On 25 Jun 2010, at 21:28, Graham wrote:
> Can I suggest the whole BW board is replaced by lower salaried
> people who understand waterways. With that financial saving you
> could :-
> a. Do a lot more maintenance.
> b. Encourage more volunteers who would be prepared to give their
> time if they know that they are not ultimately working towards
> subsidising overpaid fatcats. (Compare BW board salaries to National
> Trust)
Adrian's response addresses a but not b. Substantially increasing
volunteer input is the Sustrans/ C&B model, but it would require a
massive change of mindset at the top of both BW and EA (Nav).
Hmmm... is there a lesson to be learnt from the Obama/McChrystal
showdown? We need a journo from one of the mags to spend three days
in a coach with the BW Board, and then publish a "profile" of RE,
including his honest opinion of his political masters (after imbibing
interesting substances, probably), resulting in his instant dismissal.
Martin, are you up for this?
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All the best
Bruce
You don't ever finish building a boat, you just make a start...
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