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Midlands Region Event

23rd March 2005

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Welcome to the Mailbox

Guests

Neil Edgington – Director of the Birmingham Mailbox

Mick Dalton – Chair of BIFMMartin Pickard – FM Guru

And yourselves – attendee list – please complete

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Housekeeping

Fire AlarmThere is not a test planned, so if the alarm sounds its for real, we evacuate

Tea and Coffeein the reception area outside

No smokingin our meeting room

Toilets

Bar down stairs – sorry its cash

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Agenda17:30 Welcome – Michael Glass

– Midlands Region Chair of BIFM17:35 Talk on the Mailbox

• by Neil Edgington Director of the Mailbox • Followed by Tour of the facilities

– Return to the Malmaison18:30 The debate

– Is FM a profession?– How do we improve our credibility amongst our piers, our

bosses and our customers20:00 Presentation of Part 1 and 2

– of the BIFM qualification – By Mick Dalton – Chair of the BIFM

20:30 Close – Networking in the Hotel Bar and Restaurant

Any questions?

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The Birmingham Mailbox

Neil Edgington

Do return for the Debate by 18:30

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The Debate

Is FM a profession?How do we improve our credibility amongst our piers, our bosses and our

customersIn the Chair – Michael Glass

The motion before the house“We believe Facilities Management is a

profession that brings benefits to all companies.”

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Debate Rules

For the motion – 20 minute presentation by Mick Dalton

Against the motion Could do better – 20 minute presentation by Martin Pickard

The debate – 40 minutes your view

Please save your points to the end of our speakers session

Try to speak through the chair

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For the motion

We are an Institute with 10,000 membersThere are 1200 members in the Midlands and growing

stronglyMembers are Facilities Managers performing a varied roll

that improves services, reduces costs and adds benefits to all bottom lines

The FM role is a profession adding value to our customers –

To debate for the motion I give you BIFM Chair – Mick Dalton

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Against

I am only a qualified Catering ManagerIn the room I can see engineers, space planners, surveyors

and security officersBut we have all developed into Facilities ManagersAs the saying goes we areJack of all trades and master of none.We need to progress into a more positive, proactive,

quality driven service providerWe believe Facilities Management is a profession that does

not bring benefits to all companies, but I hope that our speaker agrees we could and we can.

So against the motion I give you – Martin Pickard

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To the Floor

The debate is yours

40 minutes

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To the Vote

Can you count votes –

For the motionWe believe Facilities Management is a profession that

brings benefits to all companiesBy a show of hands

Against the motionAbstentions

So what are we going to do to improve?????

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Presentation

So here are a group of Facilities Managers who have improved.

They have all studied hard and passedMay I call up and please show your appreciation for Frank Finch Maxine Bell Lesley Grace Andrew Foster                 with Mick Dalton to present the certificates

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Thank you Thanks go toNeil Edgington –

Director of the Birmingham Mailbox

Mick Dalton – Chair of BIFMMartin Pickard – FM GuruOur qualified studentsandOf course yourselves -See you at our Conference in Cambridge in Aprilor at our next event on 17th May at Mac

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