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INSTITUTE MATTERS COUNCIL NEWS Vol/51 No/6 2012 SIR JOHN SOANE���S MUSEUM ���WHAT IS SPECIFIC TO TRANSLATION NW OF CRIME��� Saturday 19 January Manchester YHA, 11.30am-1.15pm TRUSTEES OF Talk by Dr Karen Seago (12-1.15pm), followed by lunch in the YHA canteen. Manchester YHA, Potato Wharf, Manchester, M3 4NB. Suggested donation: ��15; ��10 NW Society members. To attend or for details, email katrin.hiietam @ee-translations.com. COURTESY OF THE Much of the meeting of Council on 22 September 2012 was devoted to the decision to move out of Saxon House, which is the main subject in my Chair���s notes on page 4. The proposal to sell Saxon House and move into modern, serviced accommodation for the immediate future was the subject of long and detailed discussions. Council was particularly concerned that the move should not adversely affect the service we provide to our members or the morale of our staff, and was clear that we must protect the proceeds from the sale of our premises, a topic which Council will return to at future meetings. Another subject to which we once again devoted a considerable amount of time was the Ministry of Justice contract, also referred to in my notes. Under our regular finance item, Council was pleased, given the challenges of the previous 12 months, to learn that the CIOL group was on track to make a small surplus for the year. The meeting also approved the CIOL budget for 2012/13. Council discussed our relationship with the Speak to the future campaign, and agreed we would continue to support it. The meeting received the usual comprehensive reports from our Joint Acting Chief Executives, Alan Peacock and Hilary Maxwell-Hyslop, including encouraging news about membership renewals, despite the harsh economic climate. Alan reported that our Professional Development Officer, Jack Sellen, had drawn up a very successful series of CPD workshops, and income from this activity was growing. Hilary briefed Council on arrangements for the Institute���s participation at the Language Show that would be taking place at Olympia in late October, a regular date in our calendar of events. Our final item was the reports we receive from Council���s various sub-committees. Because of the need to devote so much of the meeting to the accommodation project, items on proposed rule changes and proposed amendments to our disciplinary procedures were deferred. January BY In our regular update on developments at Saxon House, Chair of Council Keith Moffitt reports on the September meeting DIVISIONS & SOCIETIES Open house February ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION TD EVENING Friday 1 February Members of the London Society met for a guided tour Over-Seas House, London THE LONDON SOCIETY EXPLORES THE WONDERS OF THE SOANE���S MUSEUM of the Sir John Soane���s Museum in August. John Soane was an English architect, born in 1753, who designed this house to live in, but also as a setting for his collection of antiquities and works of art. He was constantly adding to and rearranging his collections, and eventually he established the house as a museum to which ���amateurs and students��� should have access. The spectacular restoration of Soane���s first house, at 12 Lincoln���s Inn Fields, reveals an elegant, neoclassical townhouse, built in 1792 as a family home. At the time, this was not a nice part of London, but the location was very convenient for him. The museum���s collections contain many important works, including Hogarth���s A Rake���s Progress and An Election, Canaletto���s Riva degli Schiavoni, Looking West, the alabaster sarcophagus of Seti I, 30,000 architectural drawings, 6,857 historical volumes, 252 historical architectural models, and valuable examples of furniture and decorative arts. After the tour, the group went to the Ship Tavern for lunch. The pub is hidden away and has a fascinating history, which dates back to 1549. During the reign of Henry VIII, outlawed Catholic priests would conduct mass from behind the bar. Some were discovered hiding in the cellar and executed on the spot. Many people claim the place is haunted. Rannheid Sharma MCIL DECEMBER/JANUARY Readings in Arabic and English, and discussion with the authors of recent Arabic literary works, with translator Peter Clark. Over-Seas House, St James���s Street, London SW1A 1LR. For details, see www.iol.org.uk. KEY DIVISIONS Business, Professions & Government: BPG EDU Education: ID Interpreting: TD Translating: SOCIETIES CAM Cambridge: GER German: HK Hong Kong: LINC Lincolnshire: LON London: NW North West: SCOT Scottish: SP Spanish: The Linguist 29