14-05-2016, 08:29 AM
John Watkins Wrote:So proxy votes are operating as they should be and in line with best practice. Move on.
John & George , you are very naive. Proxy votes are block votes. The powerful people take them to maintain their position of power. The people who give their votes will get local benefits. The giving of these block votes are in secret. This is how local councils work in Scotland too.
Dick Heathwood had 87 block votes = chair of standards committee
Andy Howie had 11 block votes = CS secretary & FIDE delegate
Michael Hanley regularly had 50 block votes = Scottish junior chess supremo
All these guys want positions at the top. It is not your average Joe Bloggs with the block votes.
Both Stephen Hilton and I have been the victims of personal bullying at AGMs.
Can the vote on block votes & length of directors tenure be the 1st items on the agenda on saturday please. I might be able to come along at the start but my family are watching 39 steps at the Theatre Royal at 2.30 pm at which I have agreed to go.