: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:46 am  

Karlos wrote:

Just so everyone is aware, I have been in contact with Laura Harrison over the weekend and she has emailed me back with some information.
Laura says if we do decide to go down the road of organising a supporters trust, she will support and advise us through the process.

Laura also recommends we get the ball rolling sooner rather than later as well.If we do decide amongst a few of us to get something started , how many of you would want to be involved?

I dont know if Gary or Bruce want to put this on a separate thread or just leave it on here, but what does everyone think?

I've also spoken to Laura,and i ask anyone who wishes to become involved to please make themselves know.

Supporters Trust : Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:07 am  

I'm interested in it Bruce

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:00 am  

DRAGONFAN wrote:

I've also spoken to Laura,and i ask anyone who wishes to become involved to please make themselves know.

Have you recieved the email ive sent to yourself and Gary , Bruce?

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:43 am  

I would be interested Bruce.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:08 am  

You will also be able to get support from the Social Enterprise Team at Doncaster CVS and from Business Link Yorkshire.

[Jemmo]

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:21 pm  

Trotsky wrote:

To be fair the point of a Supporters Trust is I believe to effectively run and own the club, not just hand money over to the club's owner(s) which went on in the past and we know want happens everytime we ve done that.

The old Supporters Trust raised money in a bid to buy shares and a controlling stake in the club...it still technically exists

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:01 pm  

there could be money avaiable with NDC my dad has been involed with them we have a contact with them he's going to # find out if any money is available?

Donnyk

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:24 pm  

DRAGONFAN wrote:

I've also spoken to Laura,and i ask anyone who wishes to become involved to please make themselves known.[/quote]

I refer you to my previous post

Karlos wrote: The thing is with this supporters trust lark is that it will be the same 30 or 40 who want to get it started.It will be the same 30 or 40 who set up a meeting for the trust and it will be the same 30 or 40 who will attend the meeting.

Everybody harps on about how our average attendance is around the 800 mark, so where then is everyone when its time to dig ourselves out of the 5h1t.
Im afraid it will be the same people trying to do their best for the club (the vast majority of which are on this forum on a regular basis), and until some of the other 760 or so fans decide to get involved it wont be enough.

It needs ALL the fans to get together on this one not just the die hards.The reality and the seriousness of the situation should be enough to get the rest of the fans involved.If it doesnt, then do they really care anyway!!

Ok so you have identified a potential way forward for the club , for it to succeed you need the support of all the fans [ so that is another problem and solution you have identified ]

So how do you get those 760 fans down to a trust set up meeting ?

You need a database of them all and you need to contact them all

When is your next home game ?

Out of the 30/40 who go on here or are within easy contact of those who post on here can you organise some of you to get down to the match and collect names,addresses and phone numbers of all your fans

Between the 30/40 all chip in to pay for a letter to be sent out and get every one of the 30/40 to ring 20 fans each

If they get a letter and a call after already being told why you want their details and they still dont attend or offer to help then basically you are bolloxed

But if you dont try you will not know

You need to be proactive [ hate that word ] with this or it might be too late and your last chance

All the best

You need to let them all know , 20/30 are not enough

Hard work I know but you must do it if you want to get anywhere

[Jemmo]

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:34 pm  

nods

[Wanderer]

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:50 pm  

Jemmo wrote:

The old Supporters Trust raised money in a bid to buy shares and a controlling stake in the club...it still technically exists

Mentioned that to Bruce over a pint this evening.