Tag Archives: Dead Tree Press
Reducing environmental costs in the new UK actuarial profession
I last wrote about this over a year ago (here, since when some progress has been made but not yet on the main issue I was focussing on which was the sending by default of paper copies of The Actuary … Continue reading
Some 600k sheets of paper + around £10,000 saved thanks to request not to post merger papers to all
Update 25 Jul 2009: the postcript to this post is that the AP did in fact post merger materials to all members about 11 days after I wrote this article, a full two weeks after the electronic copies had been … Continue reading
Breaking news: today’s 1700 merger “roadshow” meeting has been CANCELLED
The merger “roadshow” meeting due to be held in Edinburgh today at 1700 has apparently been cancelled. No reason has been given for this yet, and it doesn’t seem to be being reported by the AP yet. Update: as of … Continue reading
AP current plans likely to waste 400,000+ sheets of paper
In “what happens next” on the FAQs page on the new AP merger website it states: “Voting materials will be sent by post in June to every eligible member of the Faculty and the Institute.” Please will this be reconsidered? … Continue reading
The Actuary magazine: surely the future is online?
Following the publication of this article about how most mainstream newspapers are losing money (and readers), what does this say about the future for The Actuary, the magazine of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries? Surely the same thing applies … Continue reading
Gordon, please go: the power of the internet
As yet another example of the way in which the online world is changing the physical one, this online petition (declaration of interest: I have signed it) is the most popular one on the Number 10 Downing Street website. Why? … Continue reading
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