Thanks TobyYes I do have stronger specific recommendations but didn’t want to impose them in an introductory general article of the direction we are heading and I know for a fact that some of my recommendations won’t fly anyway - at least in the medium term.I will tighten it up though. Thanks for the response
The ‘changing landscape’ generated a tinge of sadness. I grew up climbing with my feet in both camps, but eventually climbing became as much about the opportunity to enjoy an illusory secure place away from the ideas of establishment and pressure of community as anything else. This was lost over the past 10 years with ideas promoted by the changing landscape. Progression, popularity, competition, wider appeal, athleticism and commoditisation. These days I pretty much have a visceral reaction to these ideas on a grand scale. I understand the bmc needs to move with the times, as well as the incredible amount they do behind the scenes. Politics wise it reminds me a bit of Blair’s new labour.
These days I pretty much have a visceral reaction to these ideas on a grand scale. I understand the bmc needs to move with the times, as well as the incredible amount they do behind the scenes. Politics wise it reminds me a bit of Blair’s new labour.
Is it true that those working one tier below the BMC politburo were called commissars?
Quote from: tomtom on February 28, 2019, 02:41:15 pmIs it true that those working one tier below the BMC politburo were called commissars?I believe that on Burton Road the membership are always referred to as The Serfs.
Or you could try engaging constructively.
Shark, with regards your piece for the newsletter, my comments are:A few more commas needed in some sentences of the last paragraph, and in the "Remaining Relevant" section there's an instance of "increasingly" which should just be "increasing".It's quite long and most of it, bar the last section, feels a bit like simple statement of fact (albeit very nicely and plainly written). You're up against the gossip column here! If you want people to keep reading you need to promise them some juice up front, chop about half off the first sections, and double the size of the last bit. Most people who read this are going to be engaged in the BMC in some way, and don't particularly want to revisit the last two years in great detail. If you have really insightful comment about the future, and I'm sure you do, then you should just say it. For instance, I've seen you make criticism of the slowness of the organisation many times. Could you give a particularly frustrating example which might illustrate this and make us all take the point seriously? Against your background as a business man, it looks like the grumble of someone who wishes the BMC could be more autoratic, less democratic and, well, more businesslike. This is probably quite a pragmatic thing to want, but most people will challenge quite hard against anything they perceive as the BMC becoming less democratic and more like a for-profit company.
Simon, I heard you were there. Anything to report?