The irony of this is that Dr Charles Shepherd only stood for election to the board of trustees because he was sacked from his contract as Medical...
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If I've heard nothing from Neil Riley or Dr Shepherd by another week, I'll send a follow up email. I shall also be regularly checking the Filing...
Text of paper letter sent to Dr Margaret Macdonald, former MEA Research Manager and Trustee. Neither the email address nor the website URL given...
Some magazine articles from the time in attachments: See advertisement on Page 3 of MEA Bulletin November 2002 by Dr Margaret Macdonald, who quit...
Very lengthy periods of service by elected trustees has not always proved to be the right answer, either.
But three male trustees have been re-standing for election since 2003 and 2004.
They have made it their role because they won't employ "an expensive" CEO or similar executive/management roles:...
Did they consult their members, first, to establish whether members think a forum would be useful and moreover, a good use of the org's funds and...
Yes, I really don't see what an MEA run forum would have to offer that can't already be found elsewhere. It was different 22 years ago, when there...
Well I do hope it's a good deal better run that the forum they had in 2002-2003. As I've mentioned before, anything considered "ME political",...
"To this end we shall consult widely and transparently..." How about starting with transparency right now by providing those who have requested...
Survey is here: https://meassociation.org.uk/2025/01/blog-survey-requesting-information-about-your-me-cfs-diagnosis/
[MEDIA] ME Association@MEAssociation Blog Survey: Requesting information about your ME/CFS Diagnosis The ME Association invites you to complete...
For comparison, in May 2008, Third Sector journalist, Paul Jump, reported that AfME had 7,630 members [1]. (A figure which was understood at the...
For historical comparison: In 2013-14, AfME had 5,129 members in total, with 109 members having had the membership fee waived. In 2014-15, AfME...
Ah, sorry. I'd forgotten they had started including a rough figure in their Annual Report and Accounts.
They don't publish the figure.
Separate names with a comma.