THE FIFER

Morning all hope u have a nice day and all goes as planned,

yes they are great,

looks good m8

I bought one which is for hoovering ashes etc from fires, great no bags or anything,

Many happy returns have a nice day, :emoticon-0123-party:

hope so m8, all the best, make sure they go in knowing they are winners

young Jack Bateson just won his fight against a algerian, didnt get his name, flyweights

on now World Series Boxing

Pigeonbasics will DONATE £50 towards this great cause, Thanks Boss Ian

many happy returns have a nice day

ask Alex Wight on site m8 he might help

dont open all the boxes at once just open 203 ones as far apart as possible once they go to their boxes close them and do the same over and over until settled

Good morning all have a nice day

well done all taking part and donating, a great start, another good one Ian well done

he could vote against status quo but with his casting vote status quo on common courtesy,

yes agree thats how it should be, common courtesy

cheers m8,

good m8, will u e-mail her

yes agree m8, you are right but as u say he has the vote the reason it was as you say if the chairman didnt vote status quo it was said it wasnt done by a majority vote, but it can be done as the chairman decides,

if I am picking you up right you are saying that in the event of a tie it will stay at status quo, ? think its the Chairman's decision, maybe status quo would be a fair one,

Name = Lydia Hiorns Email = Lidtastic@hotmail.co.uk Message = I am a Fine Art student studying in Dundee at DJCAD. I'm in my final year, in the process of creating my degree show for May. At the moment I am doing a project on the process of transforming the elements (ie. earth to wind). I am making my own paper and would like to make it air born by attaching a small piece to a pigeon and photographing the process of the pigeon taking off. I am writing to ask if you could put me in contact with anyone who would be willing to help me with my project? Reply? = Urgent!

Club Law and the Duty of Officials and Delegates...The most important thing for the good running in any club or organisation is its rules and constitution. These must be adhered to 100%, and in the same way to all members. After all, the rules must ensure that the control of the club is in the hands of the members – who are all part owners of the organisation - through an elected body. The elected body in the sport of racing pigeons comprises of Officials and Delegates. In Scotland clubs are affiliated to a federation, and also the clubs to a union (mostly to the Scottish Homing Union (SHU)), however some Federations have recently affiliated to the Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) - which have a lot of different rules to the SHU). For the purpose of this article I will stick with the Scottish SHU set up. The clubs are responsible for electing their delegates, which comprise the Federation council. In turn the Federations are responsible for electing their delegates who make the SHU council. So we have a Federation council - who are the elected club delegates, and a SHU council - who are the elected federation delegates. Now lets make the job of delegates clear, in both in the club and the federation THEY ARE MESSENGERS. Before a federation meeting, all clubs should have a meeting to go over the federation meeting agenda and instruct their delegates how they want them to vote. The ONLY time delegates should decide their own way for voting is if something is brought up which is not on the agenda. Equally the same applies at SHU council meetings; the federation delegates (SHU councillors) should be instructed at a federation council meeting on how to vote. This is how MEMBERS get their say and run the organisations. The Chairmans Role As far as the Chairman is concerned, his main functions at meetings of a club are; to ensure that the business of the day is conducted in an orderly and proper manner; and that the rules of the club are followed in matters of procedure. And in that sense he has a certain authority over the members, but it is only in this context, and not in the context of the decisions themselves. The decisions can only be made by the members as a whole. First of all; in his executive role he is certainly no figurehead. He takes the chair at meetings and at general meetings, it is his responsibility, along with the secretary, to ensure the correct and smooth running of the club in accordance with its rules. To this end, he should be well conversant with the rules of the club and the various legal obligations which the club has. It is also vitally important for the chairman to have a confident grasp of committee procedure and the conduct of meetings. He should not be afraid to assert his proper authority as the chief elected officer of the club in order to maintain good order and sensible, rational debate. Where rules make provision, the chairman has a second casting vote on issues where there is an equality of votes, he should exercise this right judiciously, considering the welfare of the club above personal feelings. And it is perfectly legal for this second vote to be cast differently from the first. One other point is that the Chairman if often the 'face' of the club, representing it at outside functions, and as such it is best that he maintains a discreet silence about internal matters of finance, policy, or administration, just as any senior company executive would in business. The affairs of the club are for the members alone, and should be discussed only in the proper place. BY THE FIFER.

Well done and all the best

Good morning all,hope you have a nice day and all goes as planned,

yes I paid online as well but got a invoice, sorry m8 i did but it finished up through pay pal