CILIP are currently reviewing how their branches and groups are organised. You can find here links and documents relating to the review.
CSG and Diversity Group Merger
Community Services Group held an EGM on Wednesday 2 November at CILIP to vote on a merger with Diversity Group. The vote was in favour of the merger. The Groups are in discussion with Frances Muzzu, CILIP, regarding the process and will appoint representatives from the two respective Committees to sit on the Steering Group that will take this proposal forward.
You can watch the webcast of the meeting of the meeting to see what went on, what questions were asked and the discussion that took place.
CSG Extraordinary General Meeting 2 November, CILIP, London to vote on merger of CSG and Diversity Group
Community Services Group invited all CSG members to an Extraordinary General Meeting on Wednesday 2nd November at 3.00pm to discuss and vote on the Community Services Group and Diversity Group Merger Proposal.
This is the biggest change to affect CSG since its formation over 20 years ago. The documents below provide further information on the proposals and this meeting.
September 2011 - CSG Development
CSG is considering merging with Diversity Group
CILIP is changing to meet the needs of its members and to address the difficult financial situation in which it finds itself. As part of this process of change CSG is taking the initiative by investigating new ways of increasing capacity to develop and grow, engage with younger members of the profession and to re-energise its vision. CSG has co-operated and collaborated with other CILIP Groups in the past and is now discussing a possible merger with Diversity Group as we have identified shared values. It is anticipated that a new group with a new vision will emerge. The new group will have a greater capacity to achieve all the things special interest groups such as CSG and DG wish to achieve but don’t necessarily have the resources to do.
CSG’s mission is ‘Information, Equality and Opportunity – CSG works towards creating community cohesion by promoting the use of library and information services to empower people and improve their quality of life.’ These aims and aspiration are shared by Diversity Group.