Reply to: Are IPSE rebranding (again)?

[courtg9000]

and now needing a new ceo apparently

[Eirikur]

Got an unsollicited email from them today, saying they had rebranded again. I had unsubscribed from all their communications a long time ago. Seems they still don't understand GDPR

[cojak]

Yes, the industry is evolving. Some will make it, some won’t.

[courtg9000]

looks like a turd polishing job to me.

[malvolio]

Looks OK to me. They've even got a couple of old white guys in the inclusivity video on the front page. That said non of them look very grumpy so Mal might feel outraged. That said everyone on there appears to know what they are doing so the Mods might feel a bit left out as well.

I spoke to a lot of the "new" team not all that long ago, and I know people like Andy Chamberlin very well indeed. Yes they know what they are doing, it's just that they aren't really doing it for us old traditional grafters whose market is rapidly disappearing. That said, there is a huge and growing demographic of freelance non-contractors out there so clearing they are keeping up with a changing world.

Ironic really, I was arguing in 2005/6 that they ought to be talking with the Meeja people and the self-proclaimed elite group of Interim Managers, who are the ones catching the brunt of the investigations these days. Both of those said they didn't need PCG support...

[WTFH]

That said everyone on there appears to know what they are doing so the Mods might feel a bit left out as well.

Oi!

Actually, OK, fair point.

[northernladuk]

Apparently it is time for yet another rebrand. They appear to have gone all PlaySchool this time.

Looks OK to me. They've even got a couple of old white guys in the inclusivity video on the front page. That said non of them look very grumpy so Mal might feel outraged. That said everyone on there appears to know what they are doing so the Mods might feel a bit left out as well.

[openstrike]

Apparently it is time for yet another rebrand. They appear to have gone all PlaySchool this time.

[rogerfederer]

the mistake I made, because of my English grammar training, was to use the capital letter, rather than lower case. However, I guess it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

The issue eluding you is that your comment is hierarchical and xenophobic on multiple levels, as it perpetuates the prejudice the visitors by ship had of them having found India. In addition it perpetuates a stereotype of the 'chief' not being Indians themselves; but of course neither were Indian, as it wasn't India.

Interestingly it has been since said that native Americans find the phrase 'Native American' offensive. There's north America, south America and America as a whole. The USA have promulgated the link between USA and American, with the suggestion of native American and cultural American. It is therefore easy to see why 'native American' is not enjoyed as a term by those of direct pre-USA heritage, as arguably cultural Americans are those who were killed and drove out in the rapid drive to inhabit the land by those initial visitors and those brought over to govern and create what is now the US.

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As for the rebrand: Chris Bryce should get back to a day job, as any IPSE-based gravy train - any good efforts aside that I'm sure he has helped with or created - is over. Membership is about to plummet and the 'about us' page highlighted by SAPtastic seems to suggest the clutching of straw.

[mudskipper]

it's all so much water under the bridge for me now. I've moved on.

Clearly

[JohntheBike]

AIUI IPSE aren't in the habit of banning people for no reason. JtB broke the entirely reasonable forum rules. End of.

it's all so much water under the bridge for me now. I've moved on.

[malvolio]

AIUI IPSE aren't in the habit of banning people for no reason. JtB broke the entirely reasonable forum rules. End of.

[JohntheBike]

Well, when you're referring to people of Indian origin in your quip, it is easy to interpret as racist - indeed it made me squirm (although I did not report it, largely due to apathy)

the mistake I made, because of my English grammar training, was to use the capital letter, rather than lower case. However, I guess it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

[northernladuk]

they banned me for posting a different angle on the chiefs and indians quip, calling it racist.

That's racist. Mods, can you do the needful please.

[ladymuck]

What's the thing about rolos with a picture of a KitKat??