Originally posted by Teasel+Jan 16 2004, 04:26 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Teasel @ Jan 16 2004, 04:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Moss Trooper@Jan 16 2004, 03:18 PM
The whole intention is to hand over copyright to GAGB when WE the SS are happy and that the FREE membership is guaranteed. Is it such a BIG issue in the whole gambit of things.?????
. By refusing to give the committee access to the GAGB membership database and web site, can you not see that you are harming the association you yourselves created?
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Moss by your own words, you are going back on one of the core parts of this association, that it would be run democratically. When the Founding Members refused to take part in/pulled out of the elections, or resigned after being elected. You all lost the right to dictate to the committee and thru them the membership who elected them! That's if this association is actual a democracy?
Would the un-elected founding members, confirm or denied, that they refused the elected committee access to the GAGB membership data base, and explain why if true. Would they also explain why they are accessing, what should be a private forum for elected committee members only, when they as founding members, are now only members with a different title?
I was going to request help from the committee, to help in negotiations regarding the placement of a cache, I have already made initial contact with the land management officer, of the company owning the land. He seemed agreeable to the idea, unfortunately it is now out for consultation with the land management organisations for the area.These are the county council ,Welsh and UK environmental organisations, the level to which the attention to Geocaching as a whole could be far reaching! Having learned that un-elected members of this association, could have access to details of the negotiations, I have now decide to just wait for a reply to my request. As I feel it would be wrong for me to even ask the parties concerned to enter into negotiations, when I can not guarantee that the details would be confidential. Dave
My post is my personal opinion and as such you do not have my permission to quote me outside of these forums!
Dave
Brenin Tegeingl
Formerly known as Mancunian Pyrocacher on GC