Another British Horse Society c**k-up

Velcrobum said:
Perhaps someone needs to print off Wendy's statement (as this is a public forum) and leave copies at regular intervals in the BHS tent at Badminton. Anyone know where Martin Clunes lives - Beaminster Dorset is as close as I can find.
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. I am sure if you addressed it to him with Bearminster Dorset it would get to him.
 
Velcrobum said:
What survey?? I am a gold member and have not received anything about a survey either email or snail mail !!!!!
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ViolettaTears said:
Wendy Suddes is clearly an outstanding horsewoman with huge integrity, my husband and i are totally shocked to read her statement. Wendy, you have our total support and utter respect! The HR Director and CE should be stopped from ever working for a charity again and the HR Director should be sacked for Gross Inadequacy. We need an EGM to hold the Chairman and Board to account so that we as members can have a public, open discussion about the way the charity has and is being run. What on earth has happened to the EGM date. Surely it should be in June? Why don't we all just turn up to the 'General' meeting at Stoneleigh and make it into an EGM ???? The charity is OUR charity, not the Board's, or the staff's or the CEs, it belongs to us as members. Horse and Hound, you may be owned by Private Equity but you too are complicit in acting more like 'Hello' magazine, you should be printing balanced articles, rather than being a puppet for the charismatic but fundamentally flawed personalities. By the way we have also heard that the Chairman is staying on over his 6 years (which should end in July, which is when AGMS were held until the cowardice of the board of trustees and CE meant they cancelled them rather than face us members). We hope it isn't true, but this is the BHS we are talking about.
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According to the Companies Act, the date for the EM requisitioned by the petition of members should have been set last week! The treatment that Wendy received is not the only example. And while as HQ says there are two sides to every story, there are too many examples like this one. Re-read the Telegraph articles. With Badminton close at hand, there is a public opportunity to insist upon change. More than £250K was spent sponsoring Badminton. Why should a a charity's money be spent like this? Members money has been and continues to be wasted on building an empire.In 2012 there were 87 employee. Now there are 144 with a salary bill this year over £5 Million.
 
Censorship - just received an alert that my comment on Friday has been removed. "naming of individuals is not helpful". However, I see lots of named individuals in this thread. Must have really hit the nail on the head with that one.
 
I'm really sad it has come to this, I was a BHS supporter for a long time, I have passed a number of their teaching exams in the days when their qualification were taken seriously and respected. I've considered even though I no longer work with horses continuing to take the exams as a way of goal setting for myself. Glad now I didn't waste my money.
I know Wendy from back in the days when I did work in the industry, she was so hard working, she has integrity and would be an asset to any company. I've watched this unfold somewhat from the sidelines, as I am no longer a member I've little place involving myself in the full debate. The work Wendy did in the early days of her role was phenomenal to raise the local profile I am disgusted to hear the way she has been treated.
 
JOB ADVERT FOR THE NEW CE AT BHS .... Where is it? Anyone seen it? The answer is a resounding "no". This is very strange as the exit arrangements of the former CE would have been undertaken at least three months ago. It is normal charity practice to hire a headhunter within days, get a public advert up in say The Times and The Guardian and for us the H and H with applicants being screened and first interviewed by the Headhunter before a long list going to the Chair and trustees before a short list being interviewed. But all we have is a big fat silence which is way beyond odd and out of kilter with any other charity recruitment process. Or is it a done deal with either the current Director of Education or COO being neatly slotted in??? Anyways, the former CE has left the building so Stoneleigh reception have confirmed and no longer works there.
 
Tiddlypom said:
Are you suggesting that I am making an empty threat? I am a long term BHS Gold member, and I am going to Badminton. No doubt I will pass by the BHS tent at some point...
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I visited the BHS stand at Badminton today, and passed on my disappointment and concerns about the on going shambles within the BHS. The staff there looked suitably apologetic and were not at all dismissive of my comments.
 
Tiddlypom said:
I visited the BHS stand at Badminton today, and passed on my disappointment and concerns about the on going shambles within the BHS. The staff there looked suitably apologetic and were not at all dismissive of my comments.
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Well done. We might pop in and see them on Saturday. We feel sorry for the girls on the stand. In recent years we've been to see them and sat and had a cup of tea and a chat sometimes, they are usually a nice bunch of stoneleigh girls and some volunteers. We need to keep on raising the issues. Still can't believe that the trustees are even allowing the former CE to become a trustee and the poor new CE, who probably a bit like Mary Poppins will just appear without an advert going in the paper:D, having to stand up and present their ideas in front of her. You really couldn't make it up!!
 
ViolettaTears said:
JOB ADVERT FOR THE NEW CE AT BHS .... Where is it? Anyone seen it? The answer is a resounding "no". This is very strange as the exit arrangements of the former CE would have been undertaken at least three months ago. It is normal charity practice to hire a headhunter within days, get a public advert up in say The Times and The Guardian and for us the H and H with applicants being screened and first interviewed by the Headhunter before a long list going to the Chair and trustees before a short list being interviewed. But all we have is a big fat silence which is way beyond odd and out of kilter with any other charity recruitment process. Or is it a done deal with either the current Director of Education or COO being neatly slotted in??? Anyways, the former CE has left the building so Stoneleigh reception have confirmed and no longer works there.
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No advert no sign of search not a trace of headhunters
 
Tiddlypom said:
I visited the BHS stand at Badminton today, and passed on my disappointment and concerns about the on going shambles within the BHS. The staff there looked suitably apologetic and were not at all dismissive of my comments.
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Well done Tiddlypom. Now we need more people to deliver the message face to face, like we did.
 
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What is all this about a consulting company interviewing people around the country to sort out communication? Fit for the Future - what about the present? Many people couldn't even get the survey open. And many didn't even get it. Just another reason to delay the requisitioned general meeting. And another big price tag - 5 healthy figures for a safe bet. For what? More gloss on messages that have fallen on deaf ears for years. More polishing a horse turd. Come on Charity Commission - grab the reins here. Or do members have to pass the hat to create a legal fund to deal with the Companies Act violations themselves.
 
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