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35B liked Sulzerman's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Members used to ride free on trains after the AGM meeting. It's hard to do that when the railway's closed. The timing, the venue, the notice period, and the selection of four candidates to avoid a vote does not feel right. I'm beginning to...
Sep 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think taking that kind of maximalist rather than minimalist position as to the function of the Appointment Committee is very dangerous, and I am sure that it is not the only way in which things could be arranged while still ensuring that the...
Sep 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM -
35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Or, in this case, who have defined the skills matrix and determined what is "good enough" to allow a recommendation to be made? And, when someone is advised why they have not been recommended, what level of detail...
Sep 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM -
35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I wish to enter a minor objection to that. The run-up to the L&BRT EGM in March 2024 showed how a struggling board can lose the confidence of that wider membership where the challenge to their actions is mounted effectively. Sadly, though some...
Sep 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM -
35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You mean the same quango that has lost the confidence of the sector it supports and which is likely to have to significantly reconsider how it gives grants because the focus on diversity has caused it to fail to invest in excellence? I happen to...
Sep 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
On that point - the accompanying note with the AGM papers says in effect that eight nominations were received for four vacancies; that list was whittled down to six candidates (unclear how but presumably based on their candidate statements); and...
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:56 PM -
35B liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
John, you keep trotting out this statistic safe in the knowledge that you are technically correct. What you, I and a lot of others know is that the vast majority of those voting will have not even bothered to have read the new articles and merely...
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think regardless of how you might view the situation, personal attacks like that are not warranted and generally only serve to weaken your case, not strengthen it. Tom
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM -
35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It’s not the what but the how. At every single step at the moment the NYMR creates and reinforces a bunker mentality. None of what is being done is necessarily wrong, but the way it is being done is tone deaf. I mean how does anyone interpret...
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM -
35B liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem is it's coming across as more of an appointment committee than a nomination committee. To an outsider, it appears you've got the people in charge deciding who they want and who will follow their agenda, which from looking through the...
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM -
35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’ve no idea who the candidates were, or whether the nomination committee decision was good. I also don’t care. The impression left, on top of the timing and delay to the AGM, is appalling, and can only leave an impression that the wagons are...
Sep 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
