Communications (Internal) For top down information nationally/internationally the cascade system via guilds and associations probably works moderately well but any breaks in the chain leave some at the bottom arift. — A J Barnfield
Yes, it is very much dependent on each of the guild/branch/tower officers sending the email down the chain. These days, simply passing it down directly to individual ringers from the association-level should be the default given the availability of tech and would be more reliable.
The CCCBR news letters is a helphere, going from top to bottom but there is no generalised system of going from bottom to top, or up to points inbetween. — A J Barnfield
How do you subscribe to the newsletters? I get emails for them but cannot work out for the life of me how I managed that. If we could make them easily accessible, then they would be a nice informal way of passing information down from the top.
Frankly, I don't know how we do it the other way round. You would hope that associations would make their officers easily contactable and approachable, and actively seek out feedback. The contact details for most of the CCCBR officials and workgroups are easily found on the website for the use of association officials and the general ringing community.
quote="A J Barnfield;d215"]Perhaps there is no ideal or solution here. Any nothing will work for those that are not interested in engaging. And perhaps we are stuck with fragmentation.[/quote]
I cant really decide whether the grassroots ringers that ↪A J Barnfield talks about don't want to communicate, or potentially worse, have so little awareness of the bigger picture that they don't even know anything exists if they did want to communicate up the chain. It is really down to how well educated ringers are by their teachers about the exercise as a whole. — Jason Carter
Yep, it is really up to us to get those under our leadership to take a wider interest in ringing - through taking them to district and association practices, tower grabs etc.
First, I must be having a 'blank' day - remind what CMO stands for please. — Peter Sotheran
I think Mr Barnfield means DMO - Direct Membership Organisation. The idea that all ringers could be members of the Central Council directly, rather than via affiliated societies.