[Default] On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:15:56 +0100, "Steve Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>Personally, moderated or not, I would prefer the IWA to run a news list for >no other reason than take soundings from its membership. But this, of >course, is the very reason it won't happen since one sometimes wonders if >the organisation is interested in what its members think. > >There have been improvements recently, but the idea of a consultation is to >garner a variety of views and from that devise a policy. It is not to use >the process to find views to support a policy which has already underway. > It's proved to be a valuable tool for our Association and was very useful when we decided to "go large" for this year's AGM and National Garden Railway Show in a much bigger hall - see http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mdltrly/agm2007.html if you must............... Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk Friends of the Cromford Canal: http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk (Waterways World Site of the Month, November 2005)
