Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
Certainly Collins, De Vos etc are paid execs that in the main have little affinity for the sport and will come and go. They have no bearing on the volunteer committees that exist up and down the country where in some cases people are clocking up many decades.
There is a problem though - that of renewal.
Despite my relatively young years (in terms of committee folk and officialdom) I have found that the incumbents rarely get challenged.
I had team managed our NATYAL (Junior T&F) team for 5 years. The team had done very well gaining promotion and staying in the top division.
I wanted out.
No one would take the job on.
I did a 6th year and decided to resign that job.
5 people came forward to offer their services. One committee member and 4 others.
A sorry experience.

It is also what I do not get. When a committee is offered willing advice, and willing solvers of problems as Andy did on safety (and my volunteering to help) , it is amazing they turn it down, when so few are willing to come forward.