Abi Palmer-Greenwood Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Good afternoon all Firstly, I wanted to re-introduce myself and my new role! At the beginning of December I formally joined LI as the new Standards and Branches Engagement Manager. My role has two parts, one is to aid in the successful management and delivery of technical material we produce, the other is to support and work with each of you, the Branches, to continue all your fantastic work in engaging with the profession and wider industry. I am currently working on the new Handbook with Antonella and we will be looking to update you on this in January. I would love the opportunity to meet with you all, albeit virtually for the time being, and attend your next committee meetings. Secondly, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful festive break. This year, much like 2020, has been difficult for many people for many different reasons, so I hope this break allows you all some time for yourselves and your families. I will be cooking a feast, eating far too much, spending time with family (if we are still allowed), dog walks, reading and general downtime! I am really looking forward to working with you all in the New Year! If you have any queries at all, please do not hesitate to contact me directly, either via LI Connect or email, abi.palmer-greenwood@landscapeinstitute.org (sorry that is such a mouthful!) Abi Palmer-Greenwood STANDARDS AND BRANCHES ENGAGEMENT MANAGER Landscape Institute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Clarke Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hi Abi - welcome on board! As you can see the branch forum doesn't get much (any) traffic. But we can certainly notify members of its existence next time we send out an email. I think that one of the issues for our branch is that we no longer know who our members are. Is there something that can be done about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abi Palmer-Greenwood Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 Good morning @Adrian Clarke Thank you for the kind welcome! We are currently working on a campaign to build the community members on here but if you could include it in any emails that go out that would be great. We are unable to share with you the details of the members in your area due to GDPR but we will be including some specific information about Connect in some of the All Member emails due to go out in the near future, this will hopefully help! If you could promote it on your social media channels that may also give it a boost! Many thanks! Abi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Clarke Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Hi @Abi Palmer-Greenwood On the specific question of branches not knowing who their members are - why would data protection regulations prevent this? Obviously the LI knows who its members are and how to contact them - if it didn't it couldn't function. So, why are the branches different? Just out of interest, do you know how many people have nominated LINE as their primary branch, and how many as their secondary branch? Kind regards Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abi Palmer-Greenwood Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Good afternoon @Adrian Clarke Unfortunately, as the Branch committees are volunteers, and not employees of the LI we are unable to share the data with you. I may be able to give you a list of names but that wouldn't be very helpful without contact information. We will be looking to run a marketing campaign to increase sign up to your Branch newsletters, as well as sorting out the process and regularity to get these sent out, which will hopefully help you connect with more members. Following on from our meeting last week I have also shared the membership breakdown per region, this information is the breakdown by primary branch. I have included it below for ease: Row Labels Count of Name East Midlands Branch 229 East of England Branch 361 International Branch 398 London Branch 932 Midlands Branch 420 North East Branch 149 North West Branch 548 Northern Ireland Branch 87 Scotland Branch 483 South East Branch 744 South West Branch 722 Wales Branch 136 Yorkshire & Humber Branch 523 Grand Total 5732 Apologies the table format has been lost in transition but it still shows teh correct information. I hope this helps but, as always, please do come back to me if there is anything else I can do. Many thanks Abi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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