<div dir="auto">It is not James who has divide OUR family .This division was created by certain individual members using a conflict means to acquire support for their demands .</div><div dir="auto">As such we now have a conflict about the conflict of interest. </div><div dir="auto">Next stage once some subjects are recruited move on with the self pity ..only trying to help ..we are all nice guys ..pity ..</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Then the doubters feel pity .are recruited and the minority left are the bad guys ,,bingo ..you win ..</div><div dir="auto">Clarry CHD </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 at 9:08 AM, Ryde RDA <<a href="mailto:ryde.rda@gmail.com">ryde.rda@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">James, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thank you for your email. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We could see from your behaviour at the recent SGM1 that you are truly an extraordinary person. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In terms of context I would just like to add that while you have divided the RDA family into just good guys (current Board) and bad guys (Working Party et al) there exists a large cohort of us who demonstrate all the positive qualities that RDA (NSW) has been built on. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We are passionate, hard working, client focussed, community engaged and treat our Centre Members with respect. Perhaps you might like to add a third party in your construct of this debate, being the 12/13 Centres which turned up to the SGM1 lately, which only have the best interests of our participants and volunteers at heart. To categorise us otherwise is inaccurate. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best Regards,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000" size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Tina Clifton</b></font></div><font size="4" color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Honorary Secretary </span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#38761d"><b>The Ryde Centre</b><br></font><div dir="ltr"><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#38761d"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)</b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/118-120+Culloden+Road,+Marsfield,+NSW?entry=gmail&source=g">118-120 Culloden Road, Marsfield, NSW</a> 2122</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#6fa8dc" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="http://www.rdaryde.org.au" target="_blank">www.rdaryde.org.au</a></b></font></div><div><b style="color:rgb(111,168,220);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/rdaryde" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/rdaryde</a> </b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 09:30, <<a href="mailto:james.van-lane@bigpond.com" target="_blank">james.van-lane@bigpond.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Greg, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I have vastly more, and more senior, experience as a business and government executive than you or your cronies. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">At 28 or 29 years of formal education I just may have a bit more than you and all of your cronies. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We won’t get into probable IQs as I don’t want to unnecessarily embarrass you and your cronies. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I therefore say that I prefer our current Board and Constitution, with all its failures and shortcomings, to a couple of outsiders who know and care little about RDA, riders, horses, the disabled, volunteers, and a few ‘insiders’ who have been found seriously lacking in the qualities RDA has been built on. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have to assume that you outsiders only see the RDA as a ‘money tree’ you can pillage and a place to have ego power. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The current Board and Constitution have been built and function with love, kindness, cooperation and understanding, all directed at the delivery of our equine therapies to the disabled and others. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Why would we want to change that? For some fast talking outsiders and disgruntled insiders? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">No, I don’t think so. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">James Van-Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RDA(NSW) Director <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">============================================================= <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Greg Urand <<a href="mailto:greg.urand@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">greg.urand@rdansw.org.au</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 14 November 2024 08:56<br><b>To:</b> RDA NSW BOARD <<a href="mailto:Board@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Board@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">stateoffice@rdansw.org.au</a><br><b>Cc:</b> '<a href="mailto:Centres@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centres@rdansw.org.au</a>' <<a href="mailto:centres@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">centres@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:rda.wagga@gmail.com" target="_blank">rda.wagga@gmail.com</a>; 'Ryde RDA' <<a href="mailto:ryde.rda@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryde.rda@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:rdaryde.president@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdaryde.president@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:ld.finlay4@gmail.com" target="_blank">ld.finlay4@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:secretaryrdarichmond@gmail.com" target="_blank">secretaryrdarichmond@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:secretary@rdaraymondterrace.org.au" target="_blank">secretary@rdaraymondterrace.org.au</a>; <a href="mailto:president@rdaraymondterrace.org.au" target="_blank">president@rdaraymondterrace.org.au</a>; <a