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I'll make a few comments on this thread. Regarding the jibe "Department of No Sales" I've heard that many times before but not at the Club. I'll ignore it. Regarding the three day conference this was the invention of the General Manager, not the Committee, who were nevetheless delghted wit...

Hi all The Committee always welcomes comments on here because its important that we here the views of all Members, whether at Welcome Meetings, private messages to the GM or us, and of course the Forum. Sometimes on here we receive suggestions that are impossible to deliver. For instance some Member...

Hi Ronnie There seems to be some confusion about the meeting on the Sabbath. It is not "Whisky Tasting" as we used to run during the week several years ago but a "cocktail party". Importantly it should be noted that LRE (the hotel Group) has organised and paid for this. Your Club...

Hi all Let me just confirm what Richard has said about proxy votes and Club votes. Proxy voting is mentioned briefly in the AGM pack because our Articles require us to offer that facility. A proxy vote is a vote which one person lodges on behalf of another. There are two types, firstly a discretiona...

Referring specifically about paying for leisure when you are not a User - effectively a Pay As You Go system, your Committee would be delighted with such an arrangement. We have asked Nick Pattie for this at every meeting but he has declined. My next scheduled face to face meeting is at the end of S...

Morning all Some valuable points made here. You will have received the News Article which the Club sent out a couple of days ago which outlines what we have done so far. The Committee believes that we have followed an ethical and pragmatic approach to dealing with the proposed development. We first ...

Ronnie, you will be most welcome in person or online

This is an interesting post because it starts about three years ago when it became known that Nick Pattie was buying the hotel. Hope was expressed that your Committee would negotiate with him for a Leisure Contract and ensure we were welcome in the bar and restaurant. As we all now know all that was...

I will do my best to answer the various comments on this thread. Ronnie mentions that he was asked to ring our Member Relations specialist rather than she ringing him. That point has already ben noted. This position is filled by Julie who works from home for personal reasons with our agreement and s...

Meaningful dialogue is certainly important and as to who will conduct it the answer is a small number of Committee Members plus our General Manager. I'm sure that Mr Pattie will want to bring his own GM to some of the discussions. We have received a large number of responses to the recent survey whi...

Although the hybrid / conferencing model has been great news for many Members who are otherwise unable to attend, my personal preference is for the traditional face to face at Stirling. Its just the little things like having a cup of tea and a chat before the meeting proper starts and invariably I m...

I'm not aware of what MacDonalds are doing about perpetuity but I know many timeshares are trying to address it. Your Committee is looking at all aspects of the matter and I'll be happy to answer questions on the subject when we have had time to think further. I will be happy to answer questions on ...

Simple answer is yes to posts being read.

As LAMO suggests we try not to give biased answers to questions but where its simply about facts then often we do.

John

Hi all We have co-opted four Committee members this year, these being Ray Thomson, Peter Ashwood, David Taylor, and lastly isobel D'Arcy who was appointed last Sunday. The first three were all introduced in the monthly newsletter and Elizabeth will be introduced in the next one in a couple of weeks ...

Morning everyone. One of our Members has asked for assistance in setting up a thread for discussion of the Resolutions and I'm happy to assist. Please post your comments on thisn thread. Your Committee has taken the decision not to comment on Resolutions, unlike as happened in previous AGMs. Althoug...

Just reading Martin Shaw's comment about the hotel. I was at Rannoch last week in June for a couple of days on Club business and the bars and restaurants were very busy. But I'd heard from others that there were now staff shortages, such a shame. The building work is well behind schedule and I think...

A couple of points. Stuart correctly identifies Section H of the Constitution which legitimises the Leisure Charge. The calculation of the Leisure Fee is £25 for 85 Lodges at 51 weeks per year (Maintenance Weeks ignored). Total is £108,375 but the Club actually pays £108,000. Mr Robertson makes the ...

Indeed. Nck Pattie has made it clear that Lodge Owners will be welcome in the hotel, giving us access to food and drink.
In addition the Committee has negotiated for Lodge users to use the leisure facilities.

Ron has explained well what we are currently doing. For years Owners (including myself) have sought a legal route for an exit. So far we have been unsuccesful. But the Committee believes that the way out of perpetuity is by a commercial route, in other words create a Club where Owners want to spend ...