L&M
Well-Known Member
Have any of you changed your hunt because of petty politics? Our hunt is a small one and always struggling for funds, with constant changes of Mastership and internal bickering which is really starting to get me down. Below is just one of the recent issues I have had...
For a fundraising idea, I suggested a Hound Sponsorship last season but didn't act on it. However at the beginning of this year, the Chairman of the Hunt Comittee called me to ask if I would get the scheme up and running for this years puppy show. Therefore I have spent the last few weeks taking photos, printing out breeding certificates etc, all at my own cost and in my own time. One of our Masters, who has backed the scheme from the start, asked me to also design a hunt mug to be made available for sale at the puppy show, so have spent £300 on this, which I am happy to donate all proceeds to the hunt.
This Master then tells me that they are setting up for the puppy show and would I like to come along to find a space for my 'stall'? So along I trot, proudly clutching my carefully made sponsorship certificates, to bump straight into the Senior Master, who then gives me a lecture on the scheme not being appropriate for the puppy Show as she doesn't wan't it turning into a sales pitch!! Although I do actually see her point, I did tell her that I was asked to run the scheme by a committee, which she sits on, and launch it at the puppy show........?!
What really p**ses me off is that I am one of a few full subscribers and have hunted with them for 5 seasons, always volunteer to help at hunt events, have nannied at Childrens meets etc, walked puppies, but rarely have even had a 'thank you'.
We have another local pack that I am thinking of joining, but would be sad to leave the good friends in the field I have made, and also want to see the pups that I walked progress, so am at a real crossroads.
Sorry to rant on, but needed to let of some steam to those that understand!
For a fundraising idea, I suggested a Hound Sponsorship last season but didn't act on it. However at the beginning of this year, the Chairman of the Hunt Comittee called me to ask if I would get the scheme up and running for this years puppy show. Therefore I have spent the last few weeks taking photos, printing out breeding certificates etc, all at my own cost and in my own time. One of our Masters, who has backed the scheme from the start, asked me to also design a hunt mug to be made available for sale at the puppy show, so have spent £300 on this, which I am happy to donate all proceeds to the hunt.
This Master then tells me that they are setting up for the puppy show and would I like to come along to find a space for my 'stall'? So along I trot, proudly clutching my carefully made sponsorship certificates, to bump straight into the Senior Master, who then gives me a lecture on the scheme not being appropriate for the puppy Show as she doesn't wan't it turning into a sales pitch!! Although I do actually see her point, I did tell her that I was asked to run the scheme by a committee, which she sits on, and launch it at the puppy show........?!
What really p**ses me off is that I am one of a few full subscribers and have hunted with them for 5 seasons, always volunteer to help at hunt events, have nannied at Childrens meets etc, walked puppies, but rarely have even had a 'thank you'.
We have another local pack that I am thinking of joining, but would be sad to leave the good friends in the field I have made, and also want to see the pups that I walked progress, so am at a real crossroads.
Sorry to rant on, but needed to let of some steam to those that understand!
