Medieval Siege Society (MSS@pomian.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 6 Aug 2000 22:30:26 +0100
I would say that they are best out of it. You could look through the
group's constitution, etc., but many small groups don't have them, and
are held together by one or two forceful personalities.
This is also why many small groups implode after a few years, as the
people leaving because they get Pi**ed off by the chairman outnumber
those who remain.
I can appreciate that they will have lost membership fees etc., but they
would be better served finding a new, more flexible, group than trying
to fight their way back into that one. It sounds like a group which
will have the browbeaten family of the chairman as the only members
fairly soon.
As for having their say, they will meet other members of the society at
multi-society events and explain their side of things, or even join up
with some of them to form a new, more democratic group.
I wish them luck.
In message <398DD185.69867CE1@lightbob.freeserve.co.uk>, Allan and
Rosemary Jones <allan@lightbob.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Dear List
>
> Some friends of ours who have belonged to a re-enactment group for a
>few
> years recently found themselves thrown out of it through failing to
>turn
> up to an event even though they had told the group leader that they
> wouldn't be going.
>
> Now obviously they are not happy about this and have asked for a
>meeting
> to discuss it but were refused. They don't know what to do next and are
> reluctant to involve a solicitor due to the expense. They haven't had
> any 'official' notification - just a ranting phone call off the
>chairman
> of the group announcing they were kicked out.
>
> I'm sure it's not the first time that something like this has happened
> but I just don't know what to suggest to them.I know that paying a
> membership to a society gives you certain rights but how do you enforce
> them if the chairman refuses to? Can anyone offer advice or know
>someone
> to contact. This was their first taste of re-enactment and they're now
> very disillusioned - I'd like to be able to restore their faith. I
>also
> feel responsible because I suggested that they join the group in the
> first place, so any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Rosemary Jones
Andrzej Lubienski
Member of The Medieval Siege Society
http://www.pomian.demon.co.uk/index.htm (Society website)
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