Dear Mr Castle, I don’t think any of my posts have been removed, I’m pleased to say. The most recent was a response to the Chair of WPCC who started a thread entitled “WPCC Election 2018 - Why I’m not standing”. Here’s a copy of my reply: “Actions speak louder than words. Ms Whyte while Chair of WPCC was, among other things, responsible for: - dismantling the new governance system and all sub-committees - Spending £50,000 trying to remove John Cameron - Excluding an elected Conservator for over a year - Losing £580,008 in just two years and reducing reserves to their lowest ever level - Spending over £250,000 on “advice” from four different sets of lawyers - Hiding the valuation from Daniel Watney LLP in the CEO’s safe for over a year - Not telling the board that Montagu Evans LLP had agreed to review their estimate of losses of £1.9m, for nothing - Being subject to a Charity Commission Statutory Inquiry into “mismanagement and misconduct”, failing to implement their 2015 formal action plan and then having an Interim Manager appointed - Failing to keep levy-payers properly informed No one is trying to “bring the charity down”. We just want the charity to be run properly. I could go on, but hopefully you get the drift ...” PUTNEY VERSUS WIMBLEDON? I very much regret, as a past Conservator, that a group of candidates standing in the election this February are giving the impression that “troublemakers” from Putney are to blame for the obvious problems which have led to the Charity Commission’s Statutory Inquiry. This is the complete opposite of the truth. While we wait for the Commission to report it is important that voters throughout the Levy-paying area in  Putney, Merton and Kingston support independent Trustees, wherever they live. Last time just 16.4% of the voters actually voted. I’m afraid it was Wimbledon-based Conservators who failed to follow charity law and sold off access rights for far less than they were worth, and then set about covering up their mistakes with a classic cover-up. They spent hundreds of thousands in unnecessary legal fees. If you decide to vote for a candidate who doesn’t understand the seriousness of why the Commission has undertaken to intervene, and that reform is long-overdue including a return to real openness, then it will be a great pity. We need Trustees who are better than that and will keep our Commons well-maintained, open and protected. Nick

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
WPCC	04/11/17 13:46:00	Roger John Castle
Re:WPCC	22/12/17 13:28:00	John Cameron
Re:WPCC	29/01/18 12:18:00	Nicholas Evans

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