This document summarizes the proceedings of the 2nd June 2014 International Membership Standards Committee working session led by Professor Becky Loo. The committee discussed progress made since the previous Sri Lanka convention, including guidance received from the Council of Trustees affirming flexibility in membership qualifications. A draft guidelines document for territories and branches was presented, identifying key terms that could benefit from further definition to ensure consistent membership standards while allowing for local context. The committee agreed to focus on reviewing and rolling out the draft guidelines document post-convention. Table discussions were held to gather feedback on the document and proposed agenda focusing on chartered membership standards for the next 12 months. Feedback from the discussions would help inform the committee's next steps.

1. The International Membership
Standards Committee
Working Session: 2nd June 2014
Led By:
Professor Becky Loo, FCILT, IVP & President CILT in Hong Kong
With IMSC Members:
Channaka de ALWIS CILT Sri Lanka
Bob ARMSTRONG CILT North America
Janet EADY CILT UK
Murray KING CILT New Zealand
Keith NEWTON Secretary General
Harriet LEUNG CILT Hong Kong
Emurwon OLUPOT CILT Uganda

2. Agenda
• Reminder of outputs from Sri Lanka Convention
• Progress since Sri Lanka
• Guidelines document for use with Territories and
Branches
• Table discussions
• Next Steps

3. Sri Lanka Convention:
Outputs

4. © 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

5. © CILT 2011
Membership Entry Chart

6. Progress since Sri Lanka Convention
Guidance 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

7. 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

8. Our Guidelines (Draft)

9. 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"

10. 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

11. Questions and Table Discussions
Follow 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

12. 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?”

13. Feedback Session
• Topic A
• Topic B
And Finally…Summing Up …. Becky Loo