If committee members are as frustrated as you say by the direction it is taking, then their influence is pretty worthless. They are obviously not being listened to so no point being part of it.This is one of those situations where it’s is necessary to play the ball and not the man. In his role as Chairman of the Crops RT sector and RT main Board member it is NOT Guys role to stand up for us.
He is paid by RT to promote and implement the scheme. As Chair he has to represent the consensus view of his committee, that committe covers different sectors of the industry not just farmer producers.
That is the bit we don’t like. Those other sectors seem to hold the whip hand and exercise their influence in getting producers to do things for their benefit at no reward to the producer and no cost to those that want it.
The whole organisation is weighted against farmer producers.
Talk to some of the producer members that sit on the sector committees. I know those that sit on the Cereal committe personally and I can assure you that they are hugely frustrated by the whole process and they way things are pushed through. There is the question of should they engage and be part of the discussion? That’s a difficult one. Do you walk away and refuse to engage in this “cartel” or do you at least try to put the producers view and attempt to moderate some of the rules.
To put it bluntly do you consider it’s better to be inside the tent p’ing out or outside p’ing in?