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Paul42 liked Chris_Sav's post in the thread Nice Day Out On RHDR.
Wife's birthday this week and nothing I fancied steam hauled dining so treated ourselves to best we could manage on RHDR. Should have happened Tuesday but RHDR had leaves on the lines issues, trouble is they were still attached to a rather large...
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Paul42 liked alexl102's post in the thread Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates.
Important to note regarding Embsay’s finances is that they are not cash rich. Historically money has been tight, and they've had an ongoing overdraft with the bank, loans from members etc. In the last few years, the board have done a brilliant...
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Paul42 liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Just for fun I asked AI what it thought of your proposal as a serious proposition. It wasn't having it, but tbf the response was quite good... As satire, it’s excellent. As governance design, it’s a very accurate parody of a particular failure...
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Paul42 liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Either you got AI to write that for you Tom, or you have too much time on your hands! [emoji23] Sent from my PGT-N19 using Tapatalk
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think there is a very simple structural solution, and frankly I'm surprised that you haven't already seen it. Put briefly, you create a Lynton & Barnstaple Project Trustee Oversight Advisory Panel (the L&BPTO-AP) which would have a board...
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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I agree. I have had similar experience. I argued that the principal customer of the railway was the volunteer. No, other board members cried, it’s th paying customer. But, the paying customer has no service if the volunteer isn’t there, was my...
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The East Lancs are holding a Thomas event this weekend. For one adult and two kids it is £49.68. On the NYMR it will be £70.95, both before any promo discount. On the ELR you get a 12 mile round trip to Ramsbottom with Thomas. On the NYMR you...
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Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
And I think his observation about public benefit was correct, but taken to an absurd and organisation threatening extent by his contempt for the views of members. In that top down managerialist view of organisational structure*, the value of...
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem with @Lineisclear 's view was that he would frequently seem to create logical fallacies around governance. For example, he'd start from the view point that a charity "exists to deliver a public good" (which is true), then go on to...
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A few years ago now, @Lineisclear poste on another forum something along the lines of; 'What is the NYMR there for?' I responded 'To enable the volunteer to enjoy their hobby.' @Lineisclear effectively poured scorn on that and quoted the...
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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
All heritage railways exist because enough people wanted them to. They continue (or not) for the same reason. Talking about profit and loss sort of misses that point. It is of course essential to know what your means are and live within them, but...
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Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Some would argue that, legally, this is what the NYMR Trust already is, and that the Trust/PLC set up is designed to achieve precisely that outcome. We can see how well that is working... The issue, which we've seen mentioned with NYMR and...
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