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35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I've also been involved in a policy review - I get all the best tasks as a volunteer. What's really interesting about that exercise is that the reviews do very little good in themselves - but they do have a habit of flushing out where there are...
Jun 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM -
35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Elsewhere, away from railways, I’m involved in an ongoing governance review. It’s been prompted by an external review, and is looking at what we do differently in future. One thing that’s become very obvious is that “best practice” is a guide,...
Jun 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM -
35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
To existing (and recently departed) members and volunteers the only suggestion I have to make is this: - make your views known in a respectful way by speaking at forum or writing letters and emails - try to get organised and coordinated about...
Jun 16, 2026 at 7:15 AM -
35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I completely agree and indeed I have watched with dismay as the advice has been adopted elsewhere. There is no question that additional expertise was needed on many (most?) boards, but the loss of corporate memory caused the exclusion of anyone...
Jun 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM -
35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So I suppose the follow up thought is what to do about the culture. I would be very surprised if the boards aren’t aware that there is an issue. Very. And by issue what I mean is that they will know that there is a a degree of disquiet between...
Jun 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM -
35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suspect that the underlying issue is culture. One of the problems of creating boards which have few long term working volunteers as members is that they become slightly detached. I have also watched more than once new board members who come...
Jun 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM -
35B liked ghost's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
No grant awarding body would award money to the L&B (either group) so that they had money in the bank “just in case” a piece of land comes up for sale. Perhaps long term it doesn’t matter who buys what piece of land, but for the present the...
Jun 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM -
35B liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Before risking going down what might be a nihilistic path, can I suggest that someone suggests that all the senior management and Trust Board members read the last hundred or so posts on here and all sit down in a single room, try to work out...
Jun 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
