9 November 2015
Today I must find sponsorship for some namby-pamby webinars about unconscious bias and diversity. The Internal Governance Committee does not want CIPA to foot the bill for these, for a whole shedful of reasons. To begin with, I am essentially untrustworthy, and though I have made the effort to ask for permission in this case, I have almost certainly not sought permission for several associated acts. Secondly, a number of CIPA projects have overspent their budgets this year. Whilst no one can prove this is my fault, it is highly likely that I am implicated in some way whenever financial imprudence is involved. Thirdly, CIPA has already done lots for the diversity task force, albeit in Mr Davies’s and my free time. Unconscious bias is in any event a figment of the imagination. There is no unconscious bias in the patent profession. If there were, we would know about it. So far I have got two offers of sponsorship. I think I may have to be more pushy to get the rest of the money I need. Clearly this goes against my nature, so I will have to dig deep. Er, hum.
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