Midlands

Midlands Region Event 23 rd March 2005 Midlands

Welcome to the Mailbox Guests Neil Edgington – Director of the Birmingham Mailbox Mick Dalton – Chair of BIFM Martin Pickard – FM Guru And yourselves – attendee list – please complete

Midlands Housekeeping Fire Alarm There is not a test planned, so if the alarm sounds its for real, we evacuate Tea and Coffee in the reception area outside No smoking in our meeting room Toilets Bar down stairs – sorry its cash

Midlands Agenda 17:30 Welcome – Michael Glass –Midlands Region Chair of BIFM 17:35 Talk on the Mailbox by Neil Edgington Director of the Mailbox Followed by Tour of the facilities –Return to the Malmaison 18:30The debate –Is FM a profession? –How do we improve our credibility amongst our piers, our bosses and our customers 20:00 Presentation of Part 1 and 2 –of the BIFM qualification –By Mick Dalton – Chair of the BIFM 20:30Close – Networking in the Hotel Bar and Restaurant Any questions?

Midlands The Birmingham Mailbox Neil Edgington Do return for the Debate by 18:30

Midlands The Debate Is FM a profession? How do we improve our credibility amongst our piers, our bosses and our customers In the Chair – Michael Glass The motion before the house “We believe Facilities Management is a profession that brings benefits to all companies.”

Midlands 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

Midlands For the motion We are an Institute with 10,000 members There are 1200 members in the Midlands and growing strongly Members 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

Midlands Against I am only a qualified Catering Manager In the room I can see engineers, space planners, surveyors and security officers But we have all developed into Facilities Managers As the saying goes we are Jack of all trades and master of none. We need to progress into a more positive, proactive, quality driven service provider We 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

Midlands To the Floor The debate is yours 40 minutes

Midlands To the Vote Can you count votes – For the motion We believe Facilities Management is a profession that brings benefits to all companies By a show of hands Against the motion Abstentions So what are we going to do to improve?????

Midlands Presentation So here are a group of Facilities Managers who have improved. They have all studied hard and passed May I call up and please show your appreciation for Frank Finch Maxine Bell Lesley Grace Andrew Foster with Mick Dalton to present the certificates

Midlands Thank you Thanks go to Neil Edgington – Director of the Birmingham Mailbox Mick Dalton – Chair of BIFM Martin Pickard – FM Guru Our qualified students and Of course yourselves - See you at our Conference in Cambridge in April or at our next event on 17 th May at Mac Helicopters at Oxford Airport