Club Skeletons
Hi GQ,
Cows Getting Bigger makes a good point when he says,
'If there are skeletons in the cupboard you will find them and you may well then take shared ownership'.
This is why it is worth speaking to your predescessor in post. If there are skeletons, then it is better to find out where they are at the outset, rather than to fall over them later. As he says, you could otherwise acquire shared ownership.
The way to deal with skeletons is to report them to the management committee in writing and as soon as you become aware of them. Definitely find all of them and bring them out into the open within your first year in post. That will considerably reduce the likelihood that you will become saddled with part ownership.
BP.