34 TheLinguistAUGUST/SEPTEMBERwww.iol.org.ukINSTITUTE MATTERSCONTRIBUTORSJim ColemanDr Jim Coleman FCIL is Chair of theUniversity Council of Modern Languages(UCML), Professor of Language Learningand Teaching at the Open University, and a former member of Council of the CIOL. Seep.14Silvia FerreroFreelance translator Silvia Ferrerospecialises in games localisation and is aDirector of MediaLoc (www.medialoc.net).She also works as a quality assurancespecialist and editor, and is Chair of the North-WestTranslators' Network. See p.18Bill MaslenTranslator and copywriter Bill Maslen isManaging Director of the Word Gym, asmall but well-known craft firmspecialising in transcreation, which heestablished in 1990. See p.20Jessica MooreFreelance journalist and editor JessicaMoore is a former Acting Editor of TheLinguist. She has worked for nationalnewspapers, including The GuardianandThe Independent, and for various magazines. See p.26Jeremy MundayA member of TheLinguist Editorial Board,Jeremy Munday MCIL is Professor at theCentre for Translation Studies, Universityof Leeds, where he teaches on the MA inApplied Translation Studies. See p.24David SmithThe Head of DG Interpretation's EnglishUnit, David Smith has worked for theEuropean Commission in Brussels since1977, when he was recruited as aninterpreter. He first learnt languages atsecondary school in Bedford. See p.10Adriana TortorielloTranslator, subtitler and lecturer AdrianaTortoriello is a lecturer in AudiovisualTranslation at Imperial College London. Her main research interests relate tosemiotic cohesion in subtitling. See p.16From theChair of CouncilThe meeting of Council on 31 March was the firstfollowing the AGM. This meeting traditionallyelects the officers of Council and agrees on themembership of the various committees andboards that do so much important work on behalfof the Institute.I was re-elected as Chair of Council, andChristine Pocock was elected Vice-Chair, as thisrole had become vacant. Christine is very wellknown to members of the Institute as Chair of theInterpreting Division and an active member of the Translating Division Committeefor many years; more recently she played a key part in the Rates and SalariesSurvey carried out jointly with the ITI (Institute of Interpreting and Translation).Tony Bell, my predecessor as Chair of Council, was elected Honorary Treasurer,an important role given the challenging financial circumstances we find ourselvesin. Council thanked Paul Shipman, the outgoing Treasurer, for his hard work in thisrole over several years. I look forward to working with Christine and Tony; they willbring a wealth of experience to their respective roles.Other committees whose membership we agreed included the Finance and Executive Committee (which combines two important but previouslyseparate committees, and brings together the executive and non-executiveofficers of the Institute and the Educational Trust), the Editorial Board of TheLinguist,the Applications Committee, the Chartered Linguist AdmissionsCommittee, the Equality and Diversity Committee, and various disciplinary and appeal committees. I would like to place on record Council's appreciationof the voluntary and unpaid work done by the members of these variousbodies. We plan to put further details of membership of these bodies on thewebsite in the near future.Council devoted time to a wide-ranging discussion about priorities for thecoming year. We agreed to carry out a formal review of the Chartered Linguistscheme, a review that is to be carried out by a small working party includingrepresentatives from the ITI and AIIC (the international association forconference interpreters). Other important areas we discussed were theestablishment of closer working relationships with other relevant professionalbodies, innovative ways of involving our members more in the affairs of theInstitute, the development of new examinations and qualifications, governance,the need to put our finances on a more robust footing, and the futureaccommodation requirements of the Institute.Council had a detailed discussion of recent developments following theMinistry of Justice's outsourcing of interpreting services for the criminal justicesystem and the role of the Institute in representing its public service interpretermembers. Both Tony Bell and I have written to ministers and officials outliningour position. In June, I again wrote to the relevant Justice Minister requesting ameeting to discuss the situation and expressing our concerns relating topossible miscarriages of justice, the incurring of unnecessary costs, and adecline in the quality of interpreting in the courts. An important development inthis area, since the last meeting of Council, is the news that the National AuditOffice is considering conducting an investigation into the MoJ LanguageServices Contract.Finally, we are looking forward to the relaunch of our website, including a newmembers-only area. Keith Moffitt MCIL