Young Members’ Forum stages first meet

The first meeting of the Guild’s Young Members’ Forum took place via Zoom last week (writes Guild Chair Simon Harris), with attendees given the chance to interview Ferrari workshop apprentices as part of National Apprenticeship Week in February.

The Forum has been launched to encourage the Guild’s younger members to play a role in influencing Guild strategy. It is intended to meet via Zoom twice a year and report to the Guild committee, although informal member activities will take place between the meetings.

Members stated the need for better networking opportunities and expressed an appetite to get to know established Guild members and seek mentoring. Ideas to achieve this will be developed over the coming weeks, but any established Guild members wishing to make themselves available for mentoring are asked to contact Forum chair Kevin Haggarthy.

There was also discussion about how Forum members could use social media networks to achieve visibility when contacts are often trying to manage excessive email inboxes.

Also present at the meeting was Ferrari North Europe communications and marketing specialist James Allinson, who offered to put Forum members in contact with their nearest Ferrari dealer to learn more about the brand’s apprenticeship scheme, with a view to producing a feature to tie in with National Apprenticeship Week.

The Forum is scheduled to next meet in the early summer, but a WhatsApp group will continue discussion and develop ideas further in the meantime.