{"id":28710,"date":"2020-12-22T16:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28710"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:49:46","slug":"dbw-features-ihbcs-adoption-of-new-articles-as-they-pave-the-way-for-modernisation-of-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28710","title":{"rendered":"DBW features IHBC\u2019s adoption of new Articles as they \u2018pave the way for modernisation\u2019 of governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DBW_221220.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28711\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DBW_221220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Home\">Designing Buildings Wiki<\/a> (DBW) \u2013 host platform for the IHBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation_wiki\">Conservation Wiki<\/a> and the \u2018construction industry knowledge base\u2019 &#8211; has featured the IHBC\u2019s adoption of new articles in its bi-weekly <em>Newsletter<\/em> and as an article on its Wiki service.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 trustees focussed first on the duties\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026advisory council that blends elected, nominated and selected representatives\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026mandate to draw up byelaws that represent the same modern standards seen in the new Articles\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>DBW writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> held its annual general meeting (AGM) on 3 December 2020, during which time its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">members<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Adopted\">adopted<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Organisation\">organisation&#8217;s<\/a> new Articles of Association \u2013 \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Paving\">paving<\/a> the way for modernisation and more\u2019. After this order of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Business\">business<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Complete\">complete<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">members<\/a> discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Strategy\">strategies<\/a> and prospects \u2013 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Furloughing\">furloughing<\/a> to chartership. The entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Programme\">programme<\/a> was conducted online in a virtual format.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 already received approval for the changes from UK charity regulators\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2>Analysis of actions<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Adoption\">adoption<\/a> of new Articles of Association secures the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Foundations\">foundation<\/a> for a more contemporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Structure\">structure<\/a> and more substantial governance, as well as a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Inclusive\">inclusive<\/a> approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">membership<\/a> and practitioner support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Major_development\">Major developments<\/a> from the original constitution include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A board with elected trustees focussed first on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Duties\">duties<\/a> of a trustee.<\/li>\n<li>An overseeing and advisory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Council\">council<\/a> that blends elected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Nominated\">nominated<\/a> and selected representatives from across the UK-wide branches and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">membership<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A mandate to draw up byelaws that represent the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Modern\">modern<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Standards\">standards<\/a> seen in the new Articles, while also reflecting the unique legacy, profile, needs and aspirations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC\u2019s<\/a> interdisciplinary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">membership<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Multidisciplinary\">multidisciplinary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">members<\/a>, its committees, working groups and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Practice\">practice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> has already received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Approvals\">approval<\/a> for the changes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/UK\">UK<\/a> charity regulators in line with guidance.<\/p>\n<h2>Commentary<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> President Mike Brown said: \u2018The enthusiastic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Adoption\">adoption<\/a> by our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">members<\/a> of the new Articles marks the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Step\">step<\/a> in the modernisation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Specialist\">specialist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Professional_bodies\">professional body<\/a> and charity for the 21st century. As such, they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Paving\">paving<\/a> the way for our modernisation and much more.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> Chair David McDonald said: \u2018The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> supports both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Conservation\">conservation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Standards\">standards<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Built\">built<\/a> and historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Specialist\">specialists<\/a> as well as a wider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Spectrum\">spectrum<\/a> of cost-effective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Services\">services<\/a> and guidance for the diverse players that shape our valued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Place\">places<\/a>. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Member\">members<\/a> and networks need the best and most flexible support we can offer, and these articles will underpin our response to their needs: cultural, social, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Environmental\">environmental<\/a> and economic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> Secretary Jo Evans said: \u2018We will now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Build\">build<\/a> our byelaws to align with the new constitutional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Framework\">framework<\/a>, while also reflecting both our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Practice\">practice<\/a> needs and our legacy. If these raise issues with any aspects of the Articles, we will look at those again too.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 represent the final conclusion to \u2026 &#8220;experimental evolution&#8221;\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018The new Articles were redrafted by our legal advisers Knights Solicitors under the close oversight of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC<\/a> Board. They represent the final conclusion to the &#8220;experimental evolution&#8221; that proved so successful in our <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9169\">IHBC+<\/a> over the last five years. The real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Works\">works<\/a> starts now: with the next stage simple to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Points\">point<\/a> out, but infinitely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Complex\">complex<\/a> to deliver: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Build\">Build<\/a> in the new governance, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Step\">step<\/a> up again!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our new Corporate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Plan\">Plan<\/a> for 2020-25, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Adopted\">adopted<\/a> at the AGM, will be critical to guiding us in these next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Step\">steps<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>See the background to the modernisation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC\">IHBC\u2019s<\/a> governance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/governance\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><u>Related articles on<\/u> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Designing_Buildings_Wiki\">Designing Buildings Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Historic_environment_good_practice_advice\">Historic environment good practice advice<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC_articles\">IHBC articles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/The_Institute_of_Historic_Building_Conservation\">The Institute of Historic Building Conservation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/IHBC_adopts_new_Articles_of_Association_at_2020_AGM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/designingbuildings.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=d574d9ea2afa87f3015d176f3&amp;id=b0e8c9e30b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up<\/a> to the DBW Newsletter circulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) \u2013 host platform for the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki and the \u2018construction industry knowledge base\u2019 &#8211; has featured the IHBC\u2019s adoption of new articles in its bi-weekly Newsletter and as an article on its Wiki service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28712,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28710\/revisions\/28712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}