According to Information World Review, an "online storm engulfs Cilip". Odd, I thought, it must have passed me by. I went to lis-cilip, in case I'd missed something, but all was quiet. The IWR article refers to the Freepint forums , so I went there: at first I could only see two whinging posts about the organisation. Searching I back, I did find a more lively discussion, but one that took place in February and early March. Is this really news?
Here's the article from the IWR feed:
Tracey Caldwell, Information World Review, Tuesday 25 April 2006 at 00:00:00
Online debate rages on the value of Cilip, but leader McKee invites greater involvement
Cilip has rebutted charges that it is irrelevant and poor value for money. Members and ex-members have accused the professional association of failing to represent all sectors of the information...
Update: Chris Armstrong has written on this more cogently and fully than I ever could on his blog info NeoGnostic
