Are two associations useful?
Hi all,
other than MCAA there is another association of MC: the MCFA.
I have tried to participate and contribute to the MCFA without any success (technical and/or communication issues or ... I do not know), but this is not the problem. I would like to focus on the suitability of having 2 different associations of MC fellows. I actually do not know what is the difference between the 2 groups. MCAA was just created and (as I understand) we should give it the right direction. Regarding MCFA I did not get too many information despite a few attempts.
I personally think that it is useless losing energy, power, knowledge and especially communication, creating different groups with (probably) the same objectives. With this post I do not want to say that one association is better than the other one since I do not know them, but I just would like to raise the discussion.
I really believe that such kind of association, in case it is well managed, could be an efficient and powerful tool for connecting the research to the policy makers and we should take advantage from this chance.
Riccardo