3rd January 2006, 06:10 PM
Quote:quote:we need an institute that will represent the needs of the profession and more importantly, the finite resource in a public way...the statement by the IFA is simply "what it says on the tin" and I would argue that the IFA simply does not do "what it says on the tin"
posted by Troll
Troll,
You want the IFA to do a big job, and ou want them to do it successfully before you will join.
However, it is only a small organisation (9 staff last time I looked, some part-time), and as far as I am aware it is entirely funded by membership subscriptions. It has identified a big job that needs doing, and it is doing as much of that job as it can with the resources and (very limited) powers available to it. It can't do more until it has more members, and therefore more resources.
So, if you want a big, strong, pro-active IFA - join it and make all your friends join, pay your subs, and don't complain about how expensive they are. You yourself have defined the problem (IFA too weak/doesn't do enough), but if that really is the problem and you don't join then you are helping to perpetuate the problem rather solve it, by starving them of the resources that you believe they need.
1man1desk
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