Rob1980
10-01-2014, 20:00
I have read through all of the posts in the thread and I can not for the life of me work the the real reasons for discontent....
1. Is it the fact that committee members have been given the posts rather than elected? Possibly and to be honest an election should take place for paying members to decide. Anyone can put themselves forward and run however they see fit.
2. Is it the attitude of the present committee? Possibly as I can see some very blunt replies. However I can not really make a judgement as I have no idea about past situations and events. However I really do feel that point 1 comes into play again...
3. Is it how the club is run? Again if point 1 was put into action as it should always be with paying members, there can be no complaint about the committee and how they run it as they were fairly voted in. I am a medium level union activist who negotiates with possibly the largest company in the UK and to perform this role I have to run for election every 2 years. This is down to paying members to vote. If it is not working out, then after 2 years you can change the committee. This works very well in general politics too and is indeed the norm. (Timescales do vary)
4. Is it that the committee is not organising enough events at the right time? Possibly but why wait for something when you can do anything yourself? In life you can not wait for people to do things for you, you must seek to do thing yourself. This generally goes a long way towards success in my experience.
5. Unreliable website issues? I believe that this is getting worked on. If this is the major issue for people then once it is sorted then everyone will be friends again.
I apologise for writing down the thoughts in my head but sometimes it helps me to seek clarity. I can only conclude that an elected committee is the way forward. When you have people paying membership they must be given the choice via democracy. I have no idea where this stand legally when you have paying members but I'm quite sure that running a club disregarding members is ethically incorrect. Now I am not saying that this happens as I have not seem it but a fair few seem to believe this this too be true.
This is just my flip on the current situation and be easily be ignored as i may be way off the mark. however hopefully not and I am hoping that this list gets read and may hopefully help.
1. Is it the fact that committee members have been given the posts rather than elected? Possibly and to be honest an election should take place for paying members to decide. Anyone can put themselves forward and run however they see fit.
2. Is it the attitude of the present committee? Possibly as I can see some very blunt replies. However I can not really make a judgement as I have no idea about past situations and events. However I really do feel that point 1 comes into play again...
3. Is it how the club is run? Again if point 1 was put into action as it should always be with paying members, there can be no complaint about the committee and how they run it as they were fairly voted in. I am a medium level union activist who negotiates with possibly the largest company in the UK and to perform this role I have to run for election every 2 years. This is down to paying members to vote. If it is not working out, then after 2 years you can change the committee. This works very well in general politics too and is indeed the norm. (Timescales do vary)
4. Is it that the committee is not organising enough events at the right time? Possibly but why wait for something when you can do anything yourself? In life you can not wait for people to do things for you, you must seek to do thing yourself. This generally goes a long way towards success in my experience.
5. Unreliable website issues? I believe that this is getting worked on. If this is the major issue for people then once it is sorted then everyone will be friends again.
I apologise for writing down the thoughts in my head but sometimes it helps me to seek clarity. I can only conclude that an elected committee is the way forward. When you have people paying membership they must be given the choice via democracy. I have no idea where this stand legally when you have paying members but I'm quite sure that running a club disregarding members is ethically incorrect. Now I am not saying that this happens as I have not seem it but a fair few seem to believe this this too be true.
This is just my flip on the current situation and be easily be ignored as i may be way off the mark. however hopefully not and I am hoping that this list gets read and may hopefully help.