Dan seems to be missing the point. For the hard of thinking, what I was
implying was that as an individual, I can shout as hard as I like about the
disgraceful levels of pay in the profession, but the same information would
have rather more clout coming from the organization I pay to represent me.
All this "Ah well I always say we are the organization" stuff just lets
people who are paid to work for us off the hook, and encourages the current
supine attitude.
Funny enough for you?
Mike Morris, Librarian, ISCA
51 Banbury Rd., Oxford OX2 6PE 01865 274671
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bye, Dan J
Sent: 04 November 2004 10:12
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CILIP Subscriptions
Am I alone in being reminded of a poor man's version of Private Eye's "Mike
Giggler" when reading 'contributions' from Mike
Morris?
Edward Dudley's comments are extremely important. The attitude of the
grass roots of CILIP sometimes put me in mind of certain
forms of depression. It may or may not
be true that an active membership will be unable to change CILIP in the
directions they think it should go in. It is *definitely*
true that an inactive and uninvolved membership will be unable to change
CILIP. If we *try*, we stand a chance. If we don't
try, we won't stand any chance.
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Morris
> Sent: 04 November 2004 09:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CILIP Subscriptions
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>
> Mike Morris, Librarian, ISCA
> 51 Banbury Rd., Oxford OX2 6PE 01865 274671
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward Dudley
> Sent: 03 November 2004 17:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: CILIP Subscriptions
>
> .....members voting (it's usually in the very low double
> figures) is another opportunity for leading from the bottom.
> It's not a member led institution if members fail to lead.
>
> Edward Dudley
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> [log in to unmask]
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> Quite right. I vote myself a huge pay rise.
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> Mike Morris
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