Tag Archives: SpinWatch
Institute/Faculty Consultation process so far gives impression of going through the motions
I said in yesterday’s blog post that I was waiting to hear how the consultation meeting (on Charter documentation) at the Institute of Actuaries in London went yesterday. I have kept quiet for several weeks about this in the hope … Continue reading
Merger consultation: waiting to hear how today’s Institute consultation meeting goes
The Faculty and Institute of Actuaries launched a further consultation period about a month ago on the new charter documentation which had been proposed for the failed July merger. I feel that so far, not enough account has been taken … Continue reading
The power of the internet: preventing politicians from ignoring inconvenient evidence
The recent revelation that Gordon Brown’s government are trying to prevent an independent committee of scientists from accurately reporting evidence about the relative dangers of different types of drugs is only one of several examples of misrepresentation of scientific evidence … Continue reading
SpinWatch: Sept. Actuary magazine repeats misleading merger vote statistics
I have put up a post on the Institute & Faculty merger forum pointing out that the latest issue of The Actuary magazine repeats incorrect and misleading presentation of the percentages voting in favour of merger and asking for these … Continue reading
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
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
There has been no propaganda? Try this approach to South African FFAs
Our leadership denies that their approach has been partial, or that they have resorted to propaganda rather than presenting members with balanced information. Members may be interested to learn that the following email was sent (by the Actuarial Association of … Continue reading
SpinWatch: AP merger website now includes “Endorsements For The Merger” section
Update 09 Jul 2009 1140: I have added further correspondence on this issue, which confirms me in my belief that the leadership don’t want to provide balanced information to members about their merger proposals. In the latest instance of clear … Continue reading
Email (#3) from Ronnie Sloan to Faculty members, Outcome of Monday’s SGM
(The following email was sent today by Ronnie Sloan FFA to a number of Faculty members, and is shown here so that it can be read by members who did not receive it, and also by Institute members) Dear Faculty … Continue reading
Fidelis issues a press release following the Faculty SGM of 29 June
Please see here.
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