Chris Hunt

The YHA Local Groups website - http://www.yhagroup.org.uk - has just
been redesigned and relaunched. If you're a member of a local YHA
group, thinking of joining one, or even thinking of forming one - go
and take a look.

The site is run and funded by volunteers (well, me actually). YHA don't
appear to believe in promoting their own local groups.

Fran

Chris Hunt said...
> The YHA Local Groups website - http://www.yhagroup.org.uk - has just
> been redesigned and relaunched. If you're a member of a local YHA
> group, thinking of joining one, or even thinking of forming one - go
> and take a look.
>
> The site is run and funded by volunteers (well, me actually). YHA don't
> appear to believe in promoting their own local groups.
>
Seems to me there's rather a lot these days that the YHA don't appear to
believe in promoting. Like the whole concept of hostelling, for a
start. They claim to have a marketing team - does that team ever DO
anything to warrant its existence?

Well done Chris, by the way. Sorry for the rantette.

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On 11 Sep 2006 07:28:30 -0700, "Chris Hunt"
<chris@leicesteryha.org.uk> wrote:

>The YHA Local Groups website - http://www.yhagroup.org.uk - has just
>been redesigned and relaunched. If you're a member of a local YHA
>group, thinking of joining one, or even thinking of forming one - go
>and take a look.
>
>The site is run and funded by volunteers (well, me actually). YHA don't
>appear to believe in promoting their own local groups.

What do most local groups do for YHA? Apart from providing them with
some business (how much?) what else do they do for YHA. I used to be
a member of one group (now defunct) whho did b*gger all. They used to
go hostelling once perhaps twice a year so about 80 overnights and
that was it.

Vicki

Phil Manning

Chris, you do not seem to be up to date on the YHA thing and YHA local
groups please read my message posted two weeks ago about the YHA and
the fact that the organisation does not want to be involved in YHA
Groups unless their funds are amalgamated in the YHA accounts. Talk to
John Annette from COPSE he will tell you the full story.

Phil.


Chris Hunt wrote:
> The YHA Local Groups website - http://www.yhagroup.org.uk - has just
> been redesigned and relaunched. If you're a member of a local YHA
> group, thinking of joining one, or even thinking of forming one - go
> and take a look.
>
> The site is run and funded by volunteers (well, me actually). YHA don't
> appear to believe in promoting their own local groups.

me@privacy.net

On 13 Sep 2006 08:34:23 -0700, "Phil Manning" <g1lkj@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>Chris, you do not seem to be up to date on the YHA thing and YHA local
>groups please read my message posted two weeks ago about the YHA and
>the fact that the organisation does not want to be involved in YHA
>Groups unless their funds are amalgamated in the YHA accounts. Talk to
>John Annette from COPSE he will tell you the full story.
>
>Phil.
>
I think Chris is more up to date than you. That maybe what YHA wanted
but the AGM said otherwise.

Vicki

Chris Hunt

That wasn't quite what they wanted to do, their proposal can be found
at http://www.leicesteryha.org.uk/news/guidance.pdf (naturally it's
nowhere on the YHA site). It was voted down at the AGM when it became
clear that the Charities Commission rules which supposedly demanded
these changes did not, in fact, apply to local groups at all. A
conclusion reached due to a more careful reading of the rules by
myself, and a phone call to the Charities Commision by John Annett.

Of course, YHA "democracy" being what it is, there's nothing to stop
the Executive pushing ahead with these changes anyway. However I don't
think it's likely.

Hopefully the forum for discussion provided by my new site will prevent
such a fiasco happening in the future. I hope to see you there Phil