Re: Dorrigo 19th Century Treasures

["Trevor Edmonds" <trevor_edmonds@dingoblue.net.au>]

John Kerley wrote...

> If only this were true!  Unfortunately most of the money from fares simply
> goes to maintaining existing operations and indeed last financial year
they
> did not even do that  with a loss of nearly $600,000 on train operations.
> Even after the profits from refreshments and sales, the loss was still
> $340,000.

The DSRM policy has always been based on the assumption that running trains
will make a loss. This is why we are opening the static display first. It
will run at a profit, and support the other things we want to do.

> I don't know all the ins and outs of the Dorrigo saga but I assume, given
> the legal processes that they have been through,  that the present
> leadership must have the support of the majority of members.

The membership strongly supports the leadership. Since adopting the current
strunture in (I think 1989) there has only been one change to our boad of
directors, and that was because a director stood down.

> If you don't like the direction an organization is going, the answer is
simple.
> Become a member if you are not already one and then try to get a majority
of
> members to support your view.

Dorrigo is a democratic group. If you can command the majority at an AGM (or
an extrordinary general meeting) you can remove the directors and change the
policies. Or just find a group with a direction that suits you, and leave
the other groups alone to pursue their goals.


Trevor