page 9 - PCGB EGM 06.11.11 . . .

[khushy]

just received my (hopefully) final issue of Porsche Post together with all sorts of fodder incl the latest EGM minutes - wtf is going on here - sounds like a contender for an episode of East Enders!!!!

khushy

Edited by khushy on Saturday 26th November 16:27

[cragswinter]

err, you've read it so how about you tell us wtf is going on?

this isn't about the bloke ringing up with a disguised voice complaining about board members or something is it? i think i did read that bit before turning the page and wondering who on earth could give a flying one.

[khushy]

I normally bin all the other stuff that arrives - together with PP after another 10 minutes or so - but I thought I would open up the EGM notes randomly and ended up on page 9!

After reading a few other pages randomly - I think Alan Sugar would be mortified!!!

khushy

Edited by khushy on Saturday 26th November 11:34

[cragswinter]

ah just give us the craic why don't ya?!

[khushy]

cragswinter said:

ah just give us the craic why don't ya?!

from what I can make out - infighting, forum-baddies, solicitors, damages, public-resignations, directorships, directors expenses, contract anomalies, scandals - lots of applause from the floor (LOL) and bullst!

44 pages of text @ ave of 20 words per line & 30 lines per page = 22,000++++ words . . . . ahhhhhhh my eyes are bleeding!!!!!

Edited by khushy on Saturday 26th November 11:30

[cragswinter]

TIPEC it is then

[khushy]

cragswinter said:

TIPEC it is then

LOL!

[fel71]

Glad to see it's business as usual at the club, they make politicians look like grown ups, It's been 15 years since they had my hard earned for the same reasons.( Nescafe wave)

[anonymous-user]

Quite bizarre - you would think they were a global mutti-national fending off a hostile bid from their biggest competitor.
Much ado about nothing. Mind you the miniutes are almost more interesting than the Porsche Post magazine...

[SonnyM]

khushy said:

I normally bin all the other stuff that arrives - together with PP after another 10 minutes or so - but I thought I would open up the EGM notes randomly and ended up on page 9!

After reading a few other pages randomly - I think Alan Sugar would be mortified!!!

khushy

Edited by khushy on Saturday 26th November 11:34

Mate as soon as I saw the words "extraordinary meeting" I ripped it in half, binned it, got the keys to the RS60 and went out for a beautiful blast in the sunny afternoon.

Porsche - there is no substitute.

[Arenki]

I'm yet to read minutes of any meeting that have either a) surprised me or b) interested me

[zub]

Fished out EGM minutes from the bin where I chucked them this morning. 43 pages of closely typed playground talk. What a waste of time and energy.

I've been a PCGB member since 2001, but have just cancelled my membership direct debit.

[melv]

All sorted, done, dusted......the EGM had to be done, minutes had to be published.......brought a lot of problems and issues out in to the air...made current board accountable.......moving forward and looking forward to the next few years of events........thanx for your support..........

Kushy -do you realise how much damage your post can do???? This is in the past now.......

[cragswinter]

Melv,
Although khushy can be guilty of talking a load of crap on here (no offence mate ) he's hardly said anything detrimental to the club has he?

& as for your post, if you're so worried about what people may think, how about posting in an open forum exactly what the problems were & how they've been resolved?

Someone's already mentioned a comparison between the pcgb board members & a buch of squabbling politicians, I'd have thought that was prompt enough to justify talking some sense for once!

Over to you sir

[khushy]

Khushy "talking crap" = guilty as charged = fits right in, here AND there!

[xftdr]

melv said:

All sorted, done, dusted......the EGM had to be done, minutes had to be published.......brought a lot of problems and issues out in to the air...made current board accountable.......moving forward and looking forward to the next few years of events........thanx for your support..........

Kushy -do you realise how much damage your post can do???? This is in the past now.......

emmmm

I wish the club well but after ten years of membership I have not renewed nor will I. There are too many issues. This is supposed to be a car enthusiasts club, instead it is a business. I saw the minutes in PP, I read a bit of them but not all. What I did notice (from the minutes) was the presence of a lawyer at the EGM. This tells me the club has lost its way. I also noticed the Ops Director, who from the one or two dealings I have had with him seems a thoroughly decent man, asking why members are not renewing. I hope the club looks at this a little more carefully than would seem to have been the case before. I have left because I don't like feeling 'ripped' off by a club that I pay money to belong to and is supposed to look after its members.

A previous post of mine refers.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=107...

Good luck to the club and I know many people get a great deal of pleasure from membership. But i'm afraid that there is still a smell of something unpleasant at its core. I am hoping TIPEC is different (I asked Father Christmas for membership!).

[cragswinter]

To be honest I did have a skim over the minutes of the meeting whilst watching MOTD this morning, I wasn't going to read it all.

It looked a right old load of pony, but I couldn't help noticing on the last page (p44!) the last 3 comments were

AW - "ah wise up"

NH - "rubbish"

Unknown -" rubbish"

Jeers from the floor

NH - "safe journey home & thank you for coming"

AW -" safe journey home - at least we know where we stand"

- end of agm -

So, grown men jeering each other & shouting insults

& that's the meeting that's supposed to have sorted everything out Melv eh?! What a state of affairs

As big Dunc says, am oot, there's no way I'm paying any more money for these twunts to argue over, I think my subs are due April time maybe, I'll just cancel the direct debit with my bank.

[Shoestringracer]

Slightly OT but last year I sent 2 emails to the competition sec enquiring about the Speed Championship and neither was replied to. Its not as if I was time wasting - I explained that I already competed in another simliar championship and that I owned a car that would be both eligable and competitive.

[zeb]

melv said:

All sorted, done, dusted......the EGM had to be done, minutes had to be published.......brought a lot of problems and issues out in to the air...made current board accountable.......moving forward and looking forward to the next few years of events........thanx for your support..........

Kushy -do you realise how much damage your post can do???? This is in the past now.......

I'd agree with melv on this one. I'm potentially one of the internet warriors that are so lovingly referred to in the minutes. Worth noting mind you that the forum was the driving force in getting the EGM going. I wasn't particularly 'pro-board' before all this but now after the EGM and having read the minutes (yes..all 44 pages!), I believe that the current board is trying to get it on an even keel and I'm happy to give them to the AGM next year. Some of the old guard are still hanging on for dear life but I think now will just become more isolated and fade away. A special mention has to go Nick, who has been very positive in using the forum and that has been a very refreshing change and its evident that he's put a lot of time into it.

I've renewed my membership, as its as much my club as anyone else's and it'll take a bit more than some localised arguing to put me off