[Centres] James' Official Opinion

Fri Nov 15 09:08:14 AEDT 2024

James,

Thank you for your email.

We could see from your behaviour at the recent SGM1 that you are truly an
extraordinary person.

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.

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.

Best Regards,

*Tina Clifton*
Honorary Secretary
*The Ryde Centre*
*Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)*

118-120 Culloden Road, Marsfield, NSW 2122

*www.rdaryde.org.au <http://www.rdaryde.org.au>*
*www.facebook.com/rdaryde <http://www.facebook.com/rdaryde> *

On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 09:30, <james.van-lane at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Greg,
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> I have vastly more, and more senior, experience as a business and
> government executive than you or your cronies.
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> At 28 or 29 years of formal education I just may have a bit more than you
> and all of your cronies.
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> We won’t get into probable IQs as I don’t want to unnecessarily embarrass
> you and your cronies.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Why would we want to change that? For some fast talking outsiders and
> disgruntled insiders?
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> No, I don’t think so.
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> James Van-Lane
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> RDA(NSW) Director
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> *From:* Greg Urand <greg.urand at rdansw.org.au>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 14 November 2024 08:56
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> *Subject:* Official Update
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> Hi all
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> 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.
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> There are no clauses in the Constitution dated May 2018 that cover the
> removal of the Chairperson.
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> I draw your attention to the old constitution that the Board is clinging to
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> Clause 15.1 (a) says in part
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> "The Members in a *General Meeting *may ..... (i) Dismiss the Chairman in
> accordance with this Constitution and the Act"
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> (There was no general meeting, and it is up to the Members)
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> Clause 30.5 also states that the Chair's term runs from AGM to AGM unless
> there is a casual vacancy.
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> If this is the type of Board members want leading this organisation,
> please feel free to write to me directly with your thoughts.
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> 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.
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> Those problems have now been rectified and again, I ask you to be patient
> as we move forward with a positive energy.
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> Greg
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> Greg Urand MAICD
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> Hon Director, Chairperson
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> NSW Justice of the Peace
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> 0400 858 190
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