Post-Nominals

The Visionary Syndicate of Edinburgh has self-recognised post-nominal letters.

We want to stress that these post-nominal letters are not officially recognized or regulated by any external governing body, and should not be used to imply any kind of official recognition or qualifications. They are intended to be used within our community, and to recognize the efforts and dedication of our members.

We encourage our members to use these post-nominal letters with pride and to display them on their personal and professional platforms. We also remind our members that they should use the post-nominal letters appropriately, and in accordance with any relevant laws and regulations. We have a complaint process in place in case of misuse or abuse of the post-nominal letters.

1. The base post-nominal is VSE, representing the Visionary Syndicate of Edinburgh.

2. A prefix is used to indicate the position of the person within their branch syndicate.

   1. F for Founder

      1. A person who founded their branch syndicate by themselves

   2. CF = Co-founder

      1. People who founded their branch syndicate as a group

   3. C = Chairperson

      1. Members who have administrative powers and at least 1 Visionary Platform

   4. EM = Early Member

      1. Members who have at least 1 Visionary Platform, and part of the community since 'day one'

   5. OM = Original Member

      1. Members who use VERO before the app subscription is enabled

   6. GM = General Member

      1. Members who have at least 1 Visionary Platform, and part of the community

   7. Honorary Members

      1. Members who do not have a Visionary Platform, but part of the community

   8. BM = Boundary Member

      1. People who have at least 1 Visionary Platform, but not part of the community

   9. A = Acknowledger

      1. People who do not have a Visionary Platform and are not part of the community, but must be registered

3. An additional prefix is used to indicate the verifiability of the person's membership within their branch syndicate.

   1. None for Verified Members

      1. People who have at least 1 Visionary Platform verified by administrative members with the use of photographic evidence

   2. U for Unverified Members

      1. People who have at least 1 Visionary Platform, but are unverified due to lack of photographic evidence

4. A suffix is used to indicate the person's university / student city branch syndicate. Examples:

   1. None for the 4 Universities in the City of Edinburgh

   2. Edin for the University of Edinburgh

   3. Aberd for the University of Aberdeen

   4. UCL for the University College London

   5. ITB for Institut Teknologi Bandung

   6. Sorb for University of Paris / Sorbonne

5. Between the base and branch suffix, an earlier suffix is used to indicate the person's ward (demographics branch) syndicate.

   1. None for Students

   2. Ac for Academics

   3. Alum for Alumni

   4. Spec for Specialists

   5. AFE for Apprentices and Further Educatees

   6. G for Government

   7. T for Teachers

6. Hyphens are used to connect between base and suffixes.