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Heltor Chasca wrote:I have done lots of charity work in the form of volunteering over the years and it amazes me how many charities treat some volunteers like lowlife employees. They needn't be treated like kings and queens, but charities seem to forget these people are giving up their time for nothing. They are very precious.

Si wrote:

Why did not some one up the chain of command just post it them selves Publicity officer etc.

Fair question. Communications Officer is having issues logging into the forum at the moment.

Mick F wrote:I'm an unpaid volunteer for a few different organisations .......... and for one of them, I am treated with respect and I am valued, consequently I treat them with respect and value them.

Also, I'm an unpaid volunteer on this forum.

Philip Benstead wrote:From Paul Touhy placed on my LinkedIn account but since deleted.


Philip is very committed to cycling but somewhat misguided. He stood for re-election of the charity board but times have changed and he received the lowest polling ever in CTC's 138 history with 0.2% of the possible share of voters. But that's democracy. It's such a shame he pursues this vendetta against a charity working for cycling that he still promotes for his own self interest. He could do much more positively for cycling if he chose to. Meanwhile next week the Minister for cycling will announce £500,000 to help Cycling Uk get more hard to reach communities to engage with cycling to school, work for pleasure and good health. Just for clarity. The vote for our rebrand was 15-1, not 10 -5.

beardy wrote:The winning candidate got an amazing .5% of the vote in comparison to Phillip's .2%.
Now there is a democratic mandate to be proud of. A whole 250% better.

TonyR wrote:

Philip Benstead wrote:From Paul Touhy placed on my LinkedIn account but since deleted.


Philip is very committed to cycling but somewhat misguided. He stood for re-election of the charity board but times have changed and he received the lowest polling ever in CTC's 138 history with 0.2% of the possible share of voters. But that's democracy. It's such a shame he pursues this vendetta against a charity working for cycling that he still promotes for his own self interest. He could do much more positively for cycling if he chose to. Meanwhile next week the Minister for cycling will announce £500,000 to help Cycling Uk get more hard to reach communities to engage with cycling to school, work for pleasure and good health. Just for clarity. The vote for our rebrand was 15-1, not 10 -5.

So Philip, what are you wanting to achieve with all these actions? You voted to change the name so what name do you want it to be?

I vote to look into it in 2014 under Gorden anyway what is wrong with CTC - We are Cycling
And you want your not being re-elected to Council to be investigated but to what end? If you really did poll 0.2% then I can't see how the outcome is going to be any different even if there were some irregularities.

Philip Benstead wrote:What is wrong with CTC - We are Cycling