Quote Originally Posted by alwaysinjured View Post
As far as I am aware , no actual show of hands was done on approval of the letter to coroner, nor can there have been, since some wording was not discussed till after, as far as I am aware from Andy no show of hands took place, and I doubt if a written motion was passed. Yet that is presented as UNANIMOUS!
Indeed, no show of hands took place. The committee very rarely has formal votes on anything so unless there is active and strong dissent things just get nodded through. I feel that this is not the most democratic way to do things and results in the chair having disproportionate power.

In the case of the Coroner's letter only I and Pete Bland actively opposed it and refused to agree. After a breath-taking browbeating session, I agreed to work with Graham Breeze and Jon Broxap to re-word the final paragraph only. This resulted in changes which Graham now seems keen to take credit for, though they were driven by me, and I reluctantly agreed for the letter to be sent.

I was not (and am not) happy with the response because I believe the whole approach is wrong but there is a tremendous pressure on the committee to "speak with one voice" and to present all decisions as unanimous, even when there is clear discomfort among some members.

Ultimately, it was this situation that led to my resignation.