tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post113024114862912741..comments2023-10-10T14:37:58.307+01:00Comments on ICAEW News: Merger RejectedKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130695384398768042005-10-30T18:03:00.000+00:002005-10-30T18:03:00.000+00:00Well done Ken - your campaign must have made a dif...Well done Ken - your campaign must have made a difference and I for one am grateful that you have helped to save my institute from being swallowed whole! Best of luck in saving your own institute from itself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130488252679219352005-10-28T09:30:00.000+01:002005-10-28T09:30:00.000+01:00KamranThanks for your posts and your support.Re st...Kamran<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your posts and your support.<BR/><BR/>Re standing for the current council, I am afraid that would be hypocritical.<BR/><BR/>I want council cut to 12.<BR/><BR/>To sit on a body of over 90 would be seen to endorse the current structure.<BR/><BR/>KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130320353152251832005-10-26T10:52:00.000+01:002005-10-26T10:52:00.000+01:00Ken,Even if the rules were changed; who, except fo...Ken,<BR/><BR/>Even if the rules were changed; who, except for CIPFA (note the word "stall" in their review of 25/10), would want to merge with ICAEW?<BR/><BR/>Elsewhere, someone reported getting an ICAEW circular this am - and Eric has dropped "England & Wales".<BR/><BR/>Mr Lawson is absolutely right; Eric the Fool must go, and soon. Start up a fund to get constant press coverage - pelt him with flour and eggs if he wont resign. He doesn't play by rules - so why should anyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130313882693280642005-10-26T09:04:00.000+01:002005-10-26T09:04:00.000+01:00Thanks for all of your messages.As noted in today'...Thanks for all of your messages.<BR/><BR/>As noted in today's FT, the ICAEW are thinking of changing the rules to allow the vote to be passed next time.<BR/><BR/>So I, and this site, will not go away.<BR/><BR/>More will follow.<BR/><BR/>KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130265839473132132005-10-25T19:43:00.000+01:002005-10-25T19:43:00.000+01:00Ken,Can you believe the CIMA President, and obviou...Ken,<BR/><BR/>Can you believe the CIMA President, and obviously a (if not, the) great joker, is apparently still interested in a merger with ICAEW (and he is awaiting a response to some questions they put to ICAEW)?<BR/><BR/>See CIMA website today 25/10/2005.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130263112367826562005-10-25T18:58:00.000+01:002005-10-25T18:58:00.000+01:00Congratulations on running a successful one man ba...Congratulations on running a successful one man band campaign Ken. You've clearly demonstrated the power of this medium in an unconventional way. It is important to keep the momentum going because when you look at the result, the younger generation want the same as the rest of membership - a better deal on brand management along with a recognition that being a CA is a lot more than 'bean counting.'Dennis Howletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266445958036176142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130260958107234582005-10-25T18:22:00.000+01:002005-10-25T18:22:00.000+01:00Ken,Thanks for all your efforts. You're a true her...Ken,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all your efforts. You're a true hero - you've saved the ICAEW from itself.<BR/><BR/>I just hope that we are never threatened with merger again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130259648094559852005-10-25T18:00:00.000+01:002005-10-25T18:00:00.000+01:00Ken I have only just discovered your website from...Ken <BR/><BR/> I have only just discovered your website from an article in today's FT .I had voted against the proposed merger and suspected that perhaps I was an "outcast " in so doing . Having read your website and watched your video , I am pleased to find that I am not a lone voice and agree totally with your thoughts.A merger with CIPFA or the ACCA would not enhance our hard earned qualification . A merger with the Scots would !<BR/><BR/>More power to your mouse Ken and very well done !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130255802398659332005-10-25T16:56:00.000+01:002005-10-25T16:56:00.000+01:00well done, now lets start attacking wasteful expen...well done, now lets start attacking wasteful expenditure by the institute secreteriat. As individuals we should have more say in how our subscriptions are spent. Where did the institute find the £1.4m to spend on this project - to my mind its ultra vires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130254843296752382005-10-25T16:40:00.000+01:002005-10-25T16:40:00.000+01:00Thanks Jeff,But every vote counted, despite the he...Thanks Jeff,<BR/><BR/>But every vote counted, despite the heavy pro merger lobbying by the "big firms"; as such it was the membership, who voted, that made the difference.<BR/><BR/>KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130253850986110392005-10-25T16:24:00.000+01:002005-10-25T16:24:00.000+01:00Well done Ken I think that your site made the diff...Well done Ken I think that your site made the difference.jeffwoollerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278527935150305819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130249551717312072005-10-25T15:12:00.001+01:002005-10-25T15:12:00.001+01:00To MAC,"You few, you happy few, you band of brothe...To MAC,<BR/><BR/>"You few, you happy few, you band of brothers".<BR/><BR/>I believe you made the difference.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to you all with especial thanks to Ken for keeping many of us thoroughly up-to-date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130249543796687062005-10-25T15:12:00.000+01:002005-10-25T15:12:00.000+01:00Excellent outcome. Probably the misleading Account...Excellent outcome. Probably the misleading Accountancy Age poll meant many more objectors thought it unnecessary to vote. Congratulations and many thanks for all your hard work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611129.post-1130242738217219892005-10-25T13:18:00.000+01:002005-10-25T13:18:00.000+01:00ken:Agree. But ICAEW must look outside the box. Ac...ken:<BR/>Agree. But ICAEW must look outside the box. Accountancy is not just audit. It needs to also look at recruiting in the industry. It should look at ACCA membership policy (copy and enhance it) It sould adopt ICAS way of running the institue(efficiency..just look at the number of staff vs ICAEW)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com