Re: Returned Services Club, Howick. I was absolutely shocked when I attended a recent meeting of members of this organisation that was set up to discuss the future of this club given the current state of the club.
It is to be noted that while a form giving a record of the results of income and expenditure was given, no information was given as to the income source or expenditure destination ‘detail’ as the information had not been independently audited.
Without this information, the members were asked to vote in ignorance for the sale of the RSA property to satisfy the debt (all rushed through I might add).
So no alternative discussion was had to look at other alternatives of raising finance to retire the debt.
What should be done given such bad management, because it now looks as though Howick RSA has finished?
Firstly, every paid up member that does not agree with what happened should seek an alternative to selling the property to raise funds to eliminate the debt or immediately apply for a refund for membership fees paid recently.
As a service member, it has been destroying to see what has happened to ‘my club’ as it didn’t need to be this way.
IRM McIntyre, No 2867, Howick
