I agree with Anthony. I think Colin has to be one of the most deserving
people in decades. Surely this is a great opportunity to appoint a president
in recognition of a huge contribution to our instrument.
Helen
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From: Anthony Robb anth...@robbpipes.com
To:
I don't often comment these days, but, like a lot of NPS Members, I'm
still lurking...
I'd support this
Simon
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Helen Capes
[1]helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz wrote:
I agree with Anthony. I think Colin has to be one of the most
deserving
Anthony Robb wrote:
Dear All
What a shame Colin Ross has stood down from the chairmanship of the
society in these circumstances. Colin I do not always see eye to eye
about some things, but the fact remains that his devotion to, and
knowledge of piping, and pipes-making remain
Julia
As chairman, didn't Colin help select the new president?
He certainly suggested candidates that he thought were suitable at the?last
newsletter?packing session.
?
Malcolm
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From: Julia Say lt;julia@nspipes.co.ukgt;
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
On 21 May 2009, malcra...@aol.com wrote:
As chairman, didn't Colin help select the new president?
Colin withdrew his name from the original list of suggestions on
which a vote was taken.
So, yes, he took part in the process.
No, he was not a candidate at that point.
My last posting stands.
I would whole-heartedly support any move to appoint Colin as President, for
Lifetime Achievement reasons, but ONLY if he himself were entirely happy
with it. He certainly doesn't need the sort of back-biting criticism which
now seems all too prevalent. Maybe a public figure outside the
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
Another vote in favour - if Colin is willing, obviously
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Am I missing something here? Being very much on the fringe, as it were, I
would have thought that as Colin has stood down from the committee for
medical reasons on the advice of his doctor, that the same reasons would
necessarily preclude him from selection for A.N.other post, for the good of
Thank you for the explanation.
I think that those of us who want to see Colin as President are assuming (a)
that he would be prepared to accept the post, (b) that his health would
allow it, and (c) that the duties of Chairman and President are
sufficiently different that he would feel healthy
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
Colin's services to the instrument and its music are huge - and far outweigh
any recent disagreements.
His contribution to pipemaking alone is vast; his contribution to the music
over decades, is equally so.
That there are so many pipers today, playing beautiful and reliable instruments
in the
Bob Greef sent this to me only, by accident, and has asked me to
forward it to the list.
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From: Robert Greef rob...@greef.fsnet.co.uk
To: julia@nspipes.co.uk
Dear Julia,
As I am sure you are the best person to answer these questions on the
election
Julia Say wrote:
This will still only cover about 80% of members (if that). As you
will appreciate, it is a slightly different order of magnitude job to
set up such a list for 850 members than it is for 80-odd.
I have been hoping that it could be done via the website, but as you
know this
Refering to Julia's last paragrap.
And these rules can never be changed!!!
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From: Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:33 PM
Subject: [NSP] (Fwd) Re: President election process
This was my response to Bob's
Likewise from me, with the same proviso.
On 21 May 2009, at 10:49, Matt Seattle wrote:
Another vote in favour - if Colin is willing, obviously
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Daphne Briggs
34 Thorncliffe Road
Hello All
I managed to phone Colin after my last posting and was very interested
to hear what he had to say.
May I be naughty and ask people reading this to email me if they too
think it was an opportunity missed to overlook Colin for this position.
As aye
Anthony
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I would certainly vote for Colin to be president even though I don't agree
with some of the things he says or does. I hope he gets on the mend soon
too.
I certainly don't want some politition to be the President and I will not
accept any cups or medals off her.
If not Colin then how about
I'm not sure it was an opportunity missed.
If I understand the situation correctly (and maybe I don't), it wasn't
possible, according to the rules.
And Julia is absolutely right, that the rules can't just be set aside
because they are inconvenient at a particular point.
Having said that, I fully
Hello Chris
It seems it wasn't aginst the rules - it was deemed inappropriate,
and even if the rules stated (which they don't) that the chairman
couldn't become president, it could have been sorted easily by Colin
relinquishing the chairmanship. As I said, I phoned Colin (rather
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