{"id":6065,"date":"2013-06-28T19:13:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T18:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2013-06-28T19:13:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T18:13:51","slug":"ihbc-skills-school-update-agm-motion-targets-support-for-ihbc-professionals-of-the-future-affiliates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6065","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Skills School update: AGM motion targets support for IHBC professionals of the future \u2013 \u2018Affiliates\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As well as populating the institute\u2019s senior tiers with some relatively new faces, including IHBC Chair Mike Brown; Vice Chair Emilia Hands and new Policy Secretary David Kincaid, the IHBC\u2019s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21 June delivered a step-change in focus with a motion from the now past-Chair Jo Evans calling on the IHBC to \u2018provide integrated and structured support for IHBC Affiliates to progress to full professional membership\u2026 to help address the reduced capacity and skills in local authorities to support training, education and career progress for future conservation professionals<\/span>.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The motion was passed unanimously and received with considerable satisfaction by individual members on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>In discussion, particular reference was made to the IHBC\u2019s ongoing Branch events programmes that encourage Affiliates to apply and guides them through the process. Details of these, with supporting resources, will be posted on the IHBC\u2019s website as part of the executive\u2019s initial response to the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Want to join IHBC? Join up online, by following the links from the IHBC\u2019s home page, and get the IHBC\u2019s benefits in full! See links from our Home Page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">www.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Think it\u2019s expensive to join? If you need financial assistance to help your career through IHBC membership, as a charity the institute can offer lots of support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Income under \u00a317,500: automatic half price rates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Income under \u00a312,500: join up and apply for up to 75% or 100% financial support, subject to circumstances.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Follow the guidance at<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/join\/hardship\/hardship.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Want to keep up to date but not as an IHBC Member? Keep up to date on key issues for free on the IHBC\u2019s Linkedin Group, linked from the IHBC\u2019s home page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk \" target=\"_blank\">www.ihbc.org.uk\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as populating the institute\u2019s senior tiers with some relatively new faces, including IHBC Chair Mike Brown; Vice Chair Emilia Hands and new Policy Secretary David Kincaid, the IHBC\u2019s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21 June delivered a step-change &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6065\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6065","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\/6065","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6066,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions\/6066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}