President's message to Head of Membership
Text of the open letter dated 3 June 2010 from Jos Creese, Socitm President, to Ellen Jessett, Socitm Head of Membership.
"As new President of Socitm, I am writing to all key parts of the Society to encourage dialogue.
Socitm is its members. They lie at the heart of everything we do.Our policy agenda is designed to further their professional influence and capacity to transform public services for the better. Our Insight research and guidance, our Events and our Consulting activities are all designed to support them in their ever more demanding roles.
I am delighted that we are embarked on a programme to develop our membership that embraces the needs of a larger and increasingly more diverse membership. Our membership now spans local authorities, third sector and emergency services, and we are beginning to attract members from health, education and central government. We are also embracing members from private sector suppliers, working together to identify solutions and to take advantage of technological advances in the pursuit of better, more efficient public services.
In setting out my personal priorities for the year, the increased involvement of members and the widening of the membership services lie at the centre. In particular, I am pleased to lend my full support to:
- Professionalism - our new membership structure
- Multiple/ Organisation / Corporate membership packages
- Membership recruitment and retention activities
- Members' Continuous Professional Development
- Community development for new professional groupings.
In developing the value that Socitm offers to its expanding membership base, the Head of Policy, the Chairs of Socitm Futures and the Local CIO Council (LCIOC), the Head of Commercial Development and the Business Stream Managers are all important partners.I am really keen that all our members feel consulted, involved and indeed under some compulsion to put in time and effort in return to support the aims of the Society.
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this letter further if this would be helpful for you. Please let me know if there is any way, in my new role, of supporting you and the Membership Board in developing new areas of membership and the Society's offering to them.
Kind Regards
Jos Creese
President, Socitm"
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02/07/2010
With the broadening and deepening of membership, Socitm is now the place where information, technology and management professionals from all sectors can come together with the shared objective of collaborating to identify solutions and to take advantage of technological advances in the pursuit of better, more efficient public services.
Socitm provides an independent and impartial environment where members from all sectors are encouraged to use their wide and diverse expertise to accelerate innovation and successfully exploit new ideas.
Practitioners from the private sector now account for a third of membership and the Society extends an open invitation to suppliers to participate fully as members and play their part in advancing the quality and delivery of services to the public.
Please contact me if you would like any further details.