2022 AGM Resolution

A reminder of the Resolutions to be debated and voted upon at the AGM on 26 November.

As required by the Laws of the Institute, every member and affiliate has been sent a copy of these Resolutions to be debated and voted upon at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 26 November 2022. The formal covering notice for the meeting was published in Architectural Technology Journal (issue number 142, summer 2022).

Each Region and Centre has elected Voting Delegates to attend the meeting to vote on behalf of their Region or Centre. If you have any views on these Resolutions, please contact your Regional or Centre Secretary to ensure that your elected Delegates are aware of the views of the members and affiliates they will be representing; contact details can be found here.

As a member or affiliate you are entitled to attend in person to debate the issues, however, unless you are an elected Delegate you will be unable to vote. If you wish to attend, please visit the booking form here or contact Joanne Rowlands, Project Management Executive, [email protected].

There is one Resolution, as agreed and approved by Executive Board and Council.
 

Resolution 1                                                                                                                                  [Special Resolution]
"To amend Section A, 1c in the Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures to read 'To expel the member from any future association with the Institute.' to mirror Section B 2c) and Section C 3c)."

The recommendation from the Conduct Committee is that the Conduct & Disciplinary Procedures, Schedule Two, Schedule of Disciplinary Sanctions, Section A, Clause 1c) be amended so that it mirrors Section B 2c) and Section C 3c): to avoid any ambiguity or misinterpretation: which adds further clarity to the disciplinary sanction expulsion and is consistent with other sections within the Procedures. The amendment is underlined in the extract below:

'Schedule Two
Schedule of Disciplinary Sanctions

members

SECTION A
members (MCIAT, FCIAT, ACIAT or students)

1.
When a complaint is proved, the Conduct Committee shall agree one of the following disciplinary sanctions for each breach of the Code of Conduct:
a) To reprimand the member.
b) To exclude the member from membership of the Institute for a fixed period with or without a recommendation for re-assessment on re-entry. (N.B. Institute policy stipulates that if a Chartered Member's membership ceases, whether as an MCIAT or FCIAT, for whatever reason for more than three consecutive years, the individual must sit a Professional Assessment Re-Entry Interview.)
c) To expel the member from any future association with the Institute.'

Your Executive Board and Council have approved this proposed Resolution.

The Executive Board and Council invite you to approve this Resolution.
[Special Resolution requires two-thirds majority]