I can understand that Ms Nash, a ‘recently joined’ member (Echo, Letters 29/04), may have a few gaps in the chronology, so let me help. Indeed ‘a new executive was voted in at the last AGM’ – November ’25.
Nine of us were elected of whom six ‘losers’(?) had resigned by March ‘26.
I left first, but can attest to a founding determination to have an effectively-functioning team, supportive of the new president who expressed some trepidation over his unfamiliarity with committees.
My experience of all five fellow ex-members, was of high-functioning individuals and a group rich in skills, integrity and years of collective, community activism.
I thus find it distressing to see their request refused to have their own words of explanation included in the association newsletter.
Into this vacuum emerged an aggrandising narrative of inadequacy, unmatched to ‘the speed, scale or operational intensity required’.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
