Indeed - I think that this is a very satisfactory outcome.
Thanks to both Ian and David McMenemy
Chris Armstrong
National Councillor (CILIP)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:LIS-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sheila Corrall
> Sent: 29 September 2006 13:38
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: LIS-CILIP - CHANGE OF LIST NAME
>
> Many thanks to Ian for his work in supporting the list over the last
few
> years and for facilitating its migration to LIS-PROFESSION.
>
> Sheila Corrall
> Professor of Librarianship & Information Management
> Head, Department of Information Studies
>
> The University of Sheffield
> Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street
> Sheffield S1 4DP United Kingdom
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian Johnson
> Sent: 29 September 2006 13:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: LIS-CILIP - CHANGE OF LIST NAME
>
> As you all know from past correspondence on this list, the decision
has
> been taken by the CILIP Executive Board that they wish to use another
> medium to communicate with their members.
>
> The list was set up at CILIP's behest, followingthe successful
operation
> of a closed list for the organisers of the IFLA Conference in Glasgow
> in2002. Many of the users of the list expressed a clear wish for it
to
> continue, but it cannot do so under its present name because it would
> not be operating under the aegis of CILIP. In any case, it never had
> more than about 1,000 members, and that clearly did not cover all
> CILIP's membership.
>
> This is happening at a time when, in any case, I wished to relinquish
> ownership of the list (and had in fact been waiting for about a year
to
> do so, whilst CILIP considered how it wished to take things forward).
> David McMenemy of Strathclyde University has indicated his willingness
> to take it on.
>
> The necessary arrangments to transfer the list's membership to a new
> list with the name LIS-PROFESSION with David as list owner have been
> made. That will come into operation from Monday.
>
> No further messages should be sent to LIS-CILIP. From Monday 2nd
> October, please address your thoughts and questions to
> [log in to unmask]
>
> If you do not wish to continue in membership of the renamed list, you
> will find instructions for terminating your membership either in those
> sent to you when you signed on (if you had the sense to retain them)
or
> on the JISC web pages.
>
> Ian M. Johnson
> Professor and Associate Dean
> Aberdeen Business School
> The Robert Gordon University
> Garthdee Road
> ABERDEEN AB10 7QE
> Great Britain
>
> Telephone: (+44) (0) 1224 263902
> Fax: (+44) (0) 1224 263553
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