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60044 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Whether it is intentional or not, there is often a very clear subtext in your posts that the members of a heritage railway cannot be trusted, since their own objectives are diametrically opposed to the public benefit. In fact I'd suggest nothing...
Oct 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM -
60044 liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I didn’t mention leadership and direction- I referred to management. Perhaps leadership and direction are 100% volunteer, however it is very obvious that they are 100% not fulfilling those roles and responsibilities, since they continue to...
Oct 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM -
60044 liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I wish I could ‘like’ this more than once! I’m not sure what you think when someone mentions volunteer involvement/control, it is obviously anathema to you for some reason. As you will know, many heritage groups (not just railways) operate very...
Oct 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM -
60044 liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You often talk as though public benefit and what members and volunteers want are mutually exclusive, whereas in truth they are for the most part identical. Sawdust.
Oct 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
At the end of the day, the NYMR does need corporate restructuring, but that's not the heart of the problem. The crux of the problems is that the business approach needs to change and the present Trust and Plc boards and the paid management do...
Oct 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM -
60044 liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Many thanks for the detailed and informative response Tom. As always your expertise is much appreciated. The main reason for my questions are to see if we can find a way out of the management situation we are in. Obviously I know that for...
Oct 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM -
60044 liked Obstruction Danger's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
in the company of others that feel the same way. my regular visits that once involved around 20 days on the railway are now down to 2 for this season and I’m sad to say might be less than next season. As a low to moderate donor I have given...
Oct 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM -
60044 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
On timescale: Obviously the Bluebell structure is somewhat different from the NYMR, so the precise steps to go through are different. But I suspect about two years might be realistic. Looking at our timeline, the first briefing meeting for...
Oct 1, 2026 at 1:52 PM -
60044 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As you say, this is old ground and not helped by the need to distinguish between strategic governance - which is where members/shareholders do have a legitimate voice - and day to day operations. Many do not register that distinction, and it can...
Oct 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM -
60044 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not sure it's as simple as that - there are a number of issues around proxies, where the advantage of incumbency gives disproportionate advantage to a board (and US corporate law is notoriously friendly to managers over shareholders)....
Oct 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM -
60044 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
John, what you are saying effectively highlights what is wrong with current voting requirements. The very idea of the chairman holding multiple votes make voting totally undemocratic. Those civil servants who drafted the current Companies Act...
Sep 30, 2026 at 7:17 PM -
60044 liked 35B's post in 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 4:42 PM -
60044 liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not as clued up as Tom on technicalities or as eloquent in debate as 35B. I'm not into corporate law or administrative jargon as Lineisclear appears to be. I attempt to speak plainly. The points I've been trying to make have been critical of...
Sep 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM -
60044 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 1:48 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
See the first paragraph of post #12477. I don't seem to be the only person who thinks that way, although I admit I did perhaps put my point of view with a more satirical angle.....
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
