Post by SeanBroseley on Feb 6, 2005 18:26:04 GMT 1
at Shrewsbury Town.
For the moaning supporter.
internet messageboards
local rag letter pages
Wakeman Stand
A Supporters Trust will improve the facilities for the supporter who wants to do something rather than moan about the things that are not happening.
The question has been asked, "What is a Supporters Trust for, what is it aims?"
Well, what do you want?
As a properly constituted Industrial and Provident Society that is registered with the Financial Services Authority and affiliated to Supporters Direct its finances and internal workings are open to the scrutiny of its members so it's down to those members to decide its aims and to elect the people they think are most capable of carrying out those aims.
Here are a typical set of aims as they may be applicable to Shrewsbury Town Football Club:
Another comment I have heard is "Sounds like they are after our money"
That is correct, but not only your money, your time as well.
Let's get real about this, we can either carry on behaving as we currently do and trust to hope that there will be a different outcome or change our behaviour and the processes by which our Club operates and thereby change the outcomes.
With the Club stuck at the wrong end of the Fourth Division - yet again - people should not be asking why should I get involved, but asking what possible reason is there for not getting involved.
Third point I have heard, "Keith Sayfritz is behind it all."
He'd possibly like to think so.
Fourth point I have heard, "It's no use having a supporters trust without a supporters representative on the board."
This is an excellent point. If we believe in a set of aims and values which we want our Club to follow then we should want to be in a position to have sufficient power to execute the necessary actions for these to be fulfilled.
A supporters trust can do that by persuading those members who individually own shares to let the trust exercise a proxy over those shares. The trust can purchase shares. People can also gift shares to the supporters trust.
In the meantime the democratisation process that a supporters trust will represent will give new vogour and purpose to the dialogue between the fans and the current officials and directors of the Club.
Supporters Trust not trust to hope.
For the moaning supporter.
internet messageboards
local rag letter pages
Wakeman Stand
A Supporters Trust will improve the facilities for the supporter who wants to do something rather than moan about the things that are not happening.
The question has been asked, "What is a Supporters Trust for, what is it aims?"
Well, what do you want?
As a properly constituted Industrial and Provident Society that is registered with the Financial Services Authority and affiliated to Supporters Direct its finances and internal workings are open to the scrutiny of its members so it's down to those members to decide its aims and to elect the people they think are most capable of carrying out those aims.
Here are a typical set of aims as they may be applicable to Shrewsbury Town Football Club:
- To strengthen the dialogue between the Shrewsbury Town and its supporters on substantial issues such as ticketing, stadium development and community relations.
- To galvanise support for Shrewsbury Town, its players and management in their fight to preserve Football League status this season and to return to the Club to a higher level of competition that it had previously taken for granted.
- To strengthen the bonds between Shrewsbury Town and the community which it serves, and to represent the interests of the community in the running of the club.
- To raise money for the Club to spend in such a way to promote the aims and objectives of the Trust.
- To buy and hold shares in Shrewsbury Town Football Club on behalf of the Trust’s membership, and to seek elected representatives to the club’s board of directors.
- To benefit present and future members of the community served by Shrewsbury Town by promoting, encouraging and furthering the game of football as a recreational facility, sporting activity and focus for community involvement.
- To encourage Shrewsbury Town to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and of the community it serves in its decisions.
- To honour the history of Shrewsbury Town Football Club and recognise the contribution that former players and managers have made to that history.
Another comment I have heard is "Sounds like they are after our money"
That is correct, but not only your money, your time as well.
Let's get real about this, we can either carry on behaving as we currently do and trust to hope that there will be a different outcome or change our behaviour and the processes by which our Club operates and thereby change the outcomes.
With the Club stuck at the wrong end of the Fourth Division - yet again - people should not be asking why should I get involved, but asking what possible reason is there for not getting involved.
Third point I have heard, "Keith Sayfritz is behind it all."
He'd possibly like to think so.
Fourth point I have heard, "It's no use having a supporters trust without a supporters representative on the board."
This is an excellent point. If we believe in a set of aims and values which we want our Club to follow then we should want to be in a position to have sufficient power to execute the necessary actions for these to be fulfilled.
A supporters trust can do that by persuading those members who individually own shares to let the trust exercise a proxy over those shares. The trust can purchase shares. People can also gift shares to the supporters trust.
In the meantime the democratisation process that a supporters trust will represent will give new vogour and purpose to the dialogue between the fans and the current officials and directors of the Club.
Supporters Trust not trust to hope.