I know that there is much consternation amongst the new SPVA regime leadership. They believe that staff from the VA side are not MoD enough*. They also dislike the fact that our Branch hadn’t changed its name and had kept the “Veterans Agency” tag.
At our AGM, the BEC put forward a motion to change the Branch name. Surprise! We are a democracy not an autocracy; Democracy rocks!
The members overwhelming rejected a name change and so VANB we remain. Should any of the new caliphs, or their EDS bedfellows, read into this that there is a wave of displeasure at the concept of SPVA and the perceived subjugation of ex-VA, well that is their interpretation… I couldn’t really say…
We are looking at running a competition amongst the Branch membership for an alternate name and our Organiser has sent details out through e-mail distribution, of course that is subject to a 2/3 majority vote at a general meeting also.
Incidentally, as there is an ‘and’ in it, SPVA should be SPAVA, which is Serbo-Croatian for sleep.
*stay tuned for a future article where I will wax lyrical about how keeping a DSS culture in an area that deals with a social security payment is a good thing…
At our AGM, the BEC put forward a motion to change the Branch name. Surprise! We are a democracy not an autocracy; Democracy rocks!
The members overwhelming rejected a name change and so VANB we remain. Should any of the new caliphs, or their EDS bedfellows, read into this that there is a wave of displeasure at the concept of SPVA and the perceived subjugation of ex-VA, well that is their interpretation… I couldn’t really say…
We are looking at running a competition amongst the Branch membership for an alternate name and our Organiser has sent details out through e-mail distribution, of course that is subject to a 2/3 majority vote at a general meeting also.
Incidentally, as there is an ‘and’ in it, SPVA should be SPAVA, which is Serbo-Croatian for sleep.
*stay tuned for a future article where I will wax lyrical about how keeping a DSS culture in an area that deals with a social security payment is a good thing…
