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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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 Posted - 01/21/2016 : 11:33:18
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An Important Announcement from CFI President Ronald A. Lindsay
As you might recall, last year I announced that I would be stepping down as president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry, to make way for new leadership in 2016. I said then that I wanted to give the CFI board of directors ample time to find a highly qualified new chief executive. Consistent with my hopes and expectations, the board has found a talented, experienced leader for CFI.
What I could not have expected, but I am delighted to share with you now, is that in finding a wonderful new CEO, CFI has also made an unprecedented move to become stronger and more effective than ever.
I am delighted to tell you today that the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has agreed to merge with the Center for Inquiry and that their executive director, Robyn Blumner, will be the new CEO of the combined organizations, which will work under the name of the Center for Inquiry. |
F.A.Q: The CFI/Dawkins Foundation Merger
My thoughts? The CFI drifts further from its original mission. But then, nothing in the world of organized skepticism is what it was, even a few short years ago, which is one reason why aside from SFN, my home, I go my own way.
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Dave W.
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USA
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Posted - 01/22/2016 : 07:05:16 [Permalink]
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So now Rebecca Watson knows for sure that she'll never be invited to a CFI event ever again.
And Ophelia Benson is not optimistic:I don’t look forward to Dawkins’s adding his voice to CFI’s focus on promoting secular humanism, because I think he’s seriously and damagingly bad at the humanist part. To be specific, I think he’s way too quick to display his contempt for people who get things wrong, and all too often for people who simply say things he dislikes – especially feminists. I think that’s a bad look for CFI. The fact that Dawkins is on the board, and not CEO or president, may limit the damage he can do to the organization. Maybe. |
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Richard Dawkins Foundation Merging with CFI
