blog

We went to Somerset last week, staying at The Crossways at North Wootton, a few miles south of Wells.  The worst weather we had to face was a few spotlets of drizzle, so we had some good rides to Wells, Glastonbury, Castle Cary, The Levels and the Mendips, including Cheddar Gorge.

Many thanks to Anne, Derek and Hilary for all their organising — accommodation, meals, rides, leading etc — resulting in yet another successful Mayday tour enjoyed by 20-odd members.

Here are a few photos of Cheddar Gorge.  There are more of my photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_jeggo/albums/72157683684812515.

The following is my personal view, independent of West Surrey CTC committee.

At last year’s AGM a motion was passed requiring candidates for election as trustees to have been CUK members for at least a year.  When the elections came round, this motion was ignored – half the candidates were not members at all, and the names of some candidates who had a right to stand never made it on to the ballot paper.

This year’s agenda includes a number of resolutions relevant to the relative power of members and trustees to influence CUK policy, i.e. concerning how democratic our organisation is.  I appreciate that many of you just want to get on with riding your bikes, but I appeal to you to consider just 3 of the 15 motions and vote as follows.

Motions 5 and 7 are designed to suppress opposition from ordinary members;  please vote against them.

Motion 11 is designed to provide a means to question undemocratic action by the trustees;  please vote for it.

If you nominate the Chair as your proxy (the default option), please vote ‘abstain‘ for all motions you wish neither to support nor to oppose, otherwise you will automatically support the board of trustees.

The AGM is on Saturday (13th) in London (should you wish to go), and the deadline for electronic voting (should you not wish to go) is 9 a.m. on Thursday (11th), so find the sheet of paper that covered your latest ‘Cycle’, find therein the relevant Electoral Reform Society web address and security codes, and get on your computer/phone.

Do it now!

Thanks for reading this.

Chris

A few riders undertook the 35 mile Reliability Ride on Sunday (9.4.2017), and with the sun shining, took off from Godalming to the Village Shop, Kirdford via Plaistow.  Unfortunately I slipped on my stairs at home and twisted my knee on Friday so decided to drive out and meet the group as they went by and to beat them to a coffee at Kirdford.

Peter Fennemore

Plaistow, Angela leads from the front.

A thumbs up so all’s going well.

Preparing to leave Kirdford for the journey back to Godalming.

Yellow is the colour……

With the sun and the wind at their backs it’s a return to Godalming via Dunsfold.