[brian2]

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:06 am  

I agree with you GF. I've set out an initial vision for a Trust, and just asking for pledges not for money to be paid in to an account. I will work hard over the coming weeks and months to make this happen and if we get momentum on this then a dialogue on what we can achieve can get started.
I have lots of plans in my head, as will many others, and a good many of them will be shared by most.
The £1,000 from a thousand people is a hook and very short term. I can assure you I would not be interested in a Trust that just passively threw money down a hole, which is why the pledge page also asks if you could commit actions as well as money.
Sign up and let's see where we can take this. A £1,000 pledge is not compulsory! I see the Trust membership of around £50 a year - the higher the pledge levels though the more clout we may have in the short term.

agree with all of this and gutterfax's posts on the subject - where do i
find this blog?

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:48 am  

Think this is it: http://rllist.wordpress.com/

Think this is it: http://rllist.wordpress.com/

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:59 pm  

We will be distributing flyers at the Huddersfield game next week - see you there. We should have a better idea then whether this idea has legs.

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:52 pm  

I do believe York City Knights have a similar thing happening, its an annual pledge, I could be wrong I think they are looking at £250 PA as a share holder of the club

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:21 pm  

Nice start guys, can I mention one small word of warning about which you need to ensure doesn't happen with this idea. When we nearly lost the club last time when we got the Spanish archer from tricky, we had lots of pledges of support [not hard cash] across lots of areas, within a year however it had dwindled down to the usual hard core and the same happened with the ill fated RSG's, I would hazard a guess and say the same had happened time and again in the history of the club, the supporters club, and other times when the grim reaper was knocking at the door.

Lesson being if people pledge to support then it's needed to be delivered time and time again not just when the concepts all nice and shiny, even back then when we spoke with supporters trusts this was the one area it kept coming back to, having enough bodies to carry the load. Plenty of help and assistance from the other clubs supporters as well as supporters direct is available.

Good luck.

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:23 pm  

Homer wrote:

Nice start guys, can I mention one small word of warning about which you need to ensure doesn't happen with this idea. When we nearly lost the club last time when we got the Spanish archer from tricky, we had lots of pledges of support [not hard cash] across lots of areas, within a year however it had dwindled down to the usual hard core and the same happened with the ill fated RSG's, I would hazard a guess and say the same had happened time and again in the history of the club, the supporters club, and other times when the grim reaper was knocking at the door.

Lesson being if people pledge to support then it's needed to be delivered time and time again not just when the concepts all nice and shiny, even back then when we spoke with supporters trusts this was the one area it kept coming back to, having enough bodies to carry the load. Plenty of help and assistance from the other clubs supporters as well as supporters direct is available.

Good luck.

This is also my #1 concern.

Re: What can we do? : Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:45 pm  

The Shots Trust found most honoured their pledges. Many exceeded their pledge. Others who hadn't pledged also gave. One lesson I'd suggest from their experience is offer an other pledge amount option. Shots Trust put in bands of pledges starting from a minimum and I get the impression some pledged more than they could honour as they wanted to pledge but had no realistic, for them, amount available. That did cause some issues as I perceive it.

Re: What can we do? : Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:21 am  

The initial pledge page offers £1,000 as the default amount but options both higher and lower than that, including "Just Membership". Good to see these insights - let's hope enough people sign up to give us something to worry about!

Re: What can we do? : Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:50 am  

Homer wrote:

Nice start guys, can I mention one small word of warning about which you need to ensure doesn't happen with this idea. When we nearly lost the club last time when we got the Spanish archer from tricky, we had lots of pledges of support [not hard cash] across lots of areas, within a year however it had dwindled down to the usual hard core and the same happened with the ill fated RSG's, I would hazard a guess and say the same had happened time and again in the history of the club, the supporters club, and other times when the grim reaper was knocking at the door.

Lesson being if people pledge to support then it's needed to be delivered time and time again not just when the concepts all nice and shiny, even back then when we spoke with supporters trusts this was the one area it kept coming back to, having enough bodies to carry the load. Plenty of help and assistance from the other clubs supporters as well as supporters direct is available.

Good luck.

Spot on. I remeber the enthusiasm when we started at Chiswick and how it fairly soon became the same few people doing the work ( the ones that drifted away missed a lot of fun, though).

Re: What can we do? : Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:48 pm  

Will be on BBC Radio London just after 5 today.