Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:37 am  

Mary Millington wrote:

I'll be there.

I'll come straight from work.

I really don't know what I can offer or bring but I'd rather turn up and try rather than not just bother at all.

I'm absolutely devastated at what's happening at my club at the minute. We've at least got to try and do something.

t-r-i-n-i-t-y if you need a lift, just send me a text - cheers.

Your support is what we need and bringing that is sufficient to begin with and will be appreciated.

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:49 pm  

Catwoman1 wrote:

Just to clarify ... the Supporters Trust has not come about because of the problem the Club currently has.
A group of people have been working towards this, in conjunction with Supporters Direct, for several months now.

I think that point needs making over and over again untill everyone understands it, its not a knee jerk group.

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:07 pm  

Looking forward to it

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:16 pm  

BIGAL1 wrote:

I think that point needs making over and over again untill everyone understands it, its not a knee jerk group.

indeed , 2 of us attended the supporters Trust conference 2 months ago following a plea on here from Supporters Direct for delegates to attend

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:54 pm  

It may be worth setting up a facebook group for this

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:04 pm  

Please encourage every Wakefield fan you know (current fans and lapsed ones) to attend this meeting.

If we are to make this work the stronger the group we can put together and the more peole we can get involved the better it will be.

None of us want to see the club go under and if we all work together maybe, just maybe we can be the catalyst that rescues OUR club.

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:28 pm  

I now live on the sunny south coast, but would be interested in the mins from the meeting.

As far as what the group can do - in my view advise members to boycott the share options, allow the club to lapse into admin, and take over the running of the club once this has happened, I think a point of the meeting could be to start to develop a business plan to show to administrators of how the trust could run the club.

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:42 pm  

wakeytom wrote:

As far as what the group can do - in my view advise members to boycott the share options, allow the club to lapse into admin, and take over the running of the club once this has happened, I think a point of the meeting could be to start to develop a business plan to show to administrators of how the trust could run the club.

As peverse as it sounds, I agree with this. Hopefully there are enough supporters with the skills, but perhaps not the cash who could run the club to break even/make a profit, not rack up losses, and if we survive for another 130 years then it's job done.

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:22 pm  

I do not see any mention of Laura Harrison or any other person from Supporters Direct as being in attendance.Will there be any rep.from Supporters Direct to answer any questions on the 18th ?

Re: Supporters Trust, Tues 18th Jan, Cats 7.30pm : Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:30 pm  

We are not looking to establish a Supporters Trust as a mechanism to take over the Club. Its intended to be a means of improving communication between fans and the Board and aiming to achieve ST reprentation on the Board of the Club.

More information will be available on the 18th but I don't want people to see this as a propsed take over of the Club.

What happens in the fullness of time remains to be seen.