Talk:Gouvernance/@comment-4074242-20140818183250

Thanks for the contribution. It helps to see how others view things.

1. I am aware that quite a few apply but many after chatting to Which? do not proceed. I missed out on that experience as my nomination arrived on the final day.

2. That is encouraging. Do you think my pitch to my potential nominators on the huge growth in the CEO's slary would have been a barrier to my being an actual candidate?

3. Looking at the figures since 2004 the highest total of voters was 38,000 in 2012 where there was only one vacancy available. So that exceptional year I guess the subscribers vote must hav e been around 30,000+ or less than 5% of subscribers. When it was just members pre 2007 it used to be around 25% of members voted.

4. Agree absolutely, it seems an unfortunately powerful clause.

Rather like the rubber tyre being much more saleable with the motor car arriving I think the Which? testing reputation is much more attractive when you can use your smartphone to access reviews etc whilst shopping. The cost at £120 per year compares poorly with other consumer organisations around the world who charge from $30US to 59 Euros a year.

And with 220,000 online subscribers the profit is immense as the testing would already be factored into the costs of the paper based version.

On the integity of testing. I am not sure if you have followed up the threads I posted previously on the small appliances. Which? have admitted there is absolutely no long term testing of small appliances. This is causing some grief to people who have bought Best Buys and found them wanting.