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Last post 13-07-2009 10:55 PM by Digger. 18 replies.

• 11/07/2009 06:48 PM	In reply to
  David Location: Sevenoaks Joined on: 11 May 2009 Posts: 98	Reply | Contact  I did note from the report of the 2009 AGM that the outgoings for the RHS are " not acceptable" and that the expenditure on "editorial and online"  increased from 2.8 million quid to 3.1. Accountants! get your Felco's out and save the Jobs that matter to the Society and contributing members! Member 29971

• 13/07/2009 09:50 PM

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  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact I have had exchanges with the RHS about this very subject, I even broached the idea about them asking members to make regular small monthly contributions to help out, they weren't too receptive to that idea even though it's an excellent one. They did say the redundancies were absoloutley neccessary to save money, and they went on to say that they regularily ask members to contribute finacially at certain times. But with this in mind maybe they write and say "Ooooooooh digger, we're building a new alpine house can you give us seventy five or a hundred quid please?" okay they need the money and I have been fortunate to be able to spare cash for the glasshouse the alpine house and so on, but not everyone (even RHS members) is always in a good position to be able to fork over a hundred or even fifty quid at any particular time, but lots and lots of people could afford to follow David's excellent idea and let the society have a fiver each month, if they wrote and asked me to donate a few quid each month regularily I would do so because such a small amount won't have much impact on my finances, i am lucky enough to be in that position but many others could just send two quid a month or something, that way we could save some jobs both on this website and at the prestigious gardens, why don't the society want us all to give a small regular amount? rather than ask for fifty quid every twelve months, just ask for five quid a month, they surely would get a positive response and we could all be safe in the knowledge, that the website and the gardens will be kept in Bristol fashion, Once we lose the online editor from the website who knows what kind of chavish posts we will get then that Ventnor chap will have a real thrombo, ha ha ha that would be quite funny, but we as a society could lose the jewels in the crown, at the same time the society has modernised and embraced the future in a proper manner and that's a good positive thing . The society did used to be viewed by some folk as a rather exclusive establishment only for serious or proffessional horticulturalists belonging to middle England, nowadays it's a society for everyone to join and I know some old moaners don't like that much but they are dinosaurs the society has eveolved and for the moment is much better for it. digger

• 13/07/2009 10:45 PM	In reply to
  Aging Misery Location: woking Joined on: 03 Jun 2009 Posts: 78	Reply | Contact Digger, I am sure you have the odd valid point in that rather extended monologue but perhaps the RHS should be looking to maintain current (o r even previous) standards within its gardens and sphere of influence rather than continuing this relentless and unsustainable pursuit of 'growth' Beetling ahead....maybe.........?

• 13/07/2009 10:55 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I agree that expansion or growth at this particular time is not the best policy,at the moment things like that should perhaps be put on hold until the financial climate is more stable, however the Boss doesn't want to discuss that sort of thing with me? digger