Members are informed that each region is now making preparations for its Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held in March 2005. About three weeks prior to the AGM you will receive a letter of invitation from the region chairman, an agenda and if necessary a ballot form.

Many of you have probably considered offering your services to your region committee but have not done so due to business or personal commitments or possibly you have hesitated due to not knowing what is involved.

Region committees work within published guidelines, known as ‘The manual of procedures for the administration of regions' and if you are interested in assisting your region and would like a copy of the manual, please contact ICES and request one. Alternatively, or additionally, speak to your region chairman who will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have.

7 February: Developments in Construction Procurement
This event is to held at the Holiday Inn, Ossett (junction 40/M1) Wakefield. Registration is at 6.00pm, refreshments (including food) 6.30pm and the seminar will last from 7.00pm-9.00pm. The guest speakers will be from Masons (Solictiors) Leeds Office. Topics will include the Engineering and Construction Contract Edition 3, Working under the framework/term contract, Be Collaborative Contract and a Q&A session. This event is free to ICES members and £10 to guests. Pre-booking is essential. To reserve your place please contact Mike Ball (t) 0113 282 4590 (e)[email protected]

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21 March 2005: AGM

I know the Holiday Inn at Wakefield (junction 40/M1) is not the most glamourous of locations to spend a Monday night, but please please consider popping in at 8pm. The Yorkshire region needs you. New faces are desperately needed to enable the region to prosper. It is a distinct possibility that the Yorkshire region will fold this year — due to existing committee members stepping down and a lack of interest from new members in joining us. Please consider coming along to the AGM to see what it's all about. We meet every two months and are very adaptable (nay, welcome) to new ideas and new ways of running things.

If any member wishes to discuss any business or would like to get more involved with regional affairs please don't hesitate to contact your Regional Secretary on the above telephone number or at his email address, [email protected]

In order to improve the communication throughout the region the committee would like to request that all members forward on a contact email address to [email protected] (please note that this will ONLY be used for the notification of region events and for no other purpose).