lynbarns letzte Aktivitäten
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lynbarn gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Culture is grown, not laid down. Changing legal documents should be, if necessary, part of locking in change - not determining the nature of the change, nor just responding to change. You then raise structural questions about the relationship...
15 Juni 2025 um 18:44 -
lynbarn gefällt Michael Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
And someone to prepare the accounts, not necessarily a Trustee, to save the circa £10,000 the three organisations spend each year on accountancy/book-keeping. Surely it is not beyond the wit of the Trustees to find someone if the Treasurer is...
15 Juni 2025 um 18:42 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Some very good stuff has been mentioned here, but I have never liked the idea of Trustees having extra responsibilities. As I see it, a Trustee should be there to act as guardians of the group's assets; they should not, in my view, be there to...
15 Juni 2025 um 14:50 -
lynbarn gefällt Tobbess Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
As I understand the problem, it is that the Treasurer meekly goes along with whatever the Chairman or one of his (former Trustee) sidekicks wants, especially when it comes to OSHI. What we really need is for a robust Treasurer/Head of Finance to...
15 Juni 2025 um 14:18 -
lynbarn gefällt Tobbess Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree, but I would like the Head of Finance on the Board, given the appalling financial decisions that have been made....
15 Juni 2025 um 14:17 -
lynbarn gefällt Miffs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
’Expertise on tap’ from outside the Board is an excellent principle to remember. It is not essential always to have, for example, the ‘Head of Finance’ or the ‘Head of Engineering’ on the Board, although no reason why they shouldn’t be. The...
15 Juni 2025 um 13:53 -
lynbarn gefällt Tobbess Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
An excellent model.
15 Juni 2025 um 13:52 -
lynbarn gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I’ve referred many times to my experience elsewhere. On the board where I’m an elected trustee, I can only serve two terms and then have to stand down. The elected posts connected to the board also come with term limits. It’s made to work with...
15 Juni 2025 um 13:52 -
lynbarn gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
In an ideal World I would agree with you, but I have watched too many instances over the last few years where the issues at a railway are primarily to do with the entrenched views of a clique. Board members are generally too old as well and more...
15 Juni 2025 um 13:50 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Boards need to publish their Minutes, redacted as necessary, so that members can see what they are doing and why. Other railways do it, so why not the Trust?
15 Juni 2025 um 13:46 -
lynbarn gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Directors and Trustees need a dose of humility too. They have to be wary of falling into the trap of thinking “we are good people doing our best, therefore this is the best that can be done”. I am afraid that this trap appears to be most...
15 Juni 2025 um 13:46 -
lynbarn gefällt gwilialans Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
And the I think is The big reason wherever you are. Boards can be hyper political or Napoleonic or secret societies or even "Dictators 'R' us" (to use the current, horrible, 'cool' (?) misuse of the poor letter R) Boards can be hidden away in...
15 Juni 2025 um 13:46 -
lynbarn gefällt RailWests Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That sounds just like one of my wife's 'requirements' for a 'domestic improvement' - I have to guess what is needed, then she tells me afterwards that I've got it wrong :-)
13 Juni 2025 um 17:35 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree, Dave, that said I do feel there should be nothing that should stop us from either working towards and or applying professional management standards, we don't need to fill the board with paid professionals just yet, but trust starts at...
13 Juni 2025 um 15:22 -
lynbarn antwortete auf das Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Your figures are about right, so I ask the question: how do we suggest we improve the odds? This report might help https://www.ncvo.org.uk/documents/624/understanding_trustee_recruitment_and_retention_challenges.pdf
12 Juni 2025 um 22:52
