strathspey@strathspey.org:28059

John Fenningworth

RE: What happened?

Nov. 6, 2001, 8:52 p.m. (Message 28059, in reply to message 28052)

No the Society which is a registered charity since the 1950s and whose
members are supposedly more interested in what they can do for the
charity than what their memberships gives them as members has taken some
very important steps towards a far more responsive and reactive
organisation.

The Society will in the next year or so create a far more streamlined
management and as a result hopefully an organisation, that can better
meet the challenges that face the Society in the years ahead which also
should save the Society money

And although the subscription increase was lower than the Finance
Committee would have liked at least it is an increase towards the level
it should be
I believe that next year we should be asking for more yet again

As a final remark as a Scot I would say to all those "members" who
aren't really interest then leave the Society now and save the Society a
fortune in producing things in which you are not really interested
And to all real true members pay your subscriptions direct to HQ and
make things even better

Finally....
If the Branches want non Society members then they can have them if they
only knew how and it's really quite simple but you have to work it out
yourselves

Regards,

John