monmouth said:
NeathJack said:
Given the complete unwillingness now of the Trust board to interact with its paying members, it appears they have simply given up on being a members group.
It feels like deliberate sabotage from within and call me cynical, but I can't help feeling there were a number of sleeper cells on the board waiting for the right opportunity to do this. While I do think it's incompetence and ignorance from some, I think a deliberate path taken by others to the benefit of those other than the members.
One is a visible Jenkins arselicker isn’t he?
I would be amazed if there was any relationship between DD and HJ. Not least as I don't think HJ would have any interest.
I think it's probably much simpler, and I think the Chair's recent statement tells us as much. The Trust has always had a balancing act between between the governance aspects (which were largely why it was set up) versus the fluffier, fan engagement stuff. At the moment, I think the board is light on the former and heavy on the latter.
I dare say they've come under pressure from people associated with the club and the majority owners, saying that one is affecting the other, and that has impacted the thinking. How genuine that is is another thing entirely ... I can't say it negatively impacted our ability to do things prior to the last summer, and the stuff that has been widely touted as new things the Trust now has open to it are the sort of stuff we were already doing or had available to us.
I also think there are one or two on the board who genuinely think this is a cracking deal, either because they agreed it or because they don't understand it. Or both. In fact, I know of board members who have extolled its virtues to other people. That's fair enough, whether a deal is acceptable or not is subjective in many ways. Plus, of course, they have access to more information than us.
That last part, and the refusal to answer basic questions (or answer them in a misleading way, at best, or untruthfully, at worst), as well as the lack of consultation or any real engagement since the forums, are the key issues. But what's more important in my eyes is just what is the current position? Has the deal actually been completed? How can the members get that clarity?
We're probably approaching the point where the members either just give it up as a bad job, or force the board to comply. I suspect the current board strategy is to hunker down in the Winchester and wait for it all to blow over. They might well be succesful in that aproach, although it will somewhat cripple the Trust going forward IMO.
