Tuesday 23rd November 2004.
Dapo Ladimeji, board chair, surrenders right to sack chief executive.
At the Special General Meeting of shareholders held on November 23rd, the chair of our management board, Mr. Dapo Ladimeji, presented a long list of amendments to our constitutional rules. The Housing Corporation require, under Sect G4 of their rules, that tenants are consulted about changes which affect their tenancies.
Yet again, this is not been done.
Some changes are obscure; some are weird. Amongst the latter was a motion that the management board can no longer sack the chief executive. Mr. Ladimeji was asked why he was asking for this particular change to the rules. He was unable or unwilling to reply.
This meeting begs closer scrutiny. Work is being done on it.
If you wish, you may ring the company secretary, Ms. Siobhan Coveney, on the new PCHA phone number: 020-8150 4100 and ask for a copy of the old rules along with a copy of the new ones to compare them yourself.
PCHA, not Pathmeads/WHHA, appear to have done a moonlight. Their new address is: Capital House, 25 Chapel St ., N.W.1. It is off the Edgware Road near the Marylebone Flyover.)
Watch this space.
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Devonshires the Lawyers wish us a "Happy Holiday".
Remember Devonshires? They are the law firm who took us all to court. This is despite the fact that they are alleged to have told WHHA in the early nineties that traditional shortlifers had proper tenancy status. They have taken out a full page rear cover advertisement in "Housing Today" wishing everyone a "Happy Holiday".
The ad's colour scheme is dark grey on light grey. Well done Devonshires, you can't get more Christmassy than that.
This will probably offend all Christians because Devonshires have lacked the grace to acknowledge arguably their most important festival of the year. It will offend all the other faiths because Devonshires failed to acknowledge theirs at all.
And who has paid the £2,500 bill? You can bet your bottom dollar that it has come indirectly from our rent money.
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