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The Blame Game
Hi webmaster
This was posted 26/7/24 by the secretary on the clubs facebook page but members can't
comment on it.
''Some people are unbelievable, it's best not to say anything
when you have no idea what you are talking about. Let's face it
all comes down to our predecessors when we had well over
£100,000 of funds accounted for. Then there was covid, followed
by increase in utilities i.e £3500 monthly electricity bills.
And of course let's not forget the main and most important
reason, lack of support from members. Only a few of us have
fought tirelessly to keep the club going, all the people putting
on comments, where has your help been???? So please, only
sensible helpful comments. The club should have shut down years
ago, but with hard work we kept it going for at
least another 10 years. We didn't fail the club it
was the 2/3rds of the members that didn't support
us.''
Why would members support officers who
ran the club as if they owned it and didn't involve them in
where their money was spent. Not all the
blame can go to the previous officers either. It also says
electricity bills are £3500 monthly. No mention of the hundreds
of pounds wasted on solar panels, high wage bills and furniture
they didn't like.
Club Records & Property
All of the club records, computers, phones, minute books,
archive materials etc must be kept in secure
independent storage. They are historical items and
must be available for future inspection. Members
must be advised of there location and how they can be
accessed.
Lost Million
In a post on the clubs facebook it states that the secretary
employed in the 1990's was
taken to court in the early 2000's for embezzling over one
million pounds of the clubs money and found guilty. The big
question is why was no claim made on the club's insurance?
We have been unable to find any newspaper coverage of the case.
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Finances
The clubs trading profit in 2023 was £100,000. The wage bill
alone was £123,000 a deficit of £23,000 before any other
expenses were added.
The president was advised circa 2013 that the amount of money
being spent on wages was too high and unsustainable. It was
suggested that the paid secretary's job should be made redundant
at very little cost and an elected secretary put in place. No
action was taken.
In 2015 a letter detailing amendments to club rules 19/1 and
20/1 making the secretary an elected officer was handed in.
Whether it was ever presented to the committee is unknown. No
written reply was ever received just harassment for those in favour
of it. This change would have saved the club tens of thousands
of pounds.
To save money club rules
were ignored and committee elections were cancelled by the
president. This saved
the club approximately £300 a year but cost the members their
right to choose who ran their club. The result
an ever changing committee chosen by the officers, which may have included non financial
members.
Another proposed saving the officers put to the members was to
leave the C I U (Club & Institute Union)
saving about £350 a year. The members were not told what
benefits they would loose or the cost of alternative legal
advice but it was
agreed.
Some of the benefits of membership that were given up include; access to specialist
solicitors in club law, access to up to date legal advice,
discount on music licenses, arbitration on members disputes and the
ability to use other CIU clubs.
Had the CIU with their expertise been invited into the club to
assess and advise on the clubs situation before any money was
wasted the members may possibly still have had a club.
Having paid the secretary redundancy money and pension due to
the job no longer existing the
president has reemployed her. What as and on what financial
terms and conditions you will need to ask him.
This 'N' That
If you want to have your say or you have some useful information to
pass on. Email it to us and we will publish it here. With out your
input this page will grind to a halt after 29 years!
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