Well things seem to have gone tits up at the Limousin society since the Ballinloan affair. From what I can gather the chief executive Iain Kerr has been dismissed, other staff have left and four members of the council have resigned in protest. Yesterday I had an email from a group of breeders calling themselves Future Limousin trying to organize an EGM to oust the chairman and the rest of the council. Apparently they're backed up by nine former society chairmen.
If you tell lies you'll get caught out eventually
- Thread starter M-J-G
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M-J-G
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Is he definately going?
I'd heard Iain has been on garden leave for some weeks.
I'd heard he'd been offered 9 months salary as a leaving present, but that the new limousin team were wanting to have an EGM to oust the current council and keep Iain on.
I'd also heard that Iain might end up in court as some members want him personally held to account for his actions.
Did you get the email? It's not clear what's happened. I've been talking to a former council member who says that a group of breeders who've used a lot of Jaegerbomb are thinking of taking the society to court if they don't get money from the breeder.
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- somerset
quite right to, and hope they get damages, breed societies should be squeaky clean, lets hope it's a good result, because us ordinary farmers need to be able to buy with confidence, that is why there are breed societies, to produce good bulls for commercial farmers, not for pretty rossettes . It's fraud.
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
The whole thing wants clearing out and starting a fresh
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Took me weeks to get hold of him, kept fobbing me off, turned out he was next door to the lady I was speaking to. I didn't get anywhere and pretty much given up on them since then.
M-J-G
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That's not entirely fair, as quite a few members have come onto council since this whole carry on happened.
I bet it's going to be ordinary members who end up paying for it all through increased fees.
M-J-G
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The only way to buy with confidence is to do plenty of homework.
M-J-G
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I'd expect getting rid of a breed Secretary that got paid over 90 grand plus 40 grand expenses will cover some of the costs.
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- Limousin, France
Here at the Lanaud test centre the young bulls are spun out if the temperament isn't right
And there lies half the problem, that’s a hell of a wage for a reasonably simple job
There seemed to be a gang of them based in Stoneleigh. Breed Secretaries became CEOs. Wages went up and up. In reality they are running organisations with less turnover than a high street office or shop.
M-J-G
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They'd be well paid at half of that!
CharcoalWally
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- West of Scotland
But By God, would you not try and keep a good thing going when you've got one?
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
I once rang the AA Society about grading up Red Angus . The girl who answered was so snooty, I didn't persue it
I think the AA and Limousin suffer from so many registrations, they almost breed their own arrogance
Bought a young jersey bull once he was bred from gannon who turned out to have a bit of holstein bull had a cert but parts of his parentage was missing from cert .
Updates from the limousin society today
Updates from the limousin society today
move on...nothing to see here...