Having given the situation a lot of thought, I'm struggling to maintain a positive attitude due to events after our last meeting. I'm going to put my suspicions aside (I wish other people would) - disregard my last post and the "past" - I really want us to sort this out.
I can see why people might think that it wasn't a clear majority, yet the previous controllers of the system took it upon themselves to retain the key and do things their way citing a false vote result in their favour.
It wasn't a clear majority - the third option of "everyone" being in charge was a solution to the stalemate on the last vote as our last best hope. I can see this might have annoyed people - as they weren't asked - this 3rd option wasn't really voted on by EVERYONE, so its really important now that we do so. It seemed the best solution to those who remained at the meeting till the end.
To be completely fair - we now need to have a second vote now to be truly democratic to give everyone a proper chance via a secret ballot to vote on Frank's suggestion.
Additionally this meeting should also put in place a proper residents committee with fully voted representatives. This will also give us more political clout with the authorities in the future, and is something I'm sure Smith's Farms will agree with, as they always cite "what everyone wants" - during conversations - although the reality is this "everyone" was not in the past a proper majority. Additionally I have said to Phillip Smith on many occasions that we should have a proper residents committee.
A proper committee will help us sort things out democratically and give everyone a say.
Why this is very important to our small community:
The sewage issue is a pilot scheme for our bigger issues that we face - the water supply needs unity - if we can't come to a fair outcome, what chance do we have for our future infrastructure - leaving a very real possibility that we could be left high and dry if things deteriorate without residents taking action TOGETHER.
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