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Now council know our email addresses, can we hope for a continuing dialogue on the future direction of CTC?
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If you go by KMs article in C+ the direction has already been decided. He states: "This year - subject to a vote from members - the organisation will apply for charitable status, and the "sleeping giant" as it was once called , will be officially awake and talking on behalf of cyclists".

First two things that spring to my mind are:
Why would it make if official?
Is it impossible then to be an awakened giant and not be a charity?
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Seems to me that a lot of the pro-arguments seem to be revolving around the major strides forward that the Trust has allowed. This sort of suggests that:
1/ without the Trust none of these 'victories' would have been possible - something that is both difficult to believe and pretty insulting to the RTR network.
2/ if the Trust has been so good then why change thing?
....they seem to be inferring tht every achievement of the CTC is down to the Trust and that if we don't become charity then all is lost! Seems a bit tenuous.


Putting aside the pros and cons of becoming a charity, I'm afraid that I have to say that the way that the case has been presented (forced?) by the council has left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. Especially the recent spate of emails sent out by the councillors - surely if being a charity was such a good thing then all that they would need to do would be to list the facts with no additional opinion thus allowing the membership to make up their own minds?
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There are a lot of people opposing this merger for different reasons. Simon L6 has become the "official No spokesperson". Yet his reasons are not mine. The few people that I have spoken to in the local section are against it but for a third set of reasons.
Nobody seems to know what is happening in the minds of the membership but it certainly isnt just the two options that have been offered.

If we had had the debate and vote before deciding I would have been a lot happier with just going along with the majority, accepting if it wasnt my chosen path.
The negative campaigning isnt going to work very well because they are trying to defeat Simon rather than fighting a no vote. also the complaints about having to waste time and effort because of his activities, however it is their choice to fight him rather than be more supportive of the issues.

The campaign as it is being fought now is causing an increased polarisation and determination to fight the enemy rather than to do what is best for the club.
However what is best for the club is an unkown and not necesarily the same as what is best for some of us individuals or sections of the club.
The power of us being united as one club is very valuable but only so long as it is going in the same direction as the individuals within it want to go.

Funnily enough I have just had the same argument about in fighting between CTC and Sustrans.
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Si wrote:Seems to me that a lot of the pro-arguments seem to be revolving around the major strides forward that the Trust has allowed. This sort of suggests that:
1/ without the Trust none of these 'victories' would have been possible - something that is both difficult to believe and pretty insulting to the RTR network.
2/ if the Trust has been so good then why change thing?
....they seem to be inferring tht every achievement of the CTC is down to the Trust and that if we don't become charity then all is lost! Seems a bit tenuous.


Putting aside the pros and cons of becoming a charity, I'm afraid that I have to say that the way that the case has been presented (forced?) by the council has left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. Especially the recent spate of emails sent out by the councillors - surely if being a charity was such a good thing then all that they would need to do would be to list the facts with no additional opinion thus allowing the membership to make up their own minds?



A good summary Si. What also leaves a sour taste in my mouth is the insinuation in the emails that are being sent out that those who are opposed to this proposal at this time, such as me and John Meudell (who are both currently Councillors) and Simon (a former Councillor) are against it for some sort of nefarious or malicious reason. It's been suggested that we've made false allegations of fraud against staff - this is simply not the case. We've simply challenged the opaqueness of the accounting policies and the shakiness of the governance procedures... and isn't that what diretors are supposed to do?

Just think of the number of company failures there have been recently - and nearly all of them were because the directors didn't challenge the accounting and governance cultures within the organisations.

It seems to me that the 'pro' camp think they can't win the vote without attacking those who express concerns, rather than addressing the concerns.
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This may have been answered elsewhere and apologies if has but I've been on holiday and return to see a form stating family members are eligible to vote. My 3 year old has expressed a keen interest in the democratic process and a willingness to partake. Is there a minimum voting age?
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No - as long as he has a member number he can vote.

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robgul wrote:No - as long as he has a member number he can vote.

Rob

Thank You.
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