Disillusioned West Yorks

membership fees:

UK:          New member=£45; Renewal=£40; D/Debit=£35

Overseas: New Member=£65; Renewal=£60; D/Debit=£55

As from 1st January 2007

Only the direct debit remains the same.

Why is there no explanation for membership termination? other than the aforesaid general ruling. How can anyone defend theirselves from the unkown?

'The board wishes to draw a line under these matters and does not intend to continue discussion or correspondance arising therefrom.'

In otherwords, lets just sweep this under the carpet with 'NO' proper explanation...NOT very professional in my opinion, very dissapointing especially through an officially recognised Car Club.

Oh, I see the membership fees have risen too, must be inline with golf club greenfees..

Edited by Rossi

I went to an AGM in 2004, pathetic turnout really.

About 25-30 members and the committee, thats it.

Perhaps we should have paid interest in the AGM a long time ago? Mmm...

Firstly. The only people who should apologise around here are 'the famous five'.

They have treated people in a way that can only be described as disgraceful (only way without swearing and thus bringing myself down to their gutter level).

Howard, Killian, Nigel, and everyone here who has had their loyalty thrown back in their faces, have worked hard to make this club what it was, worked hard to build up a membership on this forum that has the greatest amount of respect that I have ever seen. You have NOTHING to apologise for, you did nothing wrong whatsoever.....apart from one tiny little thing maybe...

You were rapidly becoming far too popular and that was sticking in the gullet of certain committe members. They were jealous of your popularity and decided that you had to go....didn't matter how you went, but you HAD TO GO.

It's a great shame that they spent so much time hatching little lies and innuendo's to get rid of you all...but remember one thing guys...all this will come back and bite them in the ar$e sooner or later. It might not happen in the timescale that you would like it to, but what goes around really does come around. And when the membership numbers start to fail for the club...and they will as the more publication gas bagging they do trying to look righteous in their decisions...people will turn their backs on them and walk away. That will bring about their ultimate downfall.

They have some rope...time to let them hang themselves by it.

Nigel wrote: Who have you been objectionable to ?

Nigel - we haven't been told anything beyond that. We were invited to defend ourselves against allegations which we were not made aware of.
We were not allowed to bring solicitors or anyone else according to Dale - we had to stand in front of the committee alone!

Who have you been objectionable to ?

In the November 2006 BMW Car Club magazine, Mr Heywood continues the saga of ‘Disillusioned West Yorks.’ introducing yet another facet from this famous letter in his reply to Andy Scott.

It states that DWY was someone who has helped organise events in the past. If DWY is a corporate being, any help that he gave in organising events in the North East was well before my time, and probably before Nick Wright’s also.

Harewood is also mentioned. What is not mentioned is that Harewood (which is a registered charity) was offered £10,000 for the date on which our concourse had been traditionally held. Did Jeff expect the NE Region to pay this amount? The only alternative date offered was the day on which Jeff had organised his Tatton Park event. Two concourses on the same date in adjacent regions would have resulted in two non events, so later in the year, when Tatton was announced, I reluctantly cancelled our concourse – but not until Harewood had printed 50,000 leaflets containing the event. The venue has not been freely available since that time and we have been grateful to accept a stand on the Yorkshire Post’s father’s day show instead. Your chairman carefully omitted that fact from his editorial.

Mr Heywood (allegedly quoting DWY) also goes on to question where the region’s cups and trophies are. The inference could be that I have somehow disposed of them. One ex helper has already rung up anxious to tell me that he is not DWY, as he could not believe what he was reading. The club’s trophies are safe – at least the ones that I hold are. Ones that have not been returned to me personally should be at the club office, to which the winners from a couple of years ago were asked in writing to return them. Otherwise they are still with the winners.

The trophies will be handed over together with other club items in my possession to a duly authorised person when National Committee has the courtesy to inform me and Killian Bannon exactly what we are supposed to have done for our memberships to be terminated. The reasons given by the company secretary in this magazine are only the grounds quoted in the club’s articles of association, and are not specific.

As far as I am informed, during recent history, only four people have had their membership terminated. Each of these was for dishonesty of one type or another, and then only after a long and thorough investigation, in which each was asked to attend various meetings. (One is alleged to have run off with the club’s money). The director’s refusal to divulge the true reasons for the actions taken against myself and Killian, could make people assume that I have been dismissed for dishonesty, which is not the case (as far as I am aware). Not only that, but Andrew Dale acting for the directors, has sent an email to just about every BMW Club and association in the world, telling them that my membership has been terminated for reasons that he is not able to divulge. What conclusions are they to draw from this, one must ask.

Actions such as these by Heywood and Dale if repeated will attract court action, so perhaps it is wise for Alan Kirkaldy to draw a line under these matters. I reserve the right not to so do, and will continue to fight existing and future attacks on my good name by any officials of the BMW Car Club. Directors are individually responsible for the actions of a committee if they form part of it. They would be wise to consider this before making any more attacks on myself or Killian.

The directors at my ‘trial’ were J Heywood, A Dale, D Webster, R Harris and A Kirkaldy. R Baxter attended late and only participated in Killian’s.

What has not been pointed out to members is that the membership of my wife was terminated with no reference to the procedures outlined in the articles of association, a point that the NC would be wise to discuss with their solicitor.

Howard Walker
Thursday, 02 November 2006