CENSORED by the CTC
Dear Fellow Cyclists,
I would like you to read this and let me know what you think.
With the last issue of Cycle some of us received voting papers for 3 trustee councillors to represent, not Members, but the interests of the charity known as the CTC, in SE England (excluding London) from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018. After voting had closed, I searched in vain on the CTC website for the results. I therefore started a thread on the CTC Forum asking for news of the results. Phil Benstead, the candidate Councillor who came to speak to us at Cobham, was kind enough to reply and gave the results. The outcome is pretty dire. Throughout the whole of SE England, 170 valid ballot papers were received which is 1.83% of eligible voters. Phil was not successful. He provided a copy of the CTC Returning Officer's Report. I was intending to put a link to this on our website.
When I tried, I found that, without explanation, the CTC had censored the entire thread that I had put on the Forum and deleted it, including Phil's reply. It does not now exist. You will not find it. What has the CTC got to hide and why is it so morbidly paranoid? What is so intensely secret about electon results? Why must we wait two months for the rubber stamp of the eunuchs on the CTC Council before results may be announced in the bi-monthly issue of Cycle magazine? Why not on the website? Why not in CycleClips? Why not NOW? There is no rational reason. The CTC seems to have become an opaque and inward-looking organisation.
In the interests of open governance and honesty, here is a link to the CTC Returning Officer's Report.
Do you think that this should have been deleted from the CTC Forum?
Is this the way for a cycling charity or any competent organisation to behave?
Let me know.
Jeff
Let me know.
Jeff
1 comment:
key para:
"All appointments to Council are subject to the newly elected Councillor signing the CTC Code of Conduct for Council , HMRC fit and proper persons declaration, the Charity Commission declaration of eligibility for newly appointed trustees and an interview with the Chair."
Clear scope for blocking a face that does not fit.... interview with the chair? Does the chair have right of veto over members' votes?
Post a Comment