Hello Folks
Is it a Society rule that the Chairman can not become the President? If
so, why didn't the committee suggest he stand down immediately in order
to be eligible?
Huge is not quite the word to describe Colin's contribution. He was a
trail-blazer at a time when there was not a single professional
pipe-maker. People who have entered the piping world in the last 20
years do not have a clue about Colin's real contribution. Absolutely
outstanding is a truer assessment; I know Colin is prone to stress
problems but the role of President would have eased his burden and been
a perfect recognition of this. Unless of course, heaven forfend, it is
the committee that has caused his stress in the first place.
One does wonder.
As aye
Anthony
--- On Thu, 21/5/09, suzefis...@aol.com <suzefis...@aol.com> wrote:
From: suzefis...@aol.com <suzefis...@aol.com>
Subject: [NSP] Re: Colin Ross
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Thursday, 21 May, 2009, 11:26 AM
Dear all
I'd like to respond to the first part of Pauls e mail.
No one is doubting the huge contribution Colin has made to the NPS and
piping in general.
However as a Society with written rules the committee is obliged to
abide by them.
At the time of Jim's death Colin was Chairman, the rules clearly stat
that a new President should be appointed within 6 months of the
position being vacant.
Members must be given notice of the EGM required to ratify the
committee's recommendation, therefore a new President was needed by
mid June so a notice can go out in the July newsletter.
As Colin was Chairman it was not appropriate for him to be considered
as President. At the committee meeting on 21st March Colin removed
himself from the list of potential candidates.
A short list was drawn up and Julia tasked to contact the favoured
candidate. This she has done and Joyce Quinn has accepted.
I would have thought that the fact that Colin has resigned at the
recommendation of his doctor, would indicate that he needs to take some
time out from all things, to allow himself to recover his health.
Susan Craven
-----Original Message-----
From: Hilary Paton <[1]h.pa...@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: [2]...@cs.dartmouth.edu; Paul Gretton <[3]i...@gretton-willems.com>
Sent: Thu, 21 May 2009 11:13
Subject: [NSP] Re: Colin Ross
I would like to respond to the second part of this posting.
I am amazed that in the current world of most p
rople having computers
that
the NPS does not use emails to update and send out information to its
members. Instead there is a reliance on people subscribing to a
voluntary
list. Several years agin, I came off dartmouth due to recieving viruses
which I trsaced back to being a member of this list, despite vhaving
virus
protection. As a member of the NPS committee, I don't think it is
considered
to be part of the role to be on the dartmouth mailing list.
Is it not time the NPS set up its own mailing list to email members who
have
supplied an email address, of which there are many who I know are not
on
dartmouth.
Hilary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gretton" <[4]i...@gretton-willems.com>
To: <[5]...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Colin Ross
> If Colin is available, then it would seem bizarre -- and a gratuitous
> insult
> -- to appoint anyone else, certainly some politician whom none of us
have
> ever heard of in a piping context and who isn't even a member of the
> society. Other similar organisations normally have a president who is
> eminent as a maker, player, scholar etc. of the instrument concerned.
> Examples include the LBPS and even the Piobaireachd Society
(nowadays).
>
>
> BTW, I'm intrigued by your remark "...the committee, not all of whom
read
> this list." All but one of the committee would appear to have a
compu
ter.
> I
> wonder why they would not want to keep track of this list?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul Gretton
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [6]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[7]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
> Behalf
> Of Julia Say
> Sent: 21 May 2009 11:17
> To: [8]...@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Subject: [NSP] Re: Colin Ross
>
> On 21 May 2009, Richard Evans wrote:
>
>> Colin's huge contribution over a lifetime needs to be
>> recognised and this would be one way to do it.
>
> All these responses are being noted, both those on this list, and
> ones I have received offlist.
> To date, the suggestions have been unanimous - no other person has
> been mentioned.
>
> I will report this to the committee, not all of whom read this list.
>
> Julia Say
>
>
>
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