Everything I've read in this thread leads me to the conclusion that, however well intentioned, this project has been poorly consulted upon and runs the risk of being poorly implemented. When a sizeable number of your members, particularly those more informed in the area of IT, are raising serious questions I'd suggest it's time to stop and reconsider.
Given stuff like this,
I offered (via email) and was told that if my view was that we should "pause and review" (but it was unfairly interpreted as canning everything done so far) that they would "have genuine difficulty in passing your application to work on the IT Refresh team to the IT Refresh managers".
It is crystal that that the board will proceed.
An IT man offers his services, but is told that any opinion other than proceed is not compatible.
The board is proceeding.
AUK will have it's new website.
I've been adamant from the instant all this website hullaballoo came to light that the membership needs to be balloted on what we do.
Nope, the board is proceeding.
You could be fooled into thinking AUK is in fact now just a business run by the board, and not a club run by the board on behalf of the members.
As evidenced by this.....
I think we all share the view that AUK should retain as much of the ethos of a club as possible. However AUK is also a company and, as such, those members willing to volunteer as directors of that company (we currently have two vacant posts) are subject to important legal duties deriving from the Companies Act 2006 and wider case law
Is AUK big enough for off shore accounts and registering in Jersey yet? Nope?
Memberships Efforts should be doubled.
When a national charity I volunteered with for many years imposed far-reaching policy changes without appropriate consultation and with poor implementation it lead to the mass resignation of hundreds of long-standing volunteers and has never fully recovered. AUK should take heed.
I stated in another thread that I categorically would not let my membership lapse over the matter of £4. I would pay double if asked.
If asked.
Unfortunately, its PBP next year - a fact I'm sure is not lost on the board.