(written in a personal capacity)
You may be interested in the following
See
http://ift.tt/1pzJyAS and earlier related tweets.
Brief background: following a variety of incidents in recent years in which I was told that as a person identifiable as an actuary I should not criticise any religion (even though i was doing this in a personal capacity), I asked the IFoA for clarification.
Eventually I got a reply saying that the IFoA was committed to freedom of speech for its members on a personal basis, subject to the Actuaries' Code requirement not to reflect badly on the profession.
I thought it would be useful to share this information with fellow members of the IFoA, so I asked the editor of The Actuary magazine (the one for IFoA members, not the magazine for SOA members which I believe has the same name) if they would be interested in a short letter on this topic, and I outlined what I would say in the letter. Yes came the reply, and I duly sent the letter off (very much on the lines I had indicated).
A few days later I was very politely informed by the editor that the editorial team had declined to publish my letter, although I was free to submit a letter on a different topic.
See the tweets for what happened next.
(I'd be interested to hear whether anyone has any similar [or indeed very different] experiences, either as an IFoA member, or SOA or CAS).
You may be interested in the following
See
http://ift.tt/1pzJyAS and earlier related tweets.
Brief background: following a variety of incidents in recent years in which I was told that as a person identifiable as an actuary I should not criticise any religion (even though i was doing this in a personal capacity), I asked the IFoA for clarification.
Eventually I got a reply saying that the IFoA was committed to freedom of speech for its members on a personal basis, subject to the Actuaries' Code requirement not to reflect badly on the profession.
I thought it would be useful to share this information with fellow members of the IFoA, so I asked the editor of The Actuary magazine (the one for IFoA members, not the magazine for SOA members which I believe has the same name) if they would be interested in a short letter on this topic, and I outlined what I would say in the letter. Yes came the reply, and I duly sent the letter off (very much on the lines I had indicated).
A few days later I was very politely informed by the editor that the editorial team had declined to publish my letter, although I was free to submit a letter on a different topic.
See the tweets for what happened next.
(I'd be interested to hear whether anyone has any similar [or indeed very different] experiences, either as an IFoA member, or SOA or CAS).
Is your personal freedom of speech restricted by being an actuary?
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