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2006 Breakdown of Events
A breakdown of the year's events along with a table of related documents
for this year.
2006
January
February
March
- CVDG
spend considerable time organising an opening ceremony to launch the
trail. The official opening was to be carried out by the Minister
for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Patricia Ferguson MSP. Also
invited were Cathie Craigie MSP, Mark Ruskell MSP, Dennis Canavan MSP,
representatives from partner organisations, the local community and
other guests.
- FCS
take a strangely muted approach to the news and the reasons are now
clear:
"You guys have worked very hard to get these trails made &
have also as a community group invited the Minister & dignitaries."
"So it is appropriate that for this, an event celebrating local
success with a Minister other than the Forestry Minister, that FCS is
a backdrop, rather than a high profile partner on the day"
- FC
request CVDG sign permission based on the agreement signed in December
2005. CVDG are busy with the launch so table for a meeting in April.
- Sadly, information recently obtained under FOI legislation reveals
that FCS attempted to derail the event by briefing the Minister against
attending. Their briefing contained a mix of lies, gross distortions
of the true situation and crude scare tactics. The briefing was provided
as close to the event as possible which gave the Minister no option
to attend.
- CVDG understands that the FCS press office began telling invited guests
that the entire event had been cancelled - before CVDG were even informed
that the Minister would not be attending.
- Fortunately,
the local MSP Cathie Craigie, a long time supporter of the project,
stepped in and performed the opening ceremony in front of around 100
invited guests and many riders who came along to be the first to ride
the trails officially.
- No explanation or apology has ever been offered by FCS for their actions.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
- CVDG complete phase two of the trails.
- Alan Stevenson promises CVDG "you will have a consistent position
from all of our local and head office support staff"
- FCS inform CVP that it needs to convert the project plan to a Project
Initiation Document (PID) - a requirement not mentioned during concordat
negotiations.
- FCS undertake to submit PID to FES management board in January.
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