A few further thoughts from me on all this:
CILIP Scotland is a quite separate organisation from CILIP, and even if CILIP were to change its name, CILIPS might choose not to. That would add confusion. In any case, what is the point of renaming to something with "UK" in it, when Scotland might declare independence. In such circumstances, CILIPS would most probably never agree to a name with "UK" in it. Has that issue been thought through?
It was pointed out to me the other day that yet another possible name is "UK Information Professionals", or UKIP for short. Why was that not on offer? 
More seriously, whoever was responsible for commissioning this is seriously out of touch with
the membership, I feel. Why was this pressed ahead with with contrary to common sense? I have heard rumours that the whole rebranding was triggered off because in a media interview with John Dolan, the interviewer couldn't remember CILIP's name. If that is true, it is a ridiculous reason to change the brand. At least when CILIP was created, there was a good reason for a new name (the merger of LA and IIS, both of whose names had goodwill associated with them).
Finally, and here I know I tread on contentious ground, CILIP has made too many mistakes in recent years. Bob McKee was a great bullshitter and was effective in
papering over major cracks, but seemed to me to be popular and well liked as Chief Executive. Since his time, there have been some serious errors made, e.g., getting rid of some good staff and retaining or recruiting some poor ones, some divisive actions, and this rebranding exercise. I am NOT pointing the finger at Annie as I am not au fait as to where the power lies and who was responsible for the poor decisions. But it seems to me this rebranding attempt is symptomatic of a deeper problem.
Charles
Professor Charles Oppenheim
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