Not at all. I think the deeper issue is as I’ve described. The FOI issues I’m highlighting are definitely a symptom of a parent-child culture. I hope that’s clear. But it also achieves nothing towards solving the underlying problem but expends huge amounts of time and energy to raise and resolve. Nobody wins.
All I’m trying to express, perhaps not that well. I’d that not all of the problems in the organisation stem from HQ. As volunteers we can often be our own worst enemy and by doing something we perceive as in the organisational interest, we can sometimes produce unintended consequences.