PH wrote:Steady rider wrote:With regarding to the new brand name, I gather about 2000 were asked for some opinion, there are about 70,000 members, so one in 35 was asked for an opinion is this about right? about 3% of membership.?
The information I saw said 2,000 people had been consulted, it didn't say how many of them were members.
CTC MEMBERSHIP SURVEY
According to CTC CEO Through the rebrand process we engaged with over 2000 members, supporters, partners and local and national government departments across the UK.
That numbers come from the governance survey, it used loaded questions
I received these results from anonymous source
THE SURVEY RESULTS
Groups Contacted Quantity Successfully Sent Respondents % Response Rate
CTC Member Groups 120 112 57 50.9
Affiliated Groups to CTC 499 491 127 25.9
Inclusive Cycling Centre 47 43 11 25.6
Non Members 1000 982 194 19.8
CTC Right to Ride Campaigners 413 370 149 40.3
Key External Stakeholders 47 43 21 48.8
Totals 2126 2041 559 27.4
These are the matters on which opinions are being sought.
1. Currently members can vote for Councillors (charity trustees) within their local regions. We are considering changing this to enable members to vote for all of the elected CTC Councillors. As a member of CTC, would you like the opportunity to vote for:
One or two Councillors (charity trustees) in your local region / All of the elected Councillors of CTC / No preference
2. I believe that all CTC Councillors should share equal responsibility for CTC's activities across the UK.
Strongly disagree / Disagree/ Uncertain / Agree / Strongly agree
3. The elected Councillors should be able to appoint an additional 1 or 2 trustees to join Council (the board of trustees) to fill gaps in the skills, knowledge or experience of the elected Council.
Strongly disagree / Disagree / Uncertain / Agree / Strongly agree
4. The contribution of experienced CTC volunteers should be recognized with a formal role that enables members with particular skills or experience to support the work of CTC and help energies volunteers locally and/or nationally.
Strongly disagree / Disagree / Uncertain / Agree / Strongly agree
5. It is a principle of good governance that Trustee Boards should not be so large as to be unwieldy. Council currently comprises up to 26 members. The governance working group has concluded that the board should be substantially smaller to ensure efficient and effective decision making.
Do you...
Strongly disagree / Disagree / Uncertain / Agree / Strongly agree
6. It is proposed that the Council should have a maximum of 12 members.
Do you...
Strongly disagree / Disagree / Uncertain / Agree / Strongly agree
7. Which one of these statements best describes your opinion of the present system of governance and whether it enables us to deliver our mission?
It is very effective and could not be improved / It is effective but could be improved a little / I don't have a strong opinion either way /
It is ineffective and could be improved quite a bit / It is very ineffective and needs a great deal of improvement
8. If you have any ideas for improving the governance of CTC which you would like the governance working group to consider, please add them here.
[enter response]
Note: This survey is anonymous so we will not be able to respond directly to your ideas, although your input will be considered within this review.