[Lifemember] FW: Working Party

Thu Sep 19 09:31:01 AEST 2024

Hi all

Please see the email below from Kerry Johnston in Jan Pike's email to Life Members.

Kind Regards

Lucy Pentony

Office Coordinator 

Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)

Quad 1, Level 2, 8 Parkview Drive

Sydney Olympic  Park  NSW 2127

(PO Box 710 Sydney Markets NSW 2129)

Ph: (02) 8736 1256

Email:  <mailto:stateoffice at rdansw.org.au> stateoffice at rdansw.org.au

Web:  <http://www.rdansw.org.au/> www.rdansw.org.au

From: Kerry Johnston <kerrymj at ymail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, 19 September 2024 7:50 AM
To: stateoffice at rdansw.org.au
Subject: Re: [Lifemember] Working Party

This is my reply to Jan Pike's email to Life Members.

I think Maureen Turner and Bev Amery’s reply contains everything needed to be said about this sad and  destructive course RDANSW seems to be on created by the negative energy, angst and  power over tactics of some  individuals with no ability to be team members. RDANSW seems to be imploding itself. I just shake my head and wonder what will become of RDANSW, its centres, riders, volunteers and horses.

It certainly seems that what I wrote so many years ago is still relevant.

 ‘To those who called this EGM and those who worked so hard to create confusion, concern and doubt amongst everyone I feel you need to consider very carefully if you are prepared to stay as part of this organisation. If you are not then I suggest you organise your committee and centre and resign - keeping in mind that the assets of your Centre will remain with RDA(NSW). If you wish to stay part of this organisation then I suggest you tune into some positive energy, stop your destructive criticism and power games, accept the decisions made by the Centres voting and get on with it.  ‘ 

Kerry Johnston

Life Member RDANSW

Life Member Ballina and District RDA Centre

Kerry Johnston

On Monday 16 September 2024 at 05:14:44 pm AEST, <stateoffice at rdansw.org.au <mailto:stateoffice at rdansw.org.au> > wrote: 

Hi all

Please see the email below and attached Minutes of the EGM held on 15 July 2001 referred to in this email below.

>From the Board Members noted below

To those with the self-appointed name of The RDA Constitutional Working Party.

We have perused the letters circulated around the centres and the organisation and believe that these unauthorised communications are from an unsupported Group with members in Centres who may not necessarily know of, nor condone their membership of, this Party. These centres have not submitted minutes that have proposed the establishment of this party nor advised their supposed members’ representation. 

It is abysmal that, instead of assisting the Board in a positive manner, these Working Party are continuing to subject the present voluntary board members to constant harassment, denigration, and demonisation. The current Board are accused of being slow in dealing with matters however the continuing behaviour of a few means that time is taken away from everyone else and incurring ongoing legal expenses in actions resulting from their demands.

Whilst the current Board members want to represent ALL of the Centres, this current behaviour appears to be motivated by money and power struggles - it is abhorrent, does not correlate to RDA’s mission and value statements and should not be tolerated. This has been going on for some time and was addressed by Kerry Johnstone in the attached statement.

For clarity, the following members of this party, who are attempting to demonise current Board Member behaviour, have the following history and current standing in our organisation: 

*	Charles McClintock under suspension from RDA (NSW). 

*	Anna Rimac is under suspension from the RDA (NSW); the legal proceedings are still pending.

*	Anna Rimac, Graeme Gulliver and Helen Fauske are from Ballina Centre (on RDA owned land) - which is under administration. Directors, CASP and the Regional Representative/Administrator’s attempt to attend the centre (to work on a pathway forward out of administration) have been denied access on many occasions and they have been treated with bullying, intimidation and legal threats to instil fear. 

Note that Bruce Manefield is an external consultant in private business who has not been given authority by the current Board to formulate a new Constitution, nor to assist in preparing paperwork nor to conduct special general meetings in this regard.

The actions of these people are in direct contradiction to the very principles behind RDA (NSW), an organisation that is supposed to have volunteers who have empathy towards others and who are expected to be here to help and assist people who have a disability, not as a means of showing how important these named people consider themselves to be while, at the same time, adversely affecting the operations of RDA (NSW) and denigrating others.

We’d like to quote a very respected life member and former director Kerry Johnston.

For and on behalf of the majority of RDA(NSW) Directors

Kind Regards

Olwen Smith,Linda Bower,Tracy Lucas,Allan Burton and James Van-Lane

Email –  board at rdansw.org.au <mailto:board at rdansw.org.au> 

WEB –   WWW.rdansw.org.au <http://WWW.rdansw.org.au> 

Kind Regards

Lucy Pentony

Office Coordinator 

Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)

Quad 1, Level 2, 8 Parkview Drive

Sydney Olympic  Park  NSW 2127

(PO Box 710 Sydney Markets NSW 2129)

Ph: (02) 8736 1256

Email:  <mailto:stateoffice at rdansw.org.au> stateoffice at rdansw.org.au

Web:  <http://www.rdansw.org.au/> www.rdansw.org.au

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