I understand members' concern about the choice of a politician to be
the next President of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society and under other
circumstances I would share this concern. However, my knowledge of
Joyce Quin makes me happy to have her as President. When she was new
to piping, Colin Ross suggested that she come to me for lessons. She
was already a competetent piper, so we just got together to play from
time to time as long as her commitments allowed. I found her to be
very agreeable company and a good and enthusiastic piper. I have heard
no news reports of her activities that would make her unsuitable to be
our President.
One of the traditional roles of the President is to chair the Annual
General Meeting. Our previous two Presidents have not been in a
position to do this, so Colin Ross, as Chairman of the Society, took on
the job. His manner of chairing the 2008 AGM caused such concern among
those present that it was proposed, and passed, that in future, when
the President could not chair the AGM, it should be chaired by a
Vice-president who is not also a member of the executive committee.
This arrangement was used at the 2009 AGM. If Colin Ross were
President I have no reason to believe that his chairing of future AGMs
- or, more importantly, his general conduct in the office - would be
any less contentious than his chairing of previous AGMs. Therefoe, in
spite of his long association with and many contributions to the
Northumbrian Pipers' Society, I could not support him to be President
of the Society.
Ann Sessoms
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