In under twenty-four hours, we have nearly the hundred names we need to call a General Meeting to debate the rebranding exercise. I shall not make the names public; they will go to CILIP with the call, but I have been struck by how many people who have been active and held high office in the organisation have signed.This gives the lie to anyone who might try to claim that we are people who do nothing for the organisation except grumble about how CILIP should do this or that.
I'm indebted to Alan Wylie, who has done some detective work on Spencer Dubois, the consultants who are to be handed £35,000 of CILIP members' money for coming up with names like the Knowledge People:
Spencer Dubois, consultancy firm on CILIP rebrand, also worked for 'Social Enterprise UK' and 'Big Society Capital', hmmm interesting!
— Alan Wylie (@wylie_alan) May 30, 2013
It seems that there is less unity than might be thought at Ridgmount Street. We really need an Edward Dudley to chronicle these times, but the President tells us he knew nothing of the consultation until last Friday afternoon. Another senior office-holder in CILIP has accused me in an e-mail of being 'personally rude'. Leaving aside how it might be possible to be impersonally rude, I hope this is not the case. I try to be courteous in all my dealings, and I have a great deal of respect for those who hold senior positions in CILIP, indeed I campaigned for Phil Bradley's election to the office of President; nevertheless, I believe that they are mistaken in this and are following courses of action that are not in the membership's interests.
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