Being an IPS Secretary

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Mervyn Wilson
• the co-operative college

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Being an IPS Secretary

• AIMS
• Identify the statutory duties facing a Secretary
• Identify good practice
• Highlight how duties and general good practice
  can dovetail with the principles behind the trust
  constitution - democracy, transparency and
  community benefit
• Next steps action research

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Statutory Duties
• On registration
• Ongoing
• Annual
• Occasional

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Good practice records
• Meetings, agendas and minutes
• Strategic documents Action plan
• Develop a calendar
• Registers members and board

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Good practice Membership
• Share certificates
• Membership cards
• Give your members something
• Involve your members

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Good practice Democracy
• General meetings
• Open forums
• Suggestions box
• Message boards

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Good practice Constitution
• Copies of
• Board membership policy
• Constitutional amendments
• Elections

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Good practice Community benefit
• Overall board responsibility
• Danger on neglecting wider community
• DHST examples

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Being an IPS Secretary

• Next steps
• Developing a dedicated calendar and/or action
  plan for Secretaries?
• How to do this?
• Work with trust board?
• Checklist? Handbook?
• Resources on the web?