[Possibly Off-Topic, in which case my apologies; but possibly not]
The ACS announced in mid-September its 'acquisition' of four
organisations. One of them is the long-running industry association,
the Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA).
The proposal is inconsistent with the role of a professional society.
Following discussions among senior ACS members, an Open Letter has been
composed. It calls on the ACS executive to abandon the project, and to
review and adapt the society's governance structures and processes.
An initial group of senior ACS members have signed the Open Letter.
This email is an invitation to all ACS members (and ex-members who left
because of dissatisfaction with the organisation) to consider the
situation, and, if they see fit, to add their signature to the Letter.
Further background is provided in the preamble to the Letter.
See: http://rogerclarke.com/SOS/ACS-ADMA-Ltr.html
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To add your signature:
Please use the web-form on the web-page above to provide your name, your
professional role, your membership-level, any material roles you've
performed within ACS, and your email-address.
This is a rescue mission, to save the ACS from being converted from a
professional society into an industry association or a semi-commercial
organisation.
The initial signatories have long lists of roles relevant to ACS. But,
to achieve the aim, members' signatures are just as significant if their
profile says 'ACS Associate; Practitioner' or 'ACS Student member' - or
indeed 'ACS Ex-member who would consider re-joining'.
The initial group of signatories encourages all ACS members to give the
most serious consideration to this matter.
Please forward this email to colleagues who are members
(because we do not have access to a complete list of ACS members).
Please also forward this email to lapsed members who have left ACS.
Thanks! ... Roger Clarke, on behalf of the initial signatories
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Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected]
T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com
Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA
Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W.
Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University
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