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lynbarn liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That sounds just like one of my wife's 'requirements' for a 'domestic improvement' - I have to guess what is needed, then she tells me afterwards that I've got it wrong :-)
Jun 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I agree, Dave, that said I do feel there should be nothing that should stop us from either working towards and or applying professional management standards, we don't need to fill the board with paid professionals just yet, but trust starts at...
Jun 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Your figures are about right, so I ask the question: how do we suggest we improve the odds? This report might help https://www.ncvo.org.uk/documents/624/understanding_trustee_recruitment_and_retention_challenges.pdf
Jun 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Just to observe the "another church in the next village" is exactly what you describe about railways - and if people leave their local church, there are good odds they won't land at another, especially if its in another village. The answer in...
Jun 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Well, if working on the real stuff no longer floats your boat, you could always do what a lot of folk of a certain age are doing, and that is to set up your private model railway, which I am told (by a local model shop) is becoming more popular...
Jun 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM -
lynbarn liked ross's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
What was his day job? What was his home life? What was his Dad like? If the telephone at work had only ever been a problem, If he found people difficult and trying to deal with, for whatever reason, you can see why he was how he was. I've known...
Jun 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM -
lynbarn liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I knew someone once who was quite happy to be up to his elbows in muck and grease fixing bits of locomotives etc - basically anything that ran on wheels and was steam-powered - for every hour that he had available to spare. Along the way he made...
Jun 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It's also that decisions have long run consequences. And, as the L&B would likely be the beneficiary, that raises the question of "which bit of the L&B" - and again, what might I wish to give long run support to
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That may be true of the L&B, but I'm a PCC member (=trustee) and we manage to sustain a PCC of 15 on a much lower "membership", and where volunteering is significantly higher. It's a different kind of organisation so not directly comparable, but...
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM -
lynbarn liked 60044's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That saddens me, at a time when it is obvious that the NYMR needs every penny it can get; my own solution has been to make my bequest to the LNERCA which ought to be to the ultimate benefit of the NYMR, but as they no longer seem to aspire to...
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That doesn’t alter the significance of @lynbarn’s question - if you have no trustees, you ultimately have no charity. If a church can’t recruit a minimum number of officers, that means closure’s on the cards. The same goes for trustees
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I’d start with a simple question about why people don’t volunteer as trustees - time, energy and responsibility. There’s a lot there, and it won’t suit many.
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM -
lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Yes, I agree, and it is a question as old as the hills, why are there so many trustee vacancies, and just what are the various groups doing about it, it is all very well saying one thing and not doing anything about encouraging people to get...
Jun 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM -
lynbarn liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The lack of volunteers and the changes over the years in trends doesn't just apply to the person on the platform, the drivers, the gardeners etc, it also applies to volunteer management. it is estimated there are currently 90,000 trustee...
Jun 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM -
lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
That doesn't make the case not worth making. But you do remind me that I need to revisit the list of residuary legatees in my will to align with my memberships. Which would be to NYMR's loss.
Jun 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
