INSTITUTE NEWS
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1956.tb01492.x |
| Published date | 01 June 1956 |
| Date | 01 June 1956 |
INSTITUTE
NEWS
Annual General Meeting
THE
Annual General Meeting was held at County Hall
on
Friday, 27th May,
and about
70
members were present. Mr. R.
W.
Bell gave the Chairman’s
address
on
“
Inquiries,” in the course of which he distinguished these from
administrative tribunals, and surveyed and assessed some of the procedures
followed in public inquiries. The meeting approved the Executive Council’s
proposals for increases in the subscription rates for individual members.
Chairman and Vice-chairman
of
the Executive Council
THE
Executive Council have elected Mr.
T.
J. Jones to succeed
Mr.
Bell
as Chairman for the year 1956-57.
Mr.
Jones, who is now Chief Officer
of
Supplies of the London County Council and was previously the Council’s
Director of Establishments, has been an Institute member since
1930.
He
has served the Institute in many ways, and was Chairman of the Study
Group which, three or four years ago, produced the
book
The
EZements
of
Local Government Establishment
Work.
Mr.
S.
G.
Williams, who was appointed Vice-chairman, is Assistant
Controller, Staff Administration, of the B.B.C. Mr. Williams has been
on the Corporation’s staff for
25
years. In 1947 he visited Singapore in
connection with the establishment of a broadcasting organisation there, and
last year he undertook
a
similar mission to Nigeria.
Co-options to Executive Council
MR.
F.
G.
BREWER,
Secretary of The Gas Council, and
Mr.
E. R.
Vose, of
the National Coal Board, have again been co-opted to represent corporate
members
on
the Executive
Council.
Mr.
S.
E.
Raymond, Assistant Manpower
Adviser of the British Transport Commission, has also agreed to serve as
a
co-opted member.
Mr.
Raymond has been a member of the Institute for
many years, and has previously served
on
the Institute’s Council.
Mr.
Kenneth Frere has also been co-opted, as a representative of the Institute’s
younger members. Mr. Frere, who is
32,
was Secretary of the Bristol
Regional Group when he served as Manager of the Weston-super-Mare office
of the
Ministry
of Labour and National Service, and before coming
to
London
to take up an appointment with the Central Electricity Authority. He was
the winner of the 1952 Haldane Essay Competition.
Centenary
of
the Birth
of
Lord
Haldane
THIS year is the centenary of the birth of Lord Haldane, the Institute’s
Founder-President. The Institute are considering suggestions for a suitable
activity to mark the occasion.
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