Paul Jackson denies all knowledge of RCSEM Twitter account, so many apologies to Dr Jackson for crediting him with this initiative. The BASEM Blogger must therefore take credit for pushing RCSEM into the sunshine – many congratulations to the Blogger!
Why would anyone want to be a BASEM Trustee now?
A Trustee is a permanent position in law (24/7), you cannot wander into a webinar and say ‘ there are not Trustees in this meeting’, proceed to slag off BASEM as an organisation and your fellow Trustees in particular, and then magically turn back into a Trustee as you walk out of the room. That is called a breach of trust, and that is why everyone who understands has been talking about lawsuits. Just being on the webinar as a Trustee and doing nothing to defend the organisation you are appointed to protect, constitutes a breach of trust.
The last Minuted BASEM Exec meeting was on 17th August 2020 and most of the BASEM Exec were removed from office at the AGM on 15th October by Roger Hawkes. This has been deemed unlawful by the Charity Commissioners, Trustees are not employees so can’t just be sacked, but a written opinion is still awaited so things can change. On 15th October there were only 3 Trustees left – Roger Hawkes, Nigel Jones and Kay Brennan. They cannot make any decisions because the Exec needs 4 members to be quorate – great planning by the President.
Somehow, between 17th August and 15th October some very expensive London lawyers, Hempsons, were hired by Roger Hawkes, Robin Chatterjee and Nigel Jones. Unfortunately, the other Trustees (who were continuously in office from 17th Aug- 15th Oct) have no record of this happening at a legally constituted BASEM Exec meeting. This means that the bills, amounting to tens of thousands of pounds will be the responsibility of the individuals concerned. To quote a letter from Hempsons dated 20th October:
“BASEM is a charity and it would not be a legitimate or permissible use of charitable funds to pay for a member’s expenses which were not incurred on behalf of BASEM on the trustees’ instructions“
Question for the Open Forum – who authorised the appointment of Hempsons and who is paying their bills (and how much money is involved)?
What would you put your career and reputation on the line just to satisfy someone else’s ego and ambition?
Roll up , roll up – join the jolly BASEM Exec – are you insane?
The Blogger has been trolling through all the Minutes of the last two years to see if there has been any collusion or conspiracy between the various interested parties. Or rather the lawyers have been doing that (The Blogger has better things to do) and a few jolly stories have emerged
Roger Hawkes and the PhD saga
Kay Brennan and the ‘show me the money saga’
Nigel Jones and the I’m a celebrity, get me out of here saga
These will all make great reading in the months ahead
Fake news – The Blogger will stop on 12th November
Absolutely not, the Blogger is the conscience of BASEM and if there are any two-faced, Machiavellian manipulators out there, the Blogger will name them for you in the months ahead.
The nominee list is too long to shadow everyone at the moment but once the elections are over, the professional team running this blog will start to identify the stupid messages, flirty comments, idiotic outbursts, holiday postings etc from all the new Trustees so that BASEM members can get to know them a bit better. Social media is wonderful for that and if your whole public persona is determined by social media, you are in for a treat.
Once again, the BASEM Blogger has better things to do with his time but that does not apply to the genius running this blog.
Why would you want to stand for election as a BASEM Trustee?
I have no idea because you are blindly walking into a pit of sorrow that may permanently damage your career.
Fake news promotes propaganda – stick with the BASEM Blogger!
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