A Message From The Chairman

[grendel]

Timbo has asked me to post the following message

Enough! It is time that both sides took a break from the facile arguments surrounding the definition of the Broads as a National Park. It's time to stop squabbling because while you weren't looking someone nicked your football and changed all the rules. It's time to look up and look around you. Your perpetual argument from both sides ceased to be valid on the 21st of September 2019 with the publication of the Landscapes Review. Our country has undergone the most dramatic political, fiscal and social change in years and we are already seeing an equally dramatic change to the legislature. What was past is past. All bets are off. Both sides have won and both sides have lost. Even more so under the current national emergency.

'Excrement happens' and it's happening now. How we deal with the current emergency is what is important. The time when the country regains some vestige of normality, will be the proper time to resume structured and mature discussion about working together to protect our Heritage Landscapes nationally. And I do mean working together, all parties, all sides, constructively.

Until then, the committee and the moderators are all working extremely hard to keep all of our platforms working smoothly. Already members are making sure everyone is OK by telephone, pm and email. The Chat Room is open at specific times should anyone need help or company. The NBN is about supporting one another, passing on experience and learning things new. Above all it is about friendship and The Broads that we love.