[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Gayle, whether you continue as a member of Accyweb, or not, is of no import to me whatsoever. You must make your own decisions on how to occupy your time, like the rest of us mortals. Passing the buck, as in "So basically you have two choices, I will leave it up to you." and "It's your choice." simply will not do. Either you wish to explain and defend the decisions you make as a public servant, or you don't. Clearly, it is up to you, not me, or anyone else for that matter.

You claim to have answered our questions. And, in part, you have. But why does one come away with the impression that one has been pulling teeth or attempting to wring blood from a stone? Garinda asked a perfectly reasonable question about the source and amount of funding involved in the Victorian Swimming Gala. To date he has not received an answer. He has received instead an evasion - a means of answering a question by not revealing anything of the answer. If you do decide to continue as a member of the forum, can we look forward to a full and complete answer to Garinda's question, please?

Originally Posted by Gayle

A few points

I have not been on for a while because I have been busy - I'm not avoiding the issue of cost of the Victorian Swimming Gala. I will happily let you know it.

However, I don't think it's fair to let you know in advance because as has happened with the Flash Mob you will prejudge it. I think it's unfair to judge something purely on cost when you have no idea of quality, effort and effect. Quite simply to pre-judge something undermines the hard work and effort that local people are putting into this. Think how demoralising it will be if any of the young people from schools, youth clubs and Accrington and Rossendale college will feel if they read this and you're already dismissing it as unworthy or rubbish. A lot of time and effort is going into this.

I am not hiding the cost, I'm just asking if it can be discussed afterwards.

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

I'll respect your wishes and hold off with the cost until after the event.

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