Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : My dad is 83 and for 50 years has played the bagpipes and been with one pipe-band for 30 years, paying their annual subscription and attending regularly.  

He now doesn’t have the lung capacity to play which has led to quite a sad time for him, his coping mechanism was to contact the band and advise he would no longer be an active playing member and wouldn’t attend practice sessions to learn new tunes which he couldn’t then play on his pipes. He did not resign from the charitable organisation ( the band is a charity) but offered back his kit (kilt etc) requesting to keep his tie and badge so he could attend some functions wearing these; proudly represent them alongside all active members at fund raising events etc. The committee declined his request and demand the badge/tie to be returned.  Had he not contacted them, continued paying his annual subscriptions, these items would be with him until he passed away. I 
I have have resisted contacting them direct as maybe I am blinkered by love and the fact I hate seeing him upset. Has he been unfairly treated ?