Council Minutes 1975

Minutes signed by successive Presidents and Chairmen, with appended minutes of Standing Committees signed by the Institution Secretary.

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

Board/Committee minutes: Committee of Branch Chairmen (121-123); Education Committee (30-31; 148-153);  Executive Board (9-10; 55-56; 87-88; 108-109; 119-120; 196-197; 220-221; 255-256; 270-271); Finance Board (57-59; 117; 242; 281-282); Graduate's Liaison Committee (198-202; 265-269); James Clayton Bequest and Research Committee (243-244); Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited Board (47-54; 110-116; 203-207; 257-264); Membership Committee (15-29; 91-98; 130-147); Professional Training and Career Development Committee (also Training and Development Committee), includes memorandum General requirements for the training and experience of engineers for Chartered Status and Training (32-36; 99-103; 154-156); Qualifications Board, includes memorandum on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications in engineering in the EEC, and related correspondence (11-14; 89-90; 124-129; 157-169; 237-241; 272-276); and Technical Board (37-46; 60-63; 104-107; 170-186; 222-236; 277-280).

Items of note include (by meeting date):  

22 Jan. Presidential visits to Branches. Tribute to Wilson Campbell.  Agreement of co-operation between Institution and Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME). Joint Conversazione  with Institution of Electrical Engineers. Provision for possible overdraft. Special Meeting announced on subscription charges. Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI)  support for unified engineering profession and licensing for professional engineers.

23 Apr.  Presidential visits to Branches. Joint Conversazione with Institution of Electrical Engineers. New Chairman for Automobile Division. New appointment to Government Advisory Council on Energy. President to Council of Engineering Institutions receive Verulam Medal of Metals Society. New Chairmen of Boards and Standing Committees. Proposed formation of  Watt Committee on Energy. Composition of 1975 Council. Select Committee recommendations on The Technical Structure of the Institution.

21 May. Discussion with Chairmen on composition of Boards and Standing Committees and list of Standing Committee members.

July. Possibility of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technicians and Engineers (IEETE) being extended to include Mechanical Technician Engineers. Birthday Honours List. Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI) discussion on future organisation of engineering profession. President's summary report from Commonwealth Engineering Conference. Report from Working Party on the Development of Engineers to meet the needs of industry. 

22 Oct. Presidential visits to Branches.