Attempt by our Committee to change the Club rules without notifying the members

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I decided a long time ago there are two types of people at clubs;

those who like to go sailing,

and those who like to sit and tell them how they should be sailing.

This means I can do little to moan when people put themselves forward for committees, but there are usually sensible people who overule the prats who just seek a special illuminated Admiral's hat with feathers.

If I lived closer to the club I suppose I'd be one of those seeking my special hat !

As it is I just go sailing and help out decent members as & when I can, I think ' keeping one's head down ' is the term.

Like any politicians, anyone expressing a wish to be one should be automatically ruled out - or probably shot.

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Oh! and the veterans section in Finns- which was more interesting.

DB, I understand that the person from the Committee you spoke to probably didn't disclose to you the fact that they were the one who raised the proposal for expulsion in the first place so you were therefore unaware of that fact.

However the person in question is a bit of an avid Finn fan so it is looking more and more certain that your contact on the Committee in indeed the very person who raised the proposal for expulsion.
 
Dear Nick

Rather than going round and round all the same trivia each time, can I ask three specific questions which you might want to answer:

1) Have you specifically requested, verbally AND in writing, a face to face meeting with the committee of this club to discuss the matter?

2) Were you already or have you now joined the RYA as a personal member ?

3) Have you requested, verbally AND in writing, the RYA area representative to review the situation ?

If you answer YES to ALL of the above then great. Good luck with the review and report back when concluded.
In the meantime you would be well advised to desist from more postings here.

If the answer to ANY of the above is NO then I strongly suspect this club has got your measure - as somebody who will be brave in internet forums but not in terms of action in the real world. So again you may as well stop here.

I guess some others may have taken direct (non-violent) action by now - eg hiring a van / lorry, pasting the concerns on the side and parking right in the middle of the club driveway on race days. But perhaps not you.

Look forward to your answers to the above (though I note you tend to pose questions of others, but not answer them yourself)
 
DB, I understand that the person from the Committee you spoke to probably didn't disclose to you the fact that they were the one who raised the proposal for expulsion in the first place so you were therefore unaware of that fact.

However the person in question is a bit of an avid Finn fan so it is looking more and more certain that your contact on the Committee in indeed the very person who raised the proposal for expulsion.

So presumably by now you are beginning to believe that I am telling it as it happened
If it is the same person, I would suggest that he is a very mature person not ( as far as I am aware) given to vindictive nature & thinks things through carefully. He does command an air of respect among other sailors & does all he can to attract people to join in to activities. He is always prepared to offer help an advice on various yachting matters( full & model).
If it is him that started the proposal, it reinforces my opinion that you thoroughly deserved to be ejected. Your posting here does nothing to make me change that opinion
 
So presumably by now you are beginning to believe that I am telling it as it happened
If it is the same person, I would suggest that he is a very mature person not ( as far as I am aware) given to vindictive nature & thinks things through carefully. He does command an air of respect among other sailors & does all he can to attract people to join in to activities. He is always prepared to offer help an advice on various yachting matters( full & model).
If it is him that started the proposal, it reinforces my opinion that you thoroughly deserved to be ejected. Your posting here does nothing to make me change that opinion

Well he may well command an air of respect amongst other sailors. Not that I know anything factually that did or did not happen, But such a man of high moral standing would never have taken a side in a dispute between grown men over an oversized outboard. Further more, such a man would never expel a member that had been part of a club for 25 years, on the basis of potential allegations of disrepute.
Would a man of such high regard, have tried to find a resolution that would have been in everyone's interests.

Steveeasy
 
The next person to reply to this dam thread needs to be shot.

I haven't even read but its like a leech or a bad smell on my screen.
 
Dear Nick

Rather than going round and round all the same trivia each time, can I ask three specific questions which you might want to answer:

1) Have you specifically requested, verbally AND in writing, a face to face meeting with the committee of this club to discuss the matter?

2) Were you already or have you now joined the RYA as a personal member ?

3) Have you requested, verbally AND in writing, the RYA area representative to review the situation ?

If you answer YES to ALL of the above then great. Good luck with the review and report back when concluded.
In the meantime you would be well advised to desist from more postings here.

If the answer to ANY of the above is NO then I strongly suspect this club has got your measure - as somebody who will be brave in internet forums but not in terms of action in the real world. So again you may as well stop here.

I guess some others may have taken direct (non-violent) action by now - eg hiring a van / lorry, pasting the concerns on the side and parking right in the middle of the club driveway on race days. But perhaps not you.

Look forward to your answers to the above (though I note you tend to pose questions of others, but not answer them yourself)

Most points already covered earlier in the thread but quick recap
  • The RYA does not regulate affiliated clubs or oversee the way in which affiliated clubs manage themselves.
  • Not a personal member of RYA, joining now would not help as they wouldn't assist with retrospective issues.
  • Committee have completely ignored my original response to them and six previous emails sent since.
  • As far as the Committee are concerned I am expelled, I am not allowed at the club.
  • deleted - can't say that, would get the thread suspended...
 
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Most points already covered earlier in the thread but quick recap
  • The RYA does not regulate affiliated clubs or oversee the way in which affiliated clubs manage themselves.
  • Not a personal member of RYA, joining now would not help as they wouldn't assist with retrospective issues.
  • Committee have completely ignored my original response to them and six previous emails sent since.
  • As far as the Committee are concerned I am expelled, I am not allowed at the club.
  • deleted - can't say that, would get the thread suspended...

That's useful clarification. So it needs to be something like the lorry parked in the club driveway then :-)
 
If the committee have acted ultra vires, cannot you simply follow their lead and potter around the club and its environs, tinkering with your boat and going for a sail? If a complaint is made then you can have an informal chat with whoever makes the complaint and see if this whole affair can be resolved informally.
 
If the committee have acted ultra vires, cannot you simply follow their lead and potter around the club and its environs, tinkering with your boat and going for a sail? If a complaint is made then you can have an informal chat with whoever makes the complaint and see if this whole affair can be resolved informally.

That would present a few problems:
Obtaining access codes for entry to car park for a start, same for boat-house and starting hut.
OK I currently know what they are, I have been told them by other members but you can be sure if they found me there they would soon change them again.

Remember the rather abusive tone of their letter of expulsion.

Considering their very arrogant attitude what's to stop them removing my boat as I am no-longer a member, clamping the car or other such nonsense?
 
If the committee have acted ultra vires, cannot you simply follow their lead and potter around the club and its environs, tinkering with your boat and going for a sail? If a complaint is made then you can have an informal chat with whoever makes the complaint and see if this whole affair can be resolved informally.

Are you a member of a sailing club? If so does your club's rules allow your Committee to throw someone out without allowing the Ordinary Members a vote on it?
 
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