1158 pieces of mail, but I only opened one piece
A week after they sent me the e-mail making it official, my certificate finally showed up at the office, proudly proclaiming to the world that I'm a CA. Whee!
The other 1157 pieces of 'mail' where spams that hit me - roughly as much as last month. Although the ICAO should probably be ashamed of itself for actually INCLUDING some old fashioned junk mail with the certificate - an offer for insurance with TD Meloche Monex.
How.
Incredibly.
Tacky.
Whoever thought of that idea should be stripped of their CA, if they have one, for bringing disrepute upon the profession. We have a bylaw along those lines which mandates for an expulsion or a flogging of some sort. I say we enforce the rules, even if the offender does work for the Institute.
Scratch that.
Especially.
I exaggerate a bit - they're quite nice and friendly people at the ICAO. Their procedures could use some efficiency improvements, though. You see, I noticed that although my e-mail arrived last Friday, but it was the previous Monday when they actually admitted me to the Institute as a CA. That means it's been 10 days since I 'joined', but I've only been aware of it for half that time. How ironic.
I wasn't exactly bamboozled, but it would've been nice if their systems were set up to let us know sooner instead of dragging the process out the way they did.