Jacko, please explain how this is a big blow to the region, when at the most conservative estimate there has been less than one hundred out of over eight hundred, ( I now have more accurate membership figures. ) members attending the venue. I agree it is quite a disappointment to those of us who attended, but from the attendance figures, it looks like most of the region's members aren't going to feel any major impact. I never have been able to understand why people should wish to be non-participating members, but if that's all they require from their membership then that is their right.
We will never know if the original concept was to trial it for a few months to see what the OPC got in return for their investment in time and resources, but I would put money on there being disappointment at the turn out. I'm sure the new R/O will find out if the absence of Fabien or a replacement, showed the region in a less than ideal light and if this was a contributory factor in the decision to go quarterly. Lets turn it on its head and make the suggestion that if one hundred and fifty had turned out each time, it might have made the OPC's decision more difficult.
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