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make
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I think that 75% to 25% settles it, there is little doubt that the others do NOT care and that is how the other 75% voted:- "I dont care...whatever." They have voted to leave it to the rest of us to sort out.


This is prety much my first ever post on the boards and I tried to vote on the status of the club but my lack of vote wasn't down to "I don't care....whatever", through apathy, lack of care, feelings of having a lack of effect or anything else you wish you suggest. I did not vote on the matter because despite sending an email that I had not received a ballot paper nor a copy of Cycle magazine, I still did not receive one.

So now it would seem that with a completely underwhelming 'majority', the club will be changed over to a charity whose main aim is to 'promote cycling for all', which, correct me if I have this wrong, is the aims of Sustrain.

Also, I have tried to look for this but it is not very clear but now the CTC is a charitable trust, how are the board elected? And are they elected by the members? When will the next board elections be?
Ellieb
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I don't think you can categorise the 75% who didn't vote as being opposed. Where is your evidence. You could just as well assign them to the 'yes' camp. You can't say that these poeple are 'disenfranchised' The truth is they aren't bothered one way or the other.
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Ellieb wrote: You can't say that these poeple are 'disenfranchised' The truth is they aren't bothered one way or the other.


I wouldn't say the whole 75% are disenfranchised but I'd bet a substantial proportion are. There was a time when I, perhaps naively, identified with the aims of the Cyclists' Touring Club. Now I have no idea what they represent and the family subs are too pricey to sponsor a regime you have so many doubts about.
Regulator
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Karen Sutton
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I actually don't believe that the swing to 75% for and 25% against is due to members changing their mind and voting for the motion instead of against it.

I suspect some members who didn't vote before voted this time because of the prize draw offer. Many of those would not have ensured they were well informed to make the right choice, but would vote for becoming a charity because it sounds worthy, and because they think being a Charity is somehow better than being simply a Club.

If I didn't have commuted membership I would probably let my membership lapse next year. As it is I have a few years to see how things go, and see how the member benefits stand up to the cuts.
toontra
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Karen Sutton wrote:I actually don't believe that the swing to 75% for and 25% against is due to members changing their mind and voting for the motion instead of against it.

I suspect some members who didn't vote before voted this time because of the prize draw offer. Many of those would not have ensured they were well informed to make the right choice, but would vote for becoming a charity because it sounds worthy, and because they think being a Charity is somehow better than being simply a Club.


I suspect that's exactly what happened. Any casual reading of Cycle would have lead them to think that voting "yes" was the only rational thing to do.

I won't be re-joining. Every single councillor (some now ex-councillors) whom I've had personal dealings with thinks this is potentially a disastrous strategy for Council to be following. They know a lot more about the inner workings of CTC than I do and I trust their judgement.

My father joined CTC in 1936. I still have his enamel badge and wear it on special trips. This is all very sad.
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I too have commuted membership. While it lasts I'll make a point of voting against those who did this, if they come up for re-election, then I'll let the membership lapse.
If at first you don't succeed - cheat!!
sadjack
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It does seem a pity that a quarter of the club can decide on such an important issue. I suppose those that did not vote only have themselves to blame if it goes against what they would have preferred.

Is there nothing in the clubs constitution which states that there must be a certain percentage voting to make it binding, like a quorum in a committee?
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Mick F
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sadjack wrote:Is there nothing in the clubs constitution which states that there must be a certain percentage voting to make it binding, like a quorum in a committee?
Exactly.
That was my point, above.

Quorum or otherwise, the moral objection to any vote has to be the number of members that turn out.

The majority of the membership has to vote, and unless the majority vote, the result is meaningless.
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It's reasonable to ask about a quorum, but in my experience few organisations get a majority of the members who are entitled to vote doing so. When you have important decisions that must be made, or the organisation faces collapse or ruin, that's a recipe for disaster.

I offer no view in this posting on the merits of the current vote, but if you can't accept a majority of the voting members that is in line with a club's rules, you'll end up with no club quite soon. Chances are, you won't even be able to satisfy regulations on the annual meeting accepting the accounts.
sadjack
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If the rules say a majority of the regardless of the numbers then of course we must accept that. My question was simply is there any rule on this? I dont know and dont really know where to look.
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Mick F
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Mick F wrote:Quorum or otherwise, the moral objection to any vote has to be the number of members that turn out.
Take the argument to extreme ..........

10,000 members, and only 10 people vote "Yes".
No other votes are cast, so the motion is carried?

I don't think so.
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gaz
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drossall
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25 members quorum at a general meeting then. Simple majority applies in a poll of the club - the assumption being, presumably, that you'd get more than 25 votes :lol:
Jimmy The Hand
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Mick F wrote:......... It means that a quarter of the membership are disenfranchised and ignored.

it wasn't a quarter of the membership, it was a quarter of the members who could be botherd to vote.

Moving to this thread as a whole - would we being having this disscusion if the vote went the other way?
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