IDE Elections 2014: Just to Clarify

The IDE National Secretary, Maureen Tong-Ralphs has been in touch to clarify a few things regarding the IDE Elections 2014. You can read what she had to say below:

The IDE Head Office are receiving rather a lot of calls concerning the Voting Procedure for this year’s elections:

Just to clarify that Voting is open to Fully Paid Up Fellows (FIDE, Hon FIDE), Full Members (MIDE, Hon MIDE) and Associate Members (AMIDE) of the Institute.

Before you call us please make sure that:

a) You fit into the category as stated above.

b) That you are up-to-date with your Subscription payments.

c) That you have checked your emails for an email that was sent to you from the Electoral Reform Services or Caroline Jepps. This would have probably happened on the 23rd October.

d) That you have followed the clear instructions given in that email. Please note that Voting cannot be done over the phone, via an email to the IDE or via our website.

If after this, you are still experiencing difficulties then please call us on 01634 816255 and we will be happy to help you.

IDE decide to publish the AGM minutes on the website for the first time ever

Traditionally the IDE AGM minutes are distributed immediately before the following year's AGM, but this year the IDE Council of Management decided to publish the minutes as soon as they were available from National Secretary Maureen Tong-Ralphs and they are now on the website for download.

You can access the Minutes taken at the last Annual General Meeting on 15th November 2013 by clicking the following link:

http://www.demolitionengineers.net/2013/11/22/37th-agm-and-annual-luncheon-a-resounding-success/

IDE Back On Track

IDE members have noticed that, following the resignation of Valerie Stroud in February of this year, new President Steve Jack has had a few issues to deal with and, with the help of Vice President Duncan Rudall, Stuart Accleton and the rest of the Management Council those issues have now been resolved.

Comments have been made that the IDE was losing the momentum built up over the last 5 years and the lack of a media presence, with no website and twitter feed, was not helping to recruit new members and keep existing members informed. I can assure you that those comments have been addressed.

First job was to recruit a new National Secretary to replace Valerie and we now have Maureen Tong-Ralphs in post and working well. Maureen has recruited a new assistant so that administration in the office can now be back to normal.

The IDE website is now up and running with news feeds but it is having a full revamp and re-launch in the next few weeks so keep visiting the site and wait for the re-launch.

The @IDEPresident Twitter feed is now working again and Maureen will tweet news for the IDE office on a daily basis.

It has been a difficult few months but the IDE is Back!

A new beginning for the IDE

This Thursday at 9.00am will see the IDE Council of Management meet in full for the first time since the sudden resignation of Valerie Stroud following the successful seminar in Leeds at the end of February.

The council, under the leadership of Steve Jack, will sit for the first time since the bombshell resignation and plan IDE activities, consider membership applications and address member concerns.

For the new National Secretary, Maureen Tong-Ralphs, it will be first time that she has met or spoken to many council members so it will give them the opportunity to meet her and welcome her into the position. Maureen was recruited following a lengthy series of interviews by President Steve Jack, Vice President Duncan Rudall and Stuart Accleton and she is now working her way through the backlog of work left behind when Valerie Stroud resigned.

Items for discussion at the council remain confidential, but I can tell you that the events team will discuss the forthcoming Demo Expo 2013, the OGGS Seminar booked for Friday 27 September and the AGM and annual luncheon booked for Friday 15 November.

IDE appoint new National Secretary

The IDE was surprised in February when Valerie Stroud decided to leave the position of National Secretary at a minutes notice and there was some disruption to Institute business since then but now they are back on track.

IDE President Steve Jack, Vice President Duncan Rudall and Council of Management member Stuart Accleton have taken their time, interviewed many applicants for the position, (nearly as many as were interviewed for the Wolves Head Coach position) and have made the appointment of a new National Secretary.

We are pleased to announce that Maureen Tong-Ralphs has taken over the position and is now getting to grips with institute business. She will attend her first IDE Council meeting on Thursday 13th June at Armac Group in Birmingham.

Here at C&D we wish Maureen all the best in the position and look forward to working closely with her for the future.

IDE President John Woodward opens new IDE Office

The IDE recently moved from their old offices at Poplicans Road to the new offices at The Joiners Shop, Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TZ. Now that Valerie and her team have settled into the new offices it was time to officially open them.

On Friday 17 August IDE President John Woodward called at the offices to watch as Valerie was officially given the key to the offices by Maureen Tong-Ralphs the Assistant Manager at the Basepoint operated offices.

The IDE see this move as vital in the progression of the institute as it gives more space for Valerie and her team to deal with the additional membership applications, the events organisation, and the general administration of a busy and growing institute.

Basepoint offer a complete service for organisations like the IDE with fully serviced offices in many locations throughout the UK. Details about the Joiners Shop offices can be found at http://www.the-joiners-shop.co.uk