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IPEd Notes April 2006
IPEd Notes
News from the Institute of Professional Editors
April 2006
Some members may have wondered about the expense of forming and operating a national body, or be unclear about the process by which it is going ahead. There's still a lot to be done before any decisions are made.
The IPEd Interim Council is extremely sensitive to costing issues, as well as the need to protect the societies' revenue deriving from membership and activities. As foreshadowed at the national conference last October, we have re-formed the National Organisation Working Group (NOWG), an ad hoc group of interested volunteers, to examine the method of forming a national organisation. Care is being taken to ensure NOWG involves contributors from all states and territories so that all viewpoints and society structures can be taken into account.
NOWG's task is to research and make a recommendation on the most effective and lowest-cost option for the establishment of a national entity. It will first make recommendations on its own terms of reference, consultative methodologies, ratification guidelines and so on, to make sure all interested parties are heard. Only after that will it set to work on exploring possible structures, taking into account the existing realities as well as what might be accomplished into the future. In due course a detailed, costed proposal will be put before the members, who will decide whether to create the national body.
IPEd is also alert to industrial issues. On its behalf the Victorian society's committee is holding preliminary talks with the trade union that covers editors, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, about the implications of accreditation for union membership, the book editors award, and the new industrial relations legislation.
We are making progress with the new, improved national website: have a look at <www.iped-editors.org>.
Janet Mackenzie
Liaison officer
Institute of Professional Editors
