bug Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 *** mod edit - some text removed - tone it down a bit please *** http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/5653-special-meeting-to-select-selection-panel FOLLOWING a backbench revolt a special meeting of Shetland Charitable Trust will be held on 15 October. This is to allow members to choose a trustee who will serve on the small panel that will shortlist independent trustees to serve on the new re-organised trust. In a letter to all 22 trustees, the charity’s chairman, Drew Ratter, had suggested that he should be the council trustee who sits on the panel. The move triggered a flurry of emails among members unhappy about the prospect of being sidelined in the appointment process. Trustee George Smith said: “The proper process is now being followed. If Drew wants to put himself forward he is perfectly entitled to do so, as is anybody else who is a trustee.†Mr Ratter said the rules of how the new independent trustees were to be appointed had been drawn up by the previous councillors/trustees. They stipulated that a three-strong selection panel had to consist of an independent chairman from outside the trust, plus one council trustee and one independent trustee. “I offered to do it myself, but when trustees were consulted they said they wanted to have a meeting. There is no backbench revolt, and there is no problem,†Mr Ratter said. A painful four-year-long reform process, which will remove council control from the £200 million trust, finally came to an end last month, when trustees approved the way ahead by 10 votes to six. The new trust, which has to be in place by 31 March next year, will have a 15-strong board comprising seven councillors and eight independent trustees chosen by the selection panel. Trust general manager Ann Black said on Friday that the panel’s independent chairman was in the process of being appointed, but she couldn’t release a name yet. The panel’s independent trustee will most likely be Anderson High School head teacher Valerie Nicolson after the only other independent member on the trust, Lord Lieutenant Bobby Hunter, said he was unavailable to the job. Once the panel has been appointed, the trust will advertise locally for candidates to come forward. A shortlist of suitable candidates will then be drawn up by the panel, who will be assisted by consultant People Pioneers, an Inverness-based company describing itself as “specialising in organisational development activitiesâ€. Following this process a list of candidates will be presented to trustees for approval either late this year or early next year. At the same time, Shetland Islands Council will have to select seven of its members to serve on the reformed charitable trust. Monday’s special meeting will be held in the Bressay Room of the Lerwick Hotel, at 10am. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a410818/gary-barlow-x-factor-judges-should-be-ashamed-of-picking-rylan.html I like special meetings,..... especially special meetings on a Monday at 10am,...I will be outside especially to meet and greet you. Will you be coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 How else could it be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 How else could it be done? upside down and inside out or outside in and twisted that way or this way - but especially for you Shetlandpeat - normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Explain, normal. Keeping in mind transparency, of your conclusions and not the whims of an ideal. We already know, folks ignore the question asked but rant on about their own gripe, even though, as common as these gripes are through out the world, you are the only one to see them, hence, that most here are not here for the common good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Explain, normal. Keeping in mind transparency, of your conclusions and not the whims of an ideal. We already know, folks ignore the question asked but rant on about their own gripe, even though, as common as these gripes are through out the world, you are the only one to see them, hence, that most here are not here for the common good. Shetlandpeat you help me make my point precisely. *** mod edit - text removed - no need for that Bug *** let normal fok offer der touwts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I'm not happy that certain directors haven't stepped down from their positions (Such as Caroline Miller, for example) and will use the above exercise as a further excuse to remain in post should no one come forward. I wouldn't be at all surprised though if she didn't apply for one of the directorships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hugo Chavez couldn't rig an election better than these guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 How else could it be done? [***Mod edit - content removed, please see T & C's ***] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Whatever happens, it will be another sad day for democracy. Funny how it all goes 'out the window' when there's money involved. I would be happy to be proved wrong but, I think that today is the start of the 'carve up' that will see of the last of OUR money. Would you let your bank get away with something like this or, would you take your cash elsewhere? What would happen if, say, half the population said they were not happy with the way things are now being run and wanted to put their share of the 'pot' into a different scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Whatever happens, it will be another sad day for democracy. So true, so very, very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 What I would hope is that the the new trustees would take onboard the public demand for elections. I understand that OSCR would be amenable to the trust changing its trust deed after a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionajohn Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 if drew thinks he is so good he will not mind putting himself up to a vote and everyone else who thinks they can do the job should be subject to a vote process and let the people of shetland decide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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