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thelinguist.uberflip.com DECEMBER 2016/JANUARY 2017 The Linguist 33 INSTITUTE MATTERS February 2017 NETWORKING LUNCH WITH TALK Saturday 4 February Wig & Mitre, Lincoln, 12-4 pm For details or to attend, call Candia Hillier on 01522 526695 by 29 January. 30 Steep Hill, LN2 1TL. 'WALTZING THROUGH THE UN' Saturday 18 February The Priory Rooms, Birmingham, 10.30am-3pm Rodney Mantle FCIL will speak about the United Nations agencies in Vienna, with special reference to the linguistic challenges they face. He is Chairman of the Richmond and Twickenham branch of LINC BPG COUNCIL NEWS Chair of Council Karen Stokes reports on the September meeting Stationers' Hall, near St Paul's Cathedral, provided an unusually grand venue not only for Council's first meeting of the new financial year, but also for the Translating Division AGM and Threlford Lecture, held on the same day. Following the presentation of the management accounts to July 2016, Council received a final, detailed report from the Chief Executive on the long-term planning day held in the summer, which will stand us in good stead for the next formal review of our strategic plan in spring 2017. Our next agenda item concerned the next round of Council elections. It was confirmed that James Farmer, Keith Moffitt and Paul Shipman were all due to retire by rotation. Council welcomed the revised guidance document for candidates and simplification of the nomination process. More broadly, we discussed the need to plan for future vacancies on the various committees of Council. Committee chairs were asked to produce a formal succession plan in time for the November meeting. Following a discussion at the July meeting on the role and procedures for nomination of the Vice Presidents, Council approved a proposal for the VPs to be appointed for a rolling three-year term, rather than annually, as at present. The necessary change to the rules will be brought to the 2017 AGM for approval by the membership. Other formal matters included updates to the terms of reference of the Finance & Executive Committee, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Chartered Linguist Registration Board, and approval of the revised criteria for Chartered Linguist registration, which include a fee waiver for CIOL members. The result of the UK referendum on membership of the European Union continues to feature regularly in Council discussions. It was reported that CIOL would take part in the special interest group established by the Professional Associations Research Network, as well as cooperating with other bodies in the sector. Finally, Council recorded its formal approval of the award of an Honorary Fellowship to this year's Threlford Memorial Lecturer, Professor Dorothy Kenny of Dublin City University. KEY DIVISIONS Business, Professions & Government: Interpreting: Translating: SOCIETIES Cambridge: German: Hong Kong: Lincolnshire: London: Midlands North West: Scottish: Spanish: BPG TD CAM GER LINC MID SCOT LON SP HK ID CONTACT DETAILS bpg@ciol.org.uk Judith Ridgway id@ciol.org.uk Christine Pocock td@ciol.org.uk Nigel Goffe cambridgesociety @ciol.org.uk Leslie Ray germansociety@ciol .org.uk Stephanie Tarling hongkongsociety @ciol.org.uk Francis Lee lincolnshiresociety @ciol.org.uk Candia Hillier londonsociety@ciol .org.uk Rannheid Sharma midlands@ ciol.org.uk northwestsociety@ ciol.org.uk Katrin Hiietam scottishsociety@ ciol.org.uk Anne Withers spanishsociety@ ciol.org.uk Jean Boyd BPG ID TD CAM GER HK LINC LON NW SCOT SP MID NW the United Nations Association. There will also be a chance to discuss the new membership pathway with Head of Membership Jane Galbraith. Bull Street, B4 6AF SCOTTISH SOCIETY IN DUNDEE Saturday 25 February Dundee See ciol.org.uk for details. May AGM, TALK AND NETWORKING LUNCH Saturday 6 May Wig & Mitre, Lincoln, 12-4 pm Speaker Martyn Bond joined the BBC in the 1960s and later worked as a Press Officer in the EEC Council of Ministers. He was Head of the European Parliament Office in the UK and is now an Associate Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London; a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the SCOT LINC A 1 U S 2 G A 3 N G 4 U 5 Z B 6 E K 7 R C F E L E A C 8 H U G G E R C 9 A N O N U B H U E G N S 10 C A L A N 11 I R V A N A N D L D B 12 R E 13 X I T U 14 S 15 C I T A E N E 16 A C 17 I S E A 18 U X N 19 O M 20 A D 21 A U V O T A U S 22 A I D A D 23 R A G O U T S T N U F R C E 24 X E A T S 25 W E D I S H Crossword solution (puzzle page 27) European Business School, Regent's University; and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has written and edited numerous books on German and European Affairs, and is a Founder Governor of the English College in Prague. 30 Steep Hill, LN2 1TL. SCOTTISH SOCIETY IN GLASGOW Saturday 20 May Glasgow See ciol.org.uk for details. SCOT