To all the members who signed the petition supporting the EGM. As you may or may not, The Board of Gem A have suppressed the motion to call an EGM on technical and procedural grounds. This is what we expected them to do and is a very real demonstration of their lack of accountability to the membership. Gem A is not a business they own, it is a registered charity they serve on behalf of its members. Their actions and behaviours have clearly shown their total disregard for the people they serve. I therefore call on everyone to write to Jessica Cadzow-Collins the unelected Chair of the The Board and register your official complaint. Gem-A is a fantastic organisation, that truly deserves better service than it is getting from the current Board. On behalf of the 5 nominees to the Board who Jessica still refuses to recognise, I urge everyone to watch closely for the AGM date and express your opinion democratically when the Board is re-elected. We expect this date to be mid July.
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Greg Valerio
11 years ago
15 June 2015
To, Jessica Cadzow-Collins and Members of the Board.
Ref: Motion calling for Extraordinary General Meeting of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
With an excess of 5% of the members of Gem-A signing the online petition calling for an EGM, we are formally writing to you as acting Chair to announce, in accordance with article 7(1) of the Gem-A M&A’s, that an EGM take place at the earliest possible date. These signatures in support of the motion have been counted and verified by Gem-A staff and have been logged with the office at Ely Place. Gem-A head office has verified that the total number of members supporting an EGM is in excess of 5% of the membership.
A minimum of 14-days notice needs to be given to the members that the meeting is taking place. Therefore we expect a meeting to be called during the week beginning the 6 July 2015.
The nature of the meeting is to,
1. Directly question the Board's recent actions, communications and behaviour in regards to the governance of the organisation.
2. To allow members to address the evidence’s in hand as to the Board’s conduct.
3. To give the Board the right of reply to questions for the members as to their actions, in accordance with natural justice.
4. To allow the members to decide whether the Board's actions have brought the organisation into disrepute.
Upon receipt of your agreement to call an immediate EGM on behalf of the membership, we will submit our formal items for the agenda.
We require that you acknowledge receipt of this letter by return and that you call the EGM date within three days of receipt of this letter. If you are unable to do this, or we do not hear from you within 3 working days (5pm 18 June 2015), we will move to call the meeting ourselves as is our right as members. Please direct your reply to Greg Valerio who is acting as facilitator for the EGM.
To conclude, we are very saddened that an EGM has had to actioned. It is now recognize that th
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richard C. Wiggin
11 years ago
Allegations must be answered
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Jo Ellen Cole
11 years ago
Do the right thing and surprise us all!
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martin vainer
11 years ago
in light of events we would like to use our vote enabling an EGM.
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Paul Cassarino
11 years ago
I want to continue to remain proud of Gem-A and support the accountability of the board.
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Ken Scott
11 years ago
Featured
As both an FGA & DGA Member of the Association I find all the allegations quite disturbing and potentially unproffesional in nature. I therefore fully support the calling of this EGM and look forward to hearing the outcome.
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Greg Valerio
11 years ago
On behalf of the nominees to the Board, who still await official recognition from the existing Board of their nominations we thank everyone who has supported this call for accountability to the members by the Board. We have exceeded our 100 signatures, so will be moving forward with a call for the EGM with the Board. We will request this at the earliest possible convenience as we recognise it is no ones interest for this to drag on. We regret having to do this, but after repeated efforts to get even basic information from the Chair, we felt we needed to act. The petition will be left open till Monday 15 5pm European Time, so please continue to sign to express your support for transparency and accountability at the heart of the Gemmological Association of GB.
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Kathy Chappell
11 years ago
I would like to see more transparency from Gem-A
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Elisabetta Brodaska
11 years ago
I really would like to see fairtrade diamonds and coloured gems
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Leonard Alfred Baker
11 years ago
Power struggle to destroy a well managed organization.
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Jonathan Lambert
11 years ago
Featured
As a current trustee my frustrations at the lack of transparency and the situation with our CEO after all his excellent work lead me no other option than to support the call for an EGM.
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MERGALET Caroline
11 years ago
France
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Vanessa paterson. GG.FGA
11 years ago
I am only worried about Gem. A itself. This must be serious for the AGM to be cancelled.
