He seems like a perfectly good candidate to me who now needs to be given a chance to make the changes needed. I think you're asking for the moon on a stick a bit Davo, as you acknowledge that would be very hard to achieve.
I hope he has what it takes.
I guess the problem with requiring a candidate for CEO of the governing body of a niche sport to also participate in that sport frequently is you drastically reduce the pool of candidates with the skills to do the job
I guess the problem with having a climber is that they wouldn't have experience of mis-managing an olympic talent pathway.
The current public estimate for the 2023 deficit/loss has now moved up to £397,000
Fair enough, that explains a very likely inadvertent mistake. As well as the larger costs you won't have included significant savings and extra income of over £100k.
. At which point Roger intervened angrily and said that Paul had provided a “realistic set of figures” and I would “just have to live with it” which shut down the conversation. If Paul or Roger misunderstood what I was asking or saying or vice versa then I apologise. I know someone who has a transcript which I could probably get hold of if you want a more accurate account but that was my recollection. If anyone else reading this who attended had a different recollection of this exchange let me know.
Quote from: Offwidth on March 23, 2024, 12:40:09 pmFair enough, that explains a very likely inadvertent mistake. As well as the larger costs you won't have included significant savings and extra income of over £100k.That doesn’t make sense. I was very clearly talking about the deficit. Any savings and extra income would be included to arrive at the deficit estimate.
Quote from: shark on March 23, 2024, 02:48:14 pmQuote from: Offwidth on March 23, 2024, 12:40:09 pmFair enough, that explains a very likely inadvertent mistake. As well as the larger costs you won't have included significant savings and extra income of over £100k.That doesn’t make sense. I was very clearly talking about the deficit. Any savings and extra income would be included to arrive at the deficit estimate.The 2023 deficit included in the report to Council included extra costs compared to the budget (as per your numbers) minus extra income and savings in predicted spending. The 2023 deficit was within the range predicted by Roger. It's nothing to celebrate but not as bad as it could have been.