BHS continues to dismiss legitimate & respectful questions from its members.While we finally got some minutes, not all of them and its seems that a lot of people from the floor were not there.
Like Bobby Ewing,( if you are too young, its an very old TV soap), we will all wake up in the shower and it will be like it never happened. They wish
Love your title. I keep poultry too. Yes I agree - just trying to spread the word so people start/continue informing themselves. Watch this space for the facts. They do speak for themselves.You may have a point and valid reasons for all this but this kind of post is weird imo. Summarise the facts and they should speak for themselves.
Love your title. I keep poultry too. Yes I agree - just trying to spread the word so people start/continue informing themselves. Watch this space for the facts. They do speak for themselves.
What is this? Are you sending these letters to the BHS. Have you had a reply lol!
There are now 105,000 members according to the Chairman, that’s fantastic! As far as I can see there are only about 5 or 6 people that share your view, that leaves 104,954 members who rather like the modern, proactive work that they are doing for horses and equestrians. Seems like you would like a return to the past!There is a lack of transparency in this "secret society" that does not publish Board or senior management minutes. When members lack information and see huge lorries and a puppet, questions must be raised!
Respectfully disagree. Some people would say that the Brexit referendum clearly demonstrated that one can not make assumptions based on silence.There are now 105,000 members according to the Chairman, that’s fantastic! As far as I can see there are only about 5 or 6 people that share your view, that leaves 104,954 members who rather like the modern, proactive work that they are doing for horses and equestrians. Seems like you would like a return to the past!
Respectfully disagree. Some people would say that the Brexit referendum clearly demonstrated that one can not make assumptions based on silence.
There are now 105,000 members according to the Chairman, that’s fantastic! As far as I can see there are only about 5 or 6 people that share your view, that leaves 104,954 members who rather like the modern, proactive work that they are doing for horses and equestrians. Seems like you would like a return to the past!
There are now 105,000 members according to the Chairman, that’s fantastic! As far as I can see there are only about 5 or 6 people that share your view, that leaves 104,954 members who rather like the modern, proactive work that they are doing for horses and equestrians. Seems like you would like a return to the past!
AThere are a great deal more than 5 or 6 people who have very serious concerns about how the BHS is being run. We don't want a return to the past, we want a positively run BHS with transparency and contact with its members. We don't want our subs spent in a spendthrift manner on horse boxes and puppets. You need to catch up with what has been said in the last week.
Well said. We don't pay to be a member of a "secret society".67% of income came from members, in 2017. The BHS spent £1m and a bit on IT, but its is unable to send an email to everyone it has an email for.
I think if you run anything that people give you money for, you have to be,
Open to questions, and ideas.
Transparent in how they spend your money, and give a good reason for why they have spent it,
Accountable for what they have done, an have a clear rational of why they have done it.
Until they are able to be the first two, we have no idea if they are doing a good job. From what we are hearing from all over the country, perhaps they are not doing as good a job as you thought.
Yes 67% of income is for members but only 11% goes to welfare, safety & access. That's less that 4% each!67% of income came from members, in 2017. The BHS spent £1m and a bit on IT, but its is unable to send an email to everyone it has an email for.
I think if you run anything that people give you money for, you have to be,
Open to questions, and ideas.
Transparent in how they spend your money, and give a good reason for why they have spent it,
Accountable for what they have done, an have a clear rational of why they have done it.
Until they are able to be the first two, we have no idea if they are doing a good job. From what we are hearing from all over the country, perhaps they are not doing as good a job as you thought.
We are just trying to make them accountable.
Silence does not equal acquiescence or acceptance ..... a lot more than a handful of people - yes some people who have been paid a lot have done some good things but at what expense - human, horse and hard cash... End of convoThere are now 105,000 members according to the Chairman, that’s fantastic! As far as I can see there are only about 5 or 6 people that share your view, that leaves 104,954 members who rather like the modern, proactive work that they are doing for horses and equestrians. Seems like you would like a return to the past!
I can't speak for any of the other PIOs - but all horses I know the chip of I can find there - or at least find the most basic information. But there is NO other way the database offers to 'find' a horse. My breed society's database you can search for all pure-bred Males or Females born in THAT year (owned/bred by anyone), chip no, UELN, breeder, name of horse, etc etc etc. And if it has been bred from, the same for all its registered progeny.
Violeta, how strange we share the same surname but not the same view. The purpose of a forum is to exchange a POV so no it is not ‘end of convo’. You have just confirmed my view that there are a very few ‘angry’ people who have a personal axe to grind or have a large bowl of sour grapes in front of them and don’t like the fact that there is another view. Yes, I return to my observation! You still do not accept that there is some great work being done by the BHS that needs applauding, without adding your blanket downers.Silence does not equal acquiescence or acceptance ..... a lot more than a handful of people - yes some people who have been paid a lot have done some good things but at what expense - human, horse and hard cash... End of convo
And BHS education has been overtaken by UKCC.
I disagree as what you are seeing are the people who are passionate and vocal about this. There are plenty of us who share the same viewpoint but are reading all the material that has been produced and just because we are not jumping up and down screaming that does not mean we are not happy.There are now 105,000 members according to the Chairman, that’s fantastic! As far as I can see there are only about 5 or 6 people that share your view, that leaves 104,954 members who rather like the modern, proactive work that they are doing for horses and equestrians. Seems like you would like a return to the past!
We have now 752 members of our Facebook page, which was started just over two weeks ago.
We hope even if you do not agree with our concerns about the BHS you will be better informed having read the documents posted on there. These include the changes proposed by the BHS to the Articles of Association that seem to be no longer available on the BHS website.
Through the Facebook group we have heard from people that are just as concerned as 'we' are, they just didn't know how to get their voice heard.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/membersBHS/
lol, and isn't it odd that several BHS staff members have tried to join the Group - including one Director. Funnily enough, they didn't answer the questions so were not accepted. Not so funny that several volunteers have been 'sacked' for daring to participate.
lol, and isn't it odd that several BHS staff members have tried to join the Group - including one Director. Funnily enough, they didn't answer the questions so were not accepted. Not so funny that several volunteers have been 'sacked' for daring to participate.
lol, and isn't it odd that several BHS staff members have tried to join the Group - including one Director. Funnily enough, they didn't answer the questions so were not accepted. Not so funny that several volunteers have been 'sacked' for daring to participate.
I don't understand that at all. Surely the group is to discuss the improvements that people would like in a non censored and accessible way. Sacking volunteers? Wow. Did you get that from the people concerned?
I also don't understand why they would not answer the questions. If it were my company I would prefer to be in the group to see what people were saying. But then, I would have a more open official forum on FB anyway. Not to allow nastiness but nothing wrong with exchanging views on what works or does not work.