No questions asked at BDA AGM
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- Published: Wednesday, 16 April 2014 07:50
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Reports from members who attended the British Dental Association’s AGM in Manchester say that no questions were asked from the chief executive Peter Ward who reported on the finances of the Association as well as the outcome of the revised membership structure and how it will be taken forward.
The Annual General Meeting was told that there was a deficit in the financial year of £1.3million, brought about because of the new membership structure. This had been met from reserves who would need to be replenished. This year the BDA was set for a £700,000 deficit, but they were ahead of this forecast. The BDA intends to break even next year.
Members have told GDPUK that Dr Ward defended the decisions they took. But when faced with the decision to renew their subscription, members choices had been different from the survey results. Far more had opted for the lowest tier of membership ‘Essential’ than had been anticipated.
They had intentionally set a low barrier for entry, anticipating more members joining at that level. But the extra number of joiners had not justified the low price. They were seeing an extra 120 new members a month, with 30 members upgrading.
Some changes were inevitable. There would be an increase in the subscription for the lowest grade ‘essential’ membership. Members would no longer be able to upgrade to a higher level of membership to receive advice on a problem that had arisen when they were on a lower tier. Finally the BDA wanted its middle tier ‘Extra’ to be seen as the ‘normal’ grade.
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