I’d say there’s a line between representing and leading. We elect them to run the trust and a certain amount of leading has to be accepted with a huge amount of representation.This is a big project to not canvassing members on
I don’t know who makes the Trust’s decisions these days, but as soon as the email about the statue arrived last week I felt snubbed and like it was possibly one person taking a huge misstep. Consultation with membership should definitely have been the first move. The Trust should not be one person’s plaything, or those at the helm should not second-guess their membership. Really bad, this, imho.