Scotland V Basque Federation

[Derek Howie]

Derek,

it was established at the agm in August that no directors had overspent their budget - including the year 2013-2014 for which accounts were soon to be published. Unless we have have information to the contrary we can only assume that the management board and finance director are continuing to comply with that policy.

I reckon it was an error for Andy Muir to post on this notice board pointing out the political connotations which might be picked up by a journalist. The response was predictable. However if there are good chess based reasons then it would be acceptable to send a team.

As has been said a few times before - and not just by me- Directors are appointed to direct. They account for themselves
At the agm in person.
On the website with their annual report.
In the CS accounts retrospectively for their budgetary control.
With the finance director in real time for any budgetary overspend.

Phil, I'm still surprised at your logic earlier that a CS director can't be doing a bad job if nobody else puts themselves forward to stand against them at the AGM. I'm sure there are a few directors who are happy to know that you feel this about their performance in their roles.

I'm sorry to hear that you feel that politics should not be considered when making decisions and that it's OK for directors to make decisions to promote their own political agendas. I disagree with that and I can think of a few examples that people would be in uproar about. Surely members have the right to raise questions when they feel that Directors are abusing their positions?

As for the financial side, it's disappointing that draft accounts have still not been made available to members. Has there even been a budget approved by Council for 2014-15? I can't see any mention of it on the main site.

I believe Directors should be accounting to Council on their budget, and as I'm listed as a Council member I have the right to raise questions when I feel that CS is committing itself to potentially unbudgeted expenditure.