The e mail;
Dear Fellow Beekeeper
I am writing to you in my capacity as the Event Coordinator of IMYB 2017 and not as a trustee of the BBKA.
You may be aware that several letters have recently been circulated by the BBKA Chair and President which have made a number of inaccurate and also demeaning statements about IMYB and, by implication, about myself and Ruth who have taken the brunt of the organisation. Unfortunately, apart from several of the BBKA staff, there has been no support forthcoming from the majority of the Trustees.
Ruth & I have become rather tired of the unwarranted aggression shown by the Executive but now we have become the subject of censorship also. I quote from an e-mail to me from Stephen Barnes, Chair of BBKA Governance “I accept that you have a right of reply to the letter ....... Unfortunately as Chair of Governance I cannot sanction the use of BBKA headed stationery to circulate your letter ....... and I have instructed the General Manager not to do so.”
We therefore have no alternative but to write to you directly and I have attached an accurate summary together with an income and expenditure spreadsheet for your information. You will note that, rather than funding the event, the line that Margaret Murdin was peddling to any who would listen, it has in fact generated a substantial surplus for the BBKA. At an early stage, the BBKA Exec agreed that any surplus should be ring-fenced for activities related to the development of young beekeepers but it remains to be seen whether this commitment will be honoured.
Thank you to those who have supported IMYB.
Please feel free to forward this email if you are no longer in any official capacity with your association or indeed to your members if you see fit.
Regards,
Ian Homer
