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ECAN membership, activities, current office bearers

If you are an architect and you are interested in attending a meeting to get an impression of ECAN and how it works, you can attend one of our monthly meetings as a guest. To get the date of the next meeting look at our CPD programme or contact our secretary.

To join ECAN you must be a member of the RIAS. On joining, you will be required to pay an introductory fee of £25.00, and an annual membership of £50.00, renewable in March of each year.

Membership entitles you to the following benefits:

discounted entry into the RIAS Directory of Practices
link to your own web-site from the ECAN site
participation in the ECAN reciprocal arrangements (as required by ARB)
access to a 40-plus member wide discussion group where you can raise technical questions or air your concerns or anxieties amongst your colleague architects and benefit from their contribution to your problems
right to attend the ECAN monthly meetings which often include a free 1 hour CPD presentation
all time spent at ECAN meetings counts towards your annual CPD requirements
the opportunity to take advantage of discounted PI insurance rates
direct contact with the public by participating in the ESPC helpdesk (Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre)
share access to special data or computing resources (eg: NBS, Owens-Corning heat-loss software)

Membership does not provide the following:

there is no annual ball, for that you have to join the EAA.
there is however, a Christmas lunch into the early evening

ECAN is financed largely from member subscriptions. Further income is generated from commissions from projects received by members via the ESPC participation, and a small EAA grant is received annually.

Current office bearers are:

Chairman Les Howson (0131) 229 1241
Treasurer David Olden (0131) 552-0585

Chair and secretary are elected for a one year period, at the AGM in March of each year.