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alan hodgkinson
11 years ago
Willing signature
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David Wreford
11 years ago
Curiouser and curiouser
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Emmanuel FRITSCH
11 years ago
As the honorary fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, I support this initiative and request and EGM. I want to state that I am perfectly satisfied, even impressed, by the recent evolution of Gem-A, and wish to know more about what is perceived as a porblem or issue by the board of Trustees, before they take any decision.
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Janet Harris
11 years ago
I would like to know what has generated this state of affairs
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EGM has to be called with in 14 days
To all the members who signed the petition supporting the EGM. As you may or may not, The Board of Gem A have suppressed the motion to call an EGM on technical and procedural grounds. This is what we expected them to do and is a very real demonstration of their lack of accountability to the membership. Gem A is not a business they own, it is a registered charity they serve on behalf of its members. Their actions and behaviours have clearly shown their total disregard for the people they serve. I therefore call on everyone to write to Jessica Cadzow-Collins the unelected Chair of the The Board and register your official complaint. Gem-A is a fantastic organisation, that truly deserves better service than it is getting from the current Board. On behalf of the 5 nominees to the Board who Jessica still refuses to recognise, I urge everyone to watch closely for the AGM date and express your opinion democratically when the Board is re-elected. We expect this date to be mid July.
15 June 2015 To, Jessica Cadzow-Collins and Members of the Board. Ref: Motion calling for Extraordinary General Meeting of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. With an excess of 5% of the members of Gem-A signing the online petition calling for an EGM, we are formally writing to you as acting Chair to announce, in accordance with article 7(1) of the Gem-A M&A’s, that an EGM take place at the earliest possible date. These signatures in support of the motion have been counted and verified by Gem-A staff and have been logged with the office at Ely Place. Gem-A head office has verified that the total number of members supporting an EGM is in excess of 5% of the membership. A minimum of 14-days notice needs to be given to the members that the meeting is taking place. Therefore we expect a meeting to be called during the week beginning the 6 July 2015. The nature of the meeting is to, 1. Directly question the Board's recent actions, communications and behaviour in regards to the governance of the organisation. 2. To allow members to address the evidence’s in hand as to the Board’s conduct. 3. To give the Board the right of reply to questions for the members as to their actions, in accordance with natural justice. 4. To allow the members to decide whether the Board's actions have brought the organisation into disrepute. Upon receipt of your agreement to call an immediate EGM on behalf of the membership, we will submit our formal items for the agenda. We require that you acknowledge receipt of this letter by return and that you call the EGM date within three days of receipt of this letter. If you are unable to do this, or we do not hear from you within 3 working days (5pm 18 June 2015), we will move to call the meeting ourselves as is our right as members. Please direct your reply to Greg Valerio who is acting as facilitator for the EGM. To conclude, we are very saddened that an EGM has had to actioned. It is now recognize that th
Allegations must be answered
Do the right thing and surprise us all!
in light of events we would like to use our vote enabling an EGM.
I want to continue to remain proud of Gem-A and support the accountability of the board.
As both an FGA & DGA Member of the Association I find all the allegations quite disturbing and potentially unproffesional in nature. I therefore fully support the calling of this EGM and look forward to hearing the outcome.
On behalf of the nominees to the Board, who still await official recognition from the existing Board of their nominations we thank everyone who has supported this call for accountability to the members by the Board. We have exceeded our 100 signatures, so will be moving forward with a call for the EGM with the Board. We will request this at the earliest possible convenience as we recognise it is no ones interest for this to drag on. We regret having to do this, but after repeated efforts to get even basic information from the Chair, we felt we needed to act. The petition will be left open till Monday 15 5pm European Time, so please continue to sign to express your support for transparency and accountability at the heart of the Gemmological Association of GB.
I would like to see more transparency from Gem-A
I really would like to see fairtrade diamonds and coloured gems
Power struggle to destroy a well managed organization.
As a current trustee my frustrations at the lack of transparency and the situation with our CEO after all his excellent work lead me no other option than to support the call for an EGM.
France
I am only worried about Gem. A itself. This must be serious for the AGM to be cancelled.
Willing signature
Curiouser and curiouser
As the honorary fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, I support this initiative and request and EGM. I want to state that I am perfectly satisfied, even impressed, by the recent evolution of Gem-A, and wish to know more about what is perceived as a porblem or issue by the board of Trustees, before they take any decision.
I would like to know what has generated this state of affairs