1. Institute News – 15/10/09 Grants Update Outstanding Service Awards Schools affiliate Scheme Institute News – Materials World YPLC 2009 ‘Local Society of the Year’ Speaker Database

2. Mailing!! 5 membership leaflets 5 student membership leaflets 5 SAS leaflets (2) 2 Packaging Society leaflets OSA LSofY

3. Grants Update 1 st Tranche of Grant ordered – BACS!! To be paid October / November 3 societies had their applications audited A few societies haven’t applied yet - can go to January LAB

4. Outstanding Service Awards Paperwork emailed and posted out by next week Closing date – 11 th December 2009 Decision made at LAB on 27 Jan 2010

5. School Affiliate Scheme Some Schools struggling to pay the annual sub. Could your society help 1 or 2 schools in your area? Lists available for each region If interested please contact Diane Talbot – diane.talbot@iom3.org

6. Institute News – Materials World One Region Every Other Month November – North West January – Scotland / Ireland March – South West May – Midlands July – North East October – South East Not a good response sometimes!!

7. YPLC 2010 Final at Armourers Hall, City of London Wednesday 28 th April 2010 Paperwork to be emailed and posted shortly!

8. Local Society of the Year 3 categories: Membership; Communication; Events 2 classes - <30; 30 & above Prize – up to £1000 to organise a prestigious event; invite to Awards Dinner Closing Date – 4 th December

9. Speaker Database Considered last time LAB discussed again in September and asked that it be discussed again Could just be a factual list, no comments re good or bad Could ask IOM3 divisions to recommend speakers

10. Membership Update Adele!!

11. Local Society Programmes Totally different over last 12 months! All programmes in Materials World in August / September (plus PP and CT) Each event is now entered individually onto the website – technical profile needed! Currently events on website up to end of October Event Managers are volunteering from local societies to put events on the site

12. Local Society Programmes II Could your society volunteer? Updated in Journals / web site through the year – I need you to tell me of changes!! If meetings are wrong on the website, Sarah gets the blame!! Richard Cooper is here – running an overview of being an Event Manager at the end of the lunch break.