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Flora Chityo
- Thursday, April 2, 2009
Our trustees are the people with ultimate control over Intelligent Giving – they set our strategy, and make sure we’re doing a good job. In other words, they’re a pretty important bunch. And today, we can announce a new appointee to our trustee board. He was appointed after going through an open application process, which we advertised on this website a few months ago.We are delighted to welcome Mick Aldridge, Director of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association, into the Intelligent Giving family. Mick, who’s previously denounced our work as “disgusting,” and “grossly irresponsible,” and accused of us indulging in “fundraiser-bashing” has decided to take a more subtle route towards shaping our agenda. Mick brings to the board his deep insights into the fundraising profession, and his knowledge of media strategy and crisis-management. Toya Forchils, Chair of Intelligent Giving, welcomed Mick's appointment. "We're glad IG and the PFRA can move on from their history of disagreements," she said. "We've always admired the flair with which Mick has led the PFRA, and are looking forward to working with him much more closely in future." A by far better April Fool would have been to have put up a well-reasoned, well-argued blog post that showed some understanding of and empathy with your chosen subject matter. Now that would have had me fooled. Er, April Fool? Actually, Adam, you have my grudging respect for this one; I've often said (ironically) that you're a bit of a clown, but this did actually make me laugh! To quote a current visitor to our shores, perhaps you were expressing the "audacity of hope"? You wish... Post new comment |
Thanks for that, Ian. Much appreciated, as ever. I thought I actually did quite a good job of reflecting Mick's views in this article. Don't you think?
And Mick, thanks for taking this in good spirits! It's much appreciated.
Adam, Intelligent Giving