Council Minutes 1971

Minutes signed by successive Presidents and Chairmen and minutes of Standing Committees, some signed by the Institution Secretary. Reports from other committees given in the Council minutes, Standing Committee minutes appended. Routine items include lists of papers, membership lists, Council and new membership proposals. Finance Committee minutes and accounts are reproduced.

Routine discussions include: financial accounts; elections, resignations and decease of members; engineering papers discussed; and publications received, purchased or exchanged.

Council minutes/reports: Railway Division Council reports; amendments to Charter and By-laws, Special Meeting (39, 44r-48v, 173r). Automobile Division Council reports (40v; 54; 78r; 130r; 175v; 244r). Technical Board Prize Award Recommendations (42; 49). Report of Branch Credits Sub-Committee (80).

Committee minutes:  Committee of Branch Chairmen (62-63; 210-219); Education Committee (7-10) and memorandum on proposed Council of Engineering Institutions (CEIL) joint paper prepared by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (70-71; 116-117; 169-170; 220-221); General Purposes and Finance Committee  (26; 37; 72-73; 81-82; 115; 136-137; 190-191; 224-225); Graduate's Liaison Committee (11-15; 101-106; 162-166); James Clayton Bequest and Research Committee (28; 167-168);  Medals and Awards Committee (25); Membership Committee (16-24; 29-33; 64-69; 83-100; 118-123; 147-161; 192-209; 246-266); and Technical Board (34-36; 59-61; 138-146; 226-232).

Items of note include (by meeting date):     

27 Jan. Engineer representative on British Railways Board. Candidates for Council election established. Birmingham Summer Meeting. President's visit to Canada.

24 Feb. Sir St John Elastic appointed by Government to Rolls-Royce enquiry thus resigns Presidential nomination.

24 Mar. Presidential visits to Branches. Annual Meeting postponed. Council of Engineering Institutions amendments to Charter and By-laws .

28 Apr. Retirement of Lord Christopher Hinton 

26 May. Joint Working Party to improve training to Chartered Engineer status. Branches formed in Canada. List of Chairmen of Standing Committees 1971-1972 (109). By-laws Committee disbanded as Standing Committee. Employment problems for Graduate Mechanical Engineers. List of 1971 Council Members (114). 

28 Jul. Branches formed in Canada. Graham Clark Lecture to be presented by Lord Hinton. Standing Committee members 1971 (133). Proposal to establish a Publications Directorate. Birmingham Summer Meeting. 

27 Oct. Branches formed in Canada. Summer Meeting 1972, Brussels. Paper presented on problems of developing countries. President's report on tour to South America and the Caribbean includes itinerary.   World Federation of Engineering Organizations Third General Assembly. List of tasks of new Programme Committee, Monitoring Panel and Library Committee (as part of Technical Board).

24 Nov. Presidential visits to Branches. Summer Meeting 1972, Brussels. Proposed greater involvement in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

15 Dec. Future structure and terms of reference of the Technical Board and its Committees. Working Party recommendations on voting practices. Copy of letter to Minister for Trade and Industry on Mensforth Committee Report.