The Scotsman

No to Neil at NT

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My wife and I recently received notice that our annual membership of the National Trust for Scotland was due for renewal.

Despite having our address and membership details the Trust did not see fit to give us notice of the recent AGM. Had they done so we would have attended and objected most strongly to the election of Neil Oliver as President.

The Trust has not had its problems to seek in recent years, which makes this foolish appointmen­t of such a divisive figure seem all the more insane and inappropri­ate.

It is essential that an EGM is now called, as the previous meeting was clearly improperly convocated; yet another spectacula­rly glaring example of mismanagem­ent on the part of the organisati­on.

Oliver’s appointmen­t should also be set aside at that meeting and other more appropriat­e candidates sought out and approached. I have written to the Trust in these terms, and

we will of course be withholdin­g our membership renewal until we receive a satisfacto­ry response.

PETER BROUGHAN Gartocharn, Alexandria

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