Monthly Archives: July 2009
SpinWatch: members can provide an important set of checks and balances
The following is an extract from a post that I put tonight on the AP merger forum. (1) From now on, if anyone hears of any current or former Council member or senior member of the Secretariat staff denying that … Continue reading
New topic on AP forum for humourous posts re merger
After suggestions by a few colleagues that the AP merger forum had got too serious, I added a new topic “To inject some levity(humourous posts re merger only please” to the forum over the weekend, which is intended strictly for … Continue reading
Analysis: Faculty position v weak? Fac members must act now
(This is a copy of a post I made last night on the AP merger forum, but which I reproduce here because although the number of members visiting the forum is increasing, it is still small with more members seeming … Continue reading
Interesting post by Brendan McBride on AP forum
I reproduce here (with his permission) a copy of an interesting post made today by Brendan McBride (a Fellow of the Faculty, but also an Affiliate of the Institute) on the Institute and Faculty merger forum, under the “Now…” topic: … Continue reading
New polls set up on AP merger forum to try and find a way forward
I have just created some new polls on the AP merger forums, to jumpstart the process of finding a way forward which fully consults members: – Faculty members (only please): would you accept voluntary transfer to the Institute? – (Eligible … Continue reading
The CAP merger plan is off, the next steps are still unclear
Full details of the CAP merger plan vote results can be seen here, but it seems clear that the proposed plan cannot proceed from last night’s vote (at least not without a further vote by Institute members after changes) because … Continue reading
Does the AP already know (from proxy votes) tomorrow’s outcome, or is today’s Glasgow Herald article just speculation?
(Update 24 Jul 2009: we now know following the real result – where the Faculty voted FOR, but the Institute FOR vote failed to reach the required hurdle – that the Herald article was just speculation) Does the AP already … Continue reading
What future do you want for our profession: openness & transparency or excessive control?
(copy of actual email sent in a personal capacity as a member of the Institute) Dear Institute or Faculty member (including students for information only – you cannot vote in this poll, but this is very likely to profoundly affect … Continue reading
What future do you want for our profession: openness & transparency or excessive control?
If you’re at all unsure about the merger proposals, given that the changes proposed are irreversible, surely the only prudent thing to do is to vote AGAINST this particular merger proposal. (included in a link in an email today [sent … Continue reading
A catalogue of problems, which could have been avoided by relatively simple checks
During the last two months, the following instances (demonstrating an apparent absence of the checking process that might reasonably be expected from our leadership) have occurred: Somehow, different electronic files for the Merger Prospectus and Appendices, with different file sizes … Continue reading
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