounts for 2013
• Balance at start of 2013 (1/1/2013) = £1,085.63 credit
• Balance at end of 2013 (31/1/2013) = £957.93 credit
• We received from HQ:2013 Capitation = £1,551 & Pride 2013
entries contribution = £1,320
• During 2013 CIPR South West hosted 11 events throughout
the region and the Pride awards
• Total income at these events (excluding Pride) = £17,226.47
• Total expenditure = £16,339.03
• Profit = £887.20

8. Formal elections
• Chair
• Chair elect
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Other officers
• Co-option
• Election of CIPR Council representative

9. Mission and vision 2014/15
Mission: Making membership meaningful for
CIPR members in the South West
Vision: To be known as a provider of high
quality training, networking and conferences
within our region for members and
communication professionals.

10. Questions and AOB

11. Refreshments

12. Roundtable: The future of
Membership
Sarah Pinch FCIPR
Pam Lloyd MCIPR
Andy Barr MCIPR
Alastair McCapra