href="mailto:kylieannfinlay@gmail.com" target="_blank">kylieannfinlay@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:susanfwills@gmail.com" target="_blank">susanfwills@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:e.g.binney@gmail.com" target="_blank">e.g.binney@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:vprdaillawarra29@gmail.com" target="_blank">vprdaillawarra29@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:treasurerrdaillawarra29@gmail.com" target="_blank">treasurerrdaillawarra29@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:secretaryrdaillawarra29@gmail.com" target="_blank">secretaryrdaillawarra29@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:presidentrdaillawarra29@gmail.com" target="_blank">presidentrdaillawarra29@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:reneehooke@westnet.com.au" target="_blank">reneehooke@westnet.com.au</a>; <a href="mailto:gunnedahrda@gmail.com" target="_blank">gunnedahrda@gmail.com</a>; "RDA NSW Tall Timbers Centre"@<a href="http://syd-vps1.digitalguru.net.au" target="_blank">syd-vps1.digitalguru.net.au</a>; <a href="mailto:goulburnrda@gmail.com" target="_blank">goulburnrda@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:coonarda@gmail.com" target="_blank">coonarda@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:rdacowra@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdacowra@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:info@valerytrails.com.au" target="_blank">info@valerytrails.com.au</a>; <a href="mailto:coffsrda@gmail.com" target="_blank">coffsrda@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:rdacentralcoast@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdacentralcoast@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:perrott.carmel@gmail.com" target="_blank">perrott.carmel@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:tumutrda@outlook.com" target="_blank">tumutrda@outlook.com</a>; <a href="mailto:s-leitch@bigpond.com" target="_blank">s-leitch@bigpond.com</a>; <a href="mailto:secretaryrdakendall@outlook.com" target="_blank">secretaryrdakendall@outlook.com</a>; <a href="mailto:richardandbett@bigpond.com" target="_blank">richardandbett@bigpond.com</a>; <a href="mailto:mariepurkis4@bigpond.com" target="_blank">mariepurkis4@bigpond.com</a>; <a href="mailto:griffith-leetonrda@outlook.com" target="_blank">griffith-leetonrda@outlook.com</a>; <a href="mailto:martykerry@outlook.com" target="_blank">martykerry@outlook.com</a>; <a href="mailto:grove.5@bigpond.com" target="_blank">grove.5@bigpond.com</a>; <a href="mailto:isobelpearce@live.com.au" target="_blank">isobelpearce@live.com.au</a>; <a href="mailto:garryfk43@bigpond.com" target="_blank">garryfk43@bigpond.com</a>; <a href="mailto:feathertop13@bigpond.com" target="_blank">feathertop13@bigpond.com</a>; <a href="mailto:rdabm.president@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdabm.president@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:rdabluemountains@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdabluemountains@gmail.com</a>; "RDA NSW Tall Timbers Centre"@<a href="http://syd-vps1.digitalguru.net.au" target="_blank">syd-vps1.digitalguru.net.au</a>; 'Bruce Manefield' <<a href="mailto:Bruce@manefield.id.au" target="_blank">Bruce@manefield.id.au</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Official Update<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In yet another example of poor governance, you will have received an email after my email last night, stating some very incorrect details. Another example of the Board making decisions on the fly without due process being followed.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">There are no clauses in the Constitution dated May 2018 that cover the removal of the Chairperson.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I draw your attention to the old constitution that the Board is clinging to<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Clause 15.1 (a) says in part<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">"The Members in a <b>General Meeting </b>may ..... (i) Dismiss the Chairman in accordance with this Constitution and the Act"<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">(There was no general meeting, and it is up to the Members)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Clause 30.5 also states that the Chair's term runs from AGM to AGM unless there is a casual vacancy.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If this is the type of Board members want leading this organisation, please feel free to write to me directly with your thoughts.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our Constitution is the set of rules that govern the organisation and the clauses within that must be adhered to. I was specifically asked by members of the Caretaker Board to nominate for the position of Chairperson with an expectation that I would be able to fix the issues in the organisation. That in itself is an acknowledgement of deep-seated problems.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Those problems have now been rectified and again, I ask you to be patient as we move forward with a positive energy.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Greg<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Greg Urand MAICD<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hon Director, Chairperson<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">NSW Justice of the Peace<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">0400 858 190<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5431178561313535799m_-8128637078237859346DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid rgb(211,212,222)"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width:46px;height:29px"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:rgb(65,66,78);font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" style="color:rgb(68,83,234)" target="_blank">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_-5431178561313535799_m_-8128637078237859346_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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