Meet the Managing Director - 5th August 2019

TaplowGreen

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Re: Meet the Managing Director - 5th August 2019

« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2019, 05:58:19 »

Quote from: broadgage on August 05, 2019, 01:01:01

Whilst I can see the merit of supplying the questions in advance to Mr Hopwood, would it be possible to also publish the questions in advance in this thread ?

Good idea.


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grahame

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Re: Meet the Managing Director - 5th August 2019

« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2019, 06:44:26 »

Quote from: broadgage on August 05, 2019, 01:01:01

Whilst I can see the merit of supplying the questions in advance to Mr Hopwood, would it be possible to also publish the questions in advance in this thread ?

Sorry, but at this late stage changing the plans in not an option.

Questioners know what they have asked, and will already have corollary views that they'll be able to come back with quickly once they see Mark's comments. We've been running as a forum for a dozen years and it's pretty unlikely that much unexpected/new will be asked.

I would worry that publishing the questions in advance would lead to a significant number of people preparing their own follow ups / corollaries to paste in very quickly once a thread was started, and that would change the metrics of the whole system. Rather like a dam of comment on the same issue breaking. That is why it is set up with controlled release.

Undoubtedly, we will ask ourselves "how did that go" to learn for the future. But - for tonight - the planned metrics remain on plan.


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Re: Meet the Managing Director - 5th August 2019

« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2019, 16:01:40 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on July 30, 2019, 00:58:34

May I offer all of you my thanks for submitting your proposed questions to the Managing Director of Great Western Railway. Wink

I have been sent many questions, so I have been unable to answer or acknowledge every 'personal message' - but they have all been received, read and understood!

Realistically, only some of them can be posed to Mark Hopwood himself, in our one hour session. Those other questions will be posted in relevant boards and topics on the Coffee Shop forum, and we will encourage GWR^▸ staff members with more detailed local knowledge to answer them.

We on the Coffee Shop forum clearly have contacts in high places. Wink

I would like to try and answer everyone’s comments but understand the approach taken by the Coffee Shop team. If you feel you have a point that hasn’t been answered please get in touch and I shall try to respond.


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