On 5 Feb, 22:51, Peter Parry wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:55:12 -0800 (PST), a_non_the_mouse

wrote:
I received the following today from an angling club that I may or may
not now be a member of.

Have I been suspended???

Yes

The letter does not tell me what authority they have to suspend my
membership.

It does not need to.


Thanks.

I accept that "the letter" does not have to tell me what authority
they have for taking such action, but I do not know if they actually
DO have the authority to suspend a member.
Perhaps they do.
Perhaps they don't.

Not one member of the club that I have been in contact with today can
show me any evidence that such authority exists.

Perhaps Robert Clerk, the managing agent for the Crown Estate's salmon
fishing interests in Scotland, would like to know what kind of
autocrats have the lease on the river (until December 31st this
year.) This information may help him decide about the lease for the
next 5 years.