WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BLOGS HERE?

 
On the Tuesday 9th January the Club Secretary rushed out an unorthodox EGM notice to all 3000 members prior to performing due diligence on its constitutional conformity.


This EGM notice might have got some attention outside the club having been discussed on wider social media forums. 


When, on the 10th January  a non-vegan presenter working in a national organisation applied to join a local Facebook group, we took care to unpublish articles in the blog and for no other reason.

Please watch this space for future announcements.

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