General trade statement

[Lawrence]

 Guys the below is what will be posted in the general trade forum as a response to the “Naughty WTA ” thread ,now obviously this isntbgonna go down well so you may want to turn your phones off 😉 it is the truth however ,and as someone said to me recently “how the hell can you argue with the truth ”

The Whitegoods Trade Association is a progressive, supportive, independent trade association designed to assist members gain the best support available in the Independent Service Industry.  It is administered by its own members, elected to serve on the Council.
 
Council members are delegated specific tasks, duties and responsibilities to spread the workload evenly across the group.  One of the delegated tasks is the continual development to trade associations Constitution.  This task was specifically delegated to former Council member Mr Adrian Welke.
 
Whilst under his direct control and responsibility, Mr Welke amended the Constitution to make it a requirement for any nomination for election to become a full Council Member would require the member seeking nomination to have been a member of the Trade Association for a minimum period of three full years.  The original required within the Constitution was two full years.
 
I and another Council member were advised by Mr Welke of this change to the Constitution and I as Chairman provisionally accepted the amendment.  I was aware such a change could only become effective once it had been approved by the requisite number of members attending a constitutionally held meeting and AFTER due notice of the amendment had been given to the members.
 
No such vote to amend the Constitution at any constitutionally held meeting has ever taken place and accordingly NO amendment to the original and approved Constitution of the association has therefore taken place.  The original Constitution is and has always remained in place and will continue to be so until the full conditions and requirements of any amendments have been placed before the association members and so approved by the association members present at that meeting.
 
Having had the opportunity to investigate the matter further, I am able to confirm that no nomination from any member of the association to join the full Council team has been received which could have been affected by such a change in the Constitution, had one occurred.
 
Events of the past week have however demonstrated that the Constitution needs to be looked at carefully to ensure it does the job it is supposed to and above all remains fair to all members of the association.  I have therefore requested the Council together with an outside independent advisor look at all aspects of the Constitution and report back to me their findings and if necessary any recommendations for amendments they consider are required.  The results of this inquiry will be published and sent to all subscribing WTA members in due course.
 
 
L Carey
Chairman
Whitegoods Trade Association

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