The IHBC’s Council, through IHBC President Trefor Thorpe, has thanked the many members who contributed to the recent ‘member and user’ survey, highlighting the positive messages it carries as well as the nature of the work to be done by the IHBC to make sure we offer a proper home for the full spectrum of skills that deliver conservation.
IHBC President Trefor Thorpe said: ‘When I reported to our Council on the survey yesterday we were all most impressed at the scale of the response. Even more valuable was the wide interest in the IHBC extending our corporate reach much more widely, beyond Branches, historic disciplines, and even historic boundaries.’
‘Overall, as anyone reading will see, there has been an enthusiastic endorsement of where we are in our evolution. But, as Council, we are charged with looking to our future, not resting on our laurels, so we’re going to come back to members over the coming months with suggestions that will try to address the challenges raised here.’
‘Council should receive some firm recommendations at its next sitting in September, hopefully following some more discussion around our AGM and School in Edinburgh in June. So if you can come to that too, and join in those discussions, all the better!’
‘In the interim, do take a look through the report and see if there’s any further thoughts that spring to mind as I’m always happy to hear new ideas, alternative approaches and indeed any suggestions about how we can all do our job better.’
‘I can also announce that the £50 award for doing the survey will go to Dr James Campbell, architect, architectural historian and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and evidently the sort of multi-skilled practitioner that will underpin the IHBC’s future.’
Download the report HERE
