Martin Clark wrote: > Ann wrote: > >> I think the membership of "user groups" is a bit different north and >> south of the border. > > I think there may be some confusion here between Local User Group > meetings and national User Group consultation meetings. > >> As far as I am aware, south of the border, User Groups are made up >> of reps from the "recognised" organisations- IWA, NABO, RBOA, DBA >> etc and presumably these reps respond after having consulted the >> members of their organisation :-) > > The Local User Group meetings, in the North West anyway, are attended > by representatives from local IWA groups, canal societies, angling > clubs, cruising clubs, waterways businesses, etc. as well as some > representing smaller or more localised interests. > > The national User Group consultation, by which I assume Adrian means > the Waterway User and Special Interest Groups (WUSIG) meeting, > involves representatives from "recognised" national user groups, such > as those you mention. > > I wonder which group Adrian was representing? The minutes of the last > meeting seem to omit that detail: > http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/media/documents/WUSIG_Meeting_April_09.pdf
The "Adrian" group of course! ;-) -- Neil Arlidge NB Earnest / Barge Maurice A (in the pipeline) TNC...Gorn west... http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
