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From: Alec Renwick alec.renwick@nemaritimetrust.org.uk
Sent: 15 March 2024 12:49
To: Peter W; Branson, Richard; Paul Nicholson; Mick Dawson
Cc: Kevin Lund kevin.lund@nemaritimetrust.org.uk; Barnard, Keith; Dr Griffiths, Sue
Subject: Consider Urgent

The Chairman of a Trust casting aspersions against two of its members, Peter Weightman and Mick Dawson:-

Mr Weightman
It is apparent that you, presumably acting for (NFHT), have sent an unauthorised personal letter to NEMT members which contravenes data protection laws and your previous position as Secretary of this Trust.
I shall also remind you that data protection laws state that unauthorised use of personal data is an offence which can carry very high fines.
In this case any member can ask for all data and messages he has regarding them, which must be supplied within 28 days.

Peter Weightman’s response, please see Consider Urgent 3

I also notice that Mick Dawson (NFHT) has conspired to scam our website with similar unauthorised data, blocking any input from NEMT.
An attempt to remove his acces from our website about two years ago has obviously been circumvented, these actions must be removed immediately.

Mick Dawson’s response, please see Consider Urgent 2.

Collectively serious moves like this or any other planned obstructive practices should stop immediately.

With regards
Alec Renwick – NEMT Chairperson.

Trustee, K Barnard’s addition to the personal attack on Peter Weightman.

Peter, reference your point 3 in the latest attack on the ellected board of NEMT.
Are you implying that a member of NEMT is responsible for this disgraceful personalised and aggressive attack.
I believe the person in question is in fact a member of NFHT board and has not been a member of NEMT for several years.
As you are no longer a member of the board of NEMT you will not be aware that NEMT is going from strength to strength.
Once more I find your attitude towards NEMT and it’s board together with your statement of how far you are willing to go to attain your own ambitions unacceptable.

The Chair of North East Maritime Trust wrote in mid November 2023 in his Twitter, now X, page:-

“Dear All, Please note that our old NEMT and nemaritimetrust.co.uk website has unexpectedly stopped working. We apologise for this but hope to have our new website using the following: nemaritimetrust.org.uk up and running as soon as possible.”

I had added the comment on that page on: 17-Nov-23:- “Looks like it stopped working because NEMT Trustees stopped paying TSO Hosting for their services.”

He did not like that so he deleted my comment and rewrote the post as:-

Apologies, but our http://nemaritimetrust.co.uk website has unexpectedly stopped working. We hope to have it up and running again soon. We will also update the site and include links to our new, more appropriate .org.uk Web address.

The subscription nemaritimetrust.co.uk was renewed as it was back in the public domain by the 15th December:-

We are happy to say that our original Website is up and running again after some hard work, fixing of scammers, etc, and inevitable costs involved. Our new and more appropriate .org.uk Website will soon be available.

He had already removed much of the history of both NEMT and NFHT in late 2019 and while the site was temporarily removed from the public domain I started to save what I could in a temporary site posted in another domain.

He had been planning to set up nemaritimetrust.org.uk in www.123-reg.co.uk for over a year now, the 14th October 2022 to be exact, and thought all he had to do was to wait till the subscription to nemaritimetrust.co.uk expired and not renew it but what he had not foreseen was that all the history of his favourite project, the rebuild of the Henry Frederick Swan would be lost as well all of that of the both NEMT and NFHT.

There are a number of sites over which the Chair of NEMT has no control and they will illustrate what he wishes to hide by rewriting the history of the Trust of which he is the Chair:-

• South Tyneside Council:- The Trust was set up to educate people about the UK’s maritime heritage, especially its place in the history of the North East, and to support conservation, restoration, repair and public display of historic vessels and maritime artefacts.
• The Charities Commission:- The support of maritime heritage including conservation, restoration and construction of replicas.
• National Historic Ships UK:- NEMT’s focus is on traditional (wooden) and their objectives are, principally: To educate the public in relation to the maritime heritage of the United Kingdom, especially the North East of England and to encourage and facilitate the restoration, repair, maintenance, conservation and public display of historic working vessels and maritime craft, as well as maritime artefacts of all kinds.
• Facebook Page – The Henry Frederick Swan, 26 November 2019: – Busy week so far: slipped the Seine-netter ‘Favourite’ yesterday (now on display at Newcastle quayside); and brought ‘Glad Tidings’ into the boathouse this morning for a couple of weeks clean and assessment.
• The Requiem for a Foghorn, 22 June 2013:- The Rachel Douglas, The Trust is participating in the Foghorn Requiem with six beautifully restored vessels, including the seine net fishing vessel Rachel Douglas was built in 1947 for Seahouses fishermen, later working from St Abbs until North East Maritime Trust members saved her for restoration in 2002. The others were the Sovereign, the Royal Diadem II, the Favourite, the Peggy and the Irene Patricia.*

It should be noted that the Henry Frederick Swan was not relaunched until 20 April 2019.

M Dawson, 1-Dec-23

* The first three were pictured but not Favourite, Peggy nor the sixth vessel which I assumed was the Irene Patricia.

Dear Peter,

Sorry to go on about a very select meeting to be held on the 14th Jan, but there is something very wrong with what NEMT have been doing over the last few years and in came to a head at a meeting held on Friday 25th of November 2022, from which arose, The Policy Document signed by Alec Renwick and Dave Parker amongst others:-.

From: Keith Barnard k.barnard258@btinternet.com
Sent: 08 January 2023 14:32
To: daw50nmdj@hotmail.co.uk daw50nmdj@hotmail.co.uk
Cc: alex boat; Sue Griffiths
Subject: Slanderous Accusations

Dear Sir , I am a trustee of NEMT and as such am one of the people against whom you are making the grounds less , mindless accusations .

My previous occupation and position make these accusations all the more offensive and a greater attack on my integrity . Please understand that you cannot express this type of material without putting yourself in an untenable position when you are asked to prove these allegations .

This sort of behavior can and will have consequences .

I suggest that a sincere apology to the other members of NEMT would be the order of the day.

Yours Sincerely Mr K. Barnard . NEMT