2/. There are various ways of voting but you can do it online and if your main aim is to BLOCK the laughably named “Restore Trust” candidates the quickest and easiest way is to tick the Quick Vote option which supports the National Trust Leadership preferences.
They are
The link to the National Trust AGM voting site is here.
You might, like me, have to register using your name, email address, membership number and create a password first. And check your inbox for registration confirmation.
Of course you may prefer to work your way through all the candidates and their backgrounds and vote individually for your preference but want to AVOID the supposed Restore Trust candidates.
The “restore trust” ones to AVOID are
Bola Anike, Prof. Jeremy Black, Phil Bradby, Edward Bulmer, Philip Gibbs, Zareer Masani and Rosamund Roxburgh.
Get cracking.
Get active.
And @LornaVMcCurry reminds us that if you have a joint membership or family membership make sure you all register and all vote.
I will flag up one member’s resolution re the A303 around Stonehenge that you may wish to give special consideration to in the RESOLUTIONS section of the vote.
I post that resolution here but would flag up that I’ve not weighed up the competing arguments
If we are thinking human beings we should have grasped how this will be, given the Tories…and, I am afraid, the opposition version of a Labour Gov too.
“There’s no such thing as unfettered sovereignty. The three weeks since Kwarteng delivered his mini-budget have seen the shattering of that delusion.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
“ For Truss and her now ex-chancellor were given the rudest of reminders that in our interdependent world there is no such thing as pure, untrammelled sovereignty. No government can do what the hell it likes, heedless of others.”
“ In this case, the restraint on sovereignty was not the EU: it was the money markets. But their verdict was as binding as any Brussels edict; in fact it was more so.”
Secret footage reveals abuse of woman with dementia at luxury UK care home
Mocked, sworn at, assaulted, left on floor for 50 mins, when disoriented asking “Where am I?”, a male care worker crouched down close to her face & said “You’re in a fucking home” theguardian.com/society/2022/o…
Once again we are seeing what happens when care of some of the most vulnerable people in our country is monetised.
Look at the ownership.
Signature is described as the most expensive care operator in the UK & *looks after* more than 2,000 residents.
“It is owned by Revera, a Canada-based care company with more than 550 facilities worldwide, which in turn is wholly owned by a £150bn Canadian institutional pension fund investor.”