XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: no.sp@m.com   
      
   On 03/03/2018 19:31, SteveE wrote:   
   > On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 17:21:50 +0000   
   > roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) wrote:   
   >   
   >> Brian Reay  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 03/03/2018 16:07, Roger Hayter wrote:   
   >>>> Brian Reay  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 03/03/2018 15:49, Roger Hayter wrote:   
   >>>>>> Brian Reay  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I doubt anyone will notice or care whether you (re)join or not   
   >>>>>>> Roger.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You obviously thought it worth a catty remark.  And I will   
   >>>>>> care.  So that's two of us anyway.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> Don't fool yourself Roger.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am not the one making a fool of himself in this conversation.   
   >>>> Apart from anything else, you ignore the fact that we each only   
   >>>> have one vote, but the actions of many (for example many of those   
   >>>> who left the RSGB after the coup) have an impact.  So clearly   
   >>>> no-one cares about my individual action, only if it is part of a   
   >>>> trend.  This was hardly worth saying, but I'm sure you'll keep   
   >>>> saying it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> You and your chums are forever ranting about something. It achieves   
   >>> nothing.   
   >>   
   >> ISTR you weren't over-keen on the coup yourself - perhaps you've   
   >> conveniently forgotten.   
   >>   
   >   
   > He was dead against it. Perhaps conveniently shoved aside as, after   
   > all, his protestations had no effect whatsoever.   
   >   
   > Now, it appears that he's conveniently forgotten that era and now is a   
   > fully fledged supporter of the RSGB again, probably because he thinks   
   > it might score him points in a usenet argument.   
   >   
   > Personally, I feel that the RSGB is finished and will not survive for   
   > more than a few years.   
   >   
   > This hasn't been helped by lax oversight by the directors including   
   > Brian Reay which led to to the Peter Kirby debacle and serious   
   > financial problems for the 'society', as well as the member fallout   
   > that ensued.   
   >   
   > To add to that, I consider the FL scheme was the start of the problems   
   > as a lot of members didn't like the 'CBisitation' of amateur   
   > licences and voted with their feet.   
   >   
   > The RSGB was on rocky ground after this and management catastrophes   
   > haven't help one iota.   
   >   
   > No wonder why no prospective 'Presidents' have added their name. No   
   > one wants this prestigious position. That must, surely, tell them   
   > something.   
   >   
      
      
      
   You and your chums have been making essentially the same predictions for   
   decades and they are no nearer to coming true now than before.   
      
   You make Victor Meldrew look like a rational thinker.   
      
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