Loriane Young is a past Chairman of BHS Scotland.
Dear Members, This is an important email which I would like you to act on as the recognition is being eroded to the extent they will have no say in the way the BHS is run. Our paid staff cannot be involved in this. Please pass this information on to as many BHS members as you can, Thank you, Loraine Young
General Meeting 5th January.
You will have received an envelope in your copy of British Horse. Do not throw it away!!
You may have noticed that over the past two years members have not been consulted or involved in any of the many decisions which have appeared as pronouncements.
This was very clearly highlighted when two very good candidates were nominated by members to fill the two vacancies on the Board of Trustees. They were rejected as “not being suitable†even though nominated by members who clearly know they were capable and suitable. The Chairman and the board then co-opted two trustees of their choice who had not been nominated or filled the criteria. This is a clear breach of the democratic right of members to nominate trustees and amounts to dictatorship and a manipulation of the election.
Members are being ignored and the resolutions being voted on at the above meeting further erode the rights of paying members and give them less say in how the BHS is administered.
Please use your proxy vote against these proposed resolutions and restore democracy if you are unable to attend the meeting.
To use your proxy vote nominate your proxy who will attend the meeting, sign the form including your membership number and then send your completed form to Duncan Snooks at The BHS, Abbey Park, Stareton, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2XZ by the 20th December.
Loraine Young is prepared to act as a proxy and will attend the meeting.
If you require to see how many members are unhappy with the way the BHS is run go to the website Horse and Hound Forum: Then click into “The Tack Room†and scroll down to the second page and go into “ Another BHS C**ck Up†There are eleven pages of comments and where things have gone wrong for members.
(Of course, we are now up to 12 pages and back on the front page, lol.)