It would appear that, following a meeting this morning, a total of five commissioner places on the board are now vacant after a shakeup of the present team of 12 including the vice-chairman, Ray Tovey and Dave Mundy leave. Other members appear to have left their posts well ahead of their allotted term of service. Official confirmation yet to be given from the Chief Executive.
Please see below a copy of a letter that I handed to the Chairman of the Commissioners this morning;
ReplyDeleteI am writing this letter with great sadness and have carefully considered the situation overnight. I was shocked at the meeting yesterday, the way it was called and conducted, I am unclear if what was done, was actually constitutional. I believe the actions taken yesterday by the Commission, have actually brought the Commission into disrepute, as well as being grossly unfair. I do agree with you that certain Commissioners are not acting “independently and in good faith in the best interests of the trust port and all its stakeholders”; however these are not the ones, that have been purged from the Commission. What has been done is to remove the three independent “community” Commissioners in a most unfair way.
When the new Commission was constituted I had high hopes that we could make real progress and have felt that in the last few months progress was slowly being made. However it appears that certain factions were opposed to change and have manouvered very cleverly, to ensure that their own interests are preserved and that Newlyn can not move forward.
I cannot work with a Commission that has been so discredited, so very regretfully, I feel that I have no option, but to resign from the Board. I now believe that the Board is completely undermined and has brought itself into disrepute, that it should be dissolved and the DOT be asked to take over the management of the port, until a new board can be appointed.
On a personal level, I believe that I have worked hard for the Commission and fully supported you as chairman and the executive in its function, I had hoped to be able to devote more time to the Commission, with my impending retirement. I will now have more time to devote to my other interests, which I am pleased to say are making good progress.
Dave Munday
This is awful news, especially in the light of who got dismissed. I truly despair for the future of Newlyn...
ReplyDeleteThis is awful news, especially in the light of who got dismissed. I truly despair for the future of Newlyn...
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