At 10:22 25/04/2005, Geoffrey wrote: >The outcome of all these percentages is that the estimated number of cards >with addresses on the reverse, based on five million cards, is 14,500 to >50,500. A long way short of 100,000. Geoff, I *did* WARN you that I might come back <grin> 1) I could I suppose suggest that it is surely "academic" as to whether the number of WW1 Medal Cards that contain information "useful" to family Historians is 33,000 or 50,000 or 200,000 - the fact is that the number concerned is sufficient to challenge the intent to destroy them. Period,. 2) Surely even a next-of-kin name is better than nothing? 3) I understand that the figure of 0.65% covers only the cards that have a next of kin name *AND* address 4) So, how many contain other information? 5) How much information about all the cards do you personally know? 6) How much does Miss Else Churchill know? 7) Is TNA aware of the true facts OR only MOD? 8) May not the SoG membership know the true story and not just part of the story 9) Failure to make access to historical records, the reported shredding of Governmental records in 2004, history of Governments making decisions for us all, the attempted changes in Civil Registration, none of these give us faith in public servants. 10) The SoG exists to make information available to its membership and day visitors. What I do not want to see is rubber stamping of official decisions. If I can, I want to raise this whole issue at the AGM, can this be done by proxy? That s, can I raise it as an issue by a letter to the AGM Chairman? Phil Still in Orpington

In message of 25 Apr, Phil Warn <philwarn@ntlworld.com> wrote: <snip on WW1 medals cards> > If I can, I want to raise this whole issue at the AGM, can this be > done by proxy? That s, can I raise it as an issue by a letter to the > AGM Chairman? The Society's rules are on http://www.sog.org.uk/governance/index.html It looks to me that all it requires are between twenty-one days and two months notice, depending on the content of the resolution and if it is to amend General Regulations, then 10 members must sign it. The Chairman of the AGM is the Society's President; I would suggest that the correct person to address any resolution to is the Secretary. Mind you, the letter from the Society at http://www.sog.org.uk/#news1 seems to cover most if not all of what you have raised. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim@powys.org              For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org