curl1506  I've got to agree with you on this; as if the Nicholson report wasn't enough to convince us that Gail and Lyndsay should be vindiated then surley the report of the Conduct Panel does.  12+ months is a long time to have this hanging over you and I would hope that the HHY's will come to their senses and make sure that it all comes to a satisfactory conclusion sooner rather than later.  If they don't then I would think that the girls now have enough to convince a court that they were defamed and that just couldn't be good for Curling.

Are we all waiting for something to happen?  No posts since this morning.

So surprised that it isn't there anymore!!

"The rest of this post, which contained details contained in the letter, has been removed, under advice. "

Is it advice from the HHY's the Conduct Panel, DB, GM, LW

What on earth is going on? 

Apparently there a section in the RCCC's Ethics Manual, which of course is not readily available, which indicates that the Conduct Panel's decision should not have been published just yet. 

Colin Grahamslaw has extracted this for me. Paragraph 28 "No publication of a decision or sanction shall take place until the time for appeal has expired or an appeal has been decided."

I understand that Derek Brown is appealing the decisions.

So the saga continues!

Bob

Agree with , does seem strange, does DB want action taken now? (I assure against the players and not him but that could back fire if action taken against him then not the players) If the players got action taken against them then in theory they could appeal as well. 

Should DM not be focusing on Olympics next year not event last year?

DB is desperate to hang onto his job.

Once the Olympics are over he will stop all his shilly-shallying.

Never heard that saying before - had to look it up!!

shil·ly-shal·ly (shl-shl)
intr.v. shil·ly-shal·lied (-ld), shil·ly-shal·ly·ing, shil·ly-shal·lies (-lz)
1. To procrastinate.
2. To be unable to come to a decision; vacillate.
3. To spend time on insignificant things; dawdle.

I like it.

I would have to say that if I was paying him then I wouldn't be happy about it.  I know that the RCCC don't pay him and therefore can't easily get rid of him and to give them a little credit they did announce that they intend to bring the post in house after 2010 but what about making a stance now and at the very least refuse to work with him.  Let his employers see that his unproffesional behaviour is not acceptable to the membership and ultimately the players who sign a contract to do whatever is his will.

Someone, can't remember who, suggested that he should do the honourable thing and resign and I get the feeling that this isn't going to go away until he does.