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ghost liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well you have far more experience than me at adding useless layers of management. I don’t. I have taken a few out though. Why do you bother to read and reply if you hold so little interest in the discussion, especially as you seem not to...
Jun 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM -
ghost liked 35B's post in 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 9:35 AM -
ghost liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One of the problems with the Trust Board was brought about by the introduction of the selection committee, for which the remit seems to have been to identify candidates with financial and accountancy or tourism backgrounds. Conversely, the...
Jun 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM -
ghost 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 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM -
ghost 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 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM -
ghost 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 7:44 AM -
ghost liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One of the things about volunteers is that they are usually very interested in such details, far more than the average employee. They want to know all the nitty gritty of the why and the wherefore of their railway. When things are deliberately...
Jun 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM -
ghost replied to 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 11:02 PM -
ghost liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A couple of points. First, on grants, I was using that language for payments from Trust to PLC, nothing more. Second, and reinforced by the first, I am now an outsider. I am not proposing to participate in a campaign to change NYMR, but I am...
Jun 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM -
ghost replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think the question was general and not specifically to EA
Jun 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The Directors' Saloon gets raised from time to time, but it always seems to founder on being a huge project to produce a vehicle that would only see limited use (and where that limited use is basically already being met by the GNR Directors'...
Jun 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM -
ghost liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
More to the point, there needs to be something positive offered. A vote of no confidence has very limited practical meaning, as the case studies you mention make clear.
Jun 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM -
ghost replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Is such a proposal actually possible? As I understand it, the management control who can join them and can also deny agenda items if they consider them to be vexatious. Even if it was allowed, could the management defeat such a motion by using...
Jun 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM -
ghost liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It can’t be run entirely by volunteers - no one seriously suggests that it could. The questions of a loss making business is why it needs so many staff and why it is struggling for volunteers. If what’s being said on here is remotely right,...
Jun 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM -
ghost liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I try to avoid criticising people and if I fail, I apologise. The vast majority of those working on the NYMR are very pleasant people who you would be quite happy to know socially. What I am critical of is the way the Railway is being managed...
Jun 15, 2026 at 7:46 AM
