The time of the year has once again passed when chartered surveyors look at the subscription demands and wonder why they remain members of the RICS (answers on a postcard 鈥� I can鈥檛 fathom it).

The main advantage of being a fellow of the RICS seems to belong to the RICS itself, in that it thinks you are able to pay a higher sub. I am minded of 鈥渢hink not of what your country can do for you, but of what you can do for your country鈥�. After so many years of 鈥渄oing鈥� for the RICS (including being paid below the minimum wage to mark candidates for their Assessment of Professional Competence and Assessment of Technical Competence), this rings a little hollow.

For RICS members, let this be the year of 鈥渢hink not of what you can do for your institution, but of what your institution should do for you鈥�.

Peter Horne

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