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Allotment Stuff => Allotment Movement => Topic started by: manicmum on October 21, 2008, 23:01:00
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just back from our agm andguess what we have a comittee thats makes rules as
it goes ihad a run in and got a letter saying one of the comittee had resigned but low and behold tonight at the agm he hadn,t resigned he,d just withdrawn and was now back.also in the 21 first century and all re cycle they voted to keep a skip and to put the rents up to pay for it in :o :ostead of getting rid the excuse being that you would get fly tipping its in the middle of the allotments daft or what ???
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You have to just love AGM's, some of the things people come up with are priceless.
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what we couldn,t understand was this is the first time anyone had tried to oppose the comitee and breathe new life in .but it wasn,t posted that there was going to be a proper election so only 51 of 112 turned up and only 38 voted sad so the same get to carry on doing there own thing
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But it's at AGM's where everything should be voted on by members. If people wanted change then you have to rally round for the members that want change and go to the AGM armed with good reasons why change would be best for the site.
At our AGM's everything is voted on and proposed and seconded by members, that's what your AGM's are all about, and nothing then changes on the site for another year, except what has been agreed and voted on at the AGM. We have a committee that holds meetings throughout the year but, rents, subs, and work needing doing and things to buy are always discussed and voted on at the AGM.
Your committe are only there to run the site on behalf of it's members. You all pay subs so it is a members decision on things not a committee's decision, well that's how we think a democratic society should be run.
Sinbad
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You did well to get 50+ we haven't reached that number (out of 105) ever!!
:)
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we only have 14 plots/half plots but lots are worked with partners and last meeting(september), we had 16 people there, spouses included, we are having our next meeting in november and expect the same again...at our agm, ( jan)we expect everyone and their partners so should have more ;D