red tractor review is toast...

[spin cycle]

only a few weeks after ,effectively, declaring it's 'governance fundamentally sound' a sector board passes a 'vote of bo confidence ' in the 'top brass'

review in tatters?

 

[An Gof]

I don’t think they have yet passed the vote of no confidence.

 

[Scholsey]

I don’t think they have yet passed the vote of no confidence.

Surely if they have no confidence in the vote of no confidence then they really need to look at things?!?

 

[spin cycle]

I don’t think they have yet passed the vote of no confidence.

oh yes i see....they've passed a motion calling for a vote on a motion that a 'vote of no confidence' be held

fekkin ell talk about complicated

 

[slackjawedyokel]

It’s quite subtle. The NSA brought forward a letter calling for new management at RT. This letter had majority support in the group but the meeting broke up early, before a motion of no-confidence could be called, so that’s held over until the next meeting.

I hope that the AHDB’s representative will come down off the fence at that meeting and I suggest that any levy payer with an opinion might want to contact Will Jackson at AHDB to give their thoughts.
[email protected]

 

[Luke Cropwalker]

It’s quite subtle. The NSA brought forward a letter calling for new management at RT. This letter had majority support in the group but the meeting broke up early, before a motion of no-confidence could be called, so that’s held over until the next meeting.

I hope that the AHDB’s representative will come down off the fence at that meeting and I suggest that any levy payer with an opinion might want to contact Will Jackson at AHDB to give their thoughts.
[email protected]

It is unacceptable for the AHDB to abstain from this vote, the organisation should vote for 1 side or the other and should be able to justify whatever position is taken.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

It is unacceptable for the AHDB to abstain from this vote, the organisation should vote for 1 side or the other and should be able to justify whatever position is taken.

Given that the vote won’t be held until July, perhaps the issue will be Overtaken By Events by then…

 

[An Gof]

How do we encourage the other sector boards at RT to hold similar votes?
Perhaps it’s time to motivate the cereal sector to do likewise.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

How do we encourage the other sector boards at RT to hold similar votes?
Perhaps it’s time to motivate the cereal sector to do likewise.

Email them I suppose, if they are anything to do with your sector.
How do we find out who sits on which board?

 

[Grass And Grain]

It is unacceptable for the AHDB to abstain from this vote, the organisation should vote for 1 side or the other and should be able to justify whatever position is taken.

If they were only voting to decide if they had a vote of no confidence or not, then I think AHDB could have voted in favour of that. Although AHDB are on ownership board, so they could have been voting for no confidence in themselves, so I can see why the individual might decide to abstain, particularly if they knew the farmers were all going to vote in favour and get it through anyway.

If it was an actual vote of no confidence, then I could see why AHDB rep would want to go back and consult with rest of AHDB. Again, that said, AHDB say they have been pushing for change at RT, so was a good opportunity to get change.

Not sure. Maybe NSA should have notified everyone of their intentions so others had time to think. Or maybe that would have given the others time to collude.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

If they were only voting to decide if they had a vote of no confidence or not, then I think AHDB could have voted in favour of that.

If it was an actual vote of no confidence, then I could see why AHDB rep would want to go back and consult with rest of AHDB.

Not sure. Maybe NSA should have notified everyone of their intentions so others had time to think. Or maybe that would have given the others time to collude.

I strongly suspect that that did happen.

 

[Tarw Coch]

It is unacceptable for the AHDB to abstain from this vote, the organisation should vote for 1 side or the other and should be able to justify whatever position is taken.

Indeed, and it’s to their levy payers they need to justify their position

 

[Henarar]

Given that the vote won’t be held until July, perhaps the issue will be Overtaken By Events by then…

...they will have ridden the gravy train to the next station ?

 

[robs1]

Why did the meeting finish early ? Sounds like the chairman wanted to avoid a difficult situation so bottled it.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Why did the meeting finish early ? Sounds like the chairman wanted to avoid a difficult situation so bottled it.

I wondered that too?

Does anyone know who chaired it?

 

[An Gof]

I wondered that too?

Does anyone know who chaired it?

John Dracup is chair of that board I am told. I am also told that he voted against the motion and sided with the retailers.
As chair I consider he should have been more considered about his vote. He has ended up on the other side of the mandate that his board has given him.
However, as chair, his payment rate is good and he sits on the main AFS board. He doesn’t want the gravy train to end.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

John Dracup is chair of that board I am told. I am also told that he voted against the motion and sided with the retailers.
As chair I consider he should have been more considered about his vote. He has ended up on the other side of the mandate that his board has given him.
However, as chair, his payment rate is good and he sits on the main AFS board. He doesn’t want the gravy train to end.

So could see the way the meeting was heading and the meeting was conveniently wound up early . Tactics on every front. From the boardroom to the shopfloor.

 

[robs1]

So could see the way the meeting was heading and the meeting was conveniently wound up early . Tactics on every front. From the boardroom to the shopfloor.

If you have belief in what you're doing you stand up and be counted you don't run away as he plainly did

 

[colhonk]

Another whitewash.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Why did the meeting finish early ? Sounds like the chairman wanted to avoid a difficult situation so bottled it.

Apparently they turned Jim out the room when wanting to discuss his future and he threw toys out of the pram