Supporter representation on the board

[melksham_exile]

the increased cost for me is from £16 on the day for the town end to............£19. Some context is needed, people still buy boots meal deals (even after their rediciulous price hike) people still take the train even though it cost me an extra £2 every day. It's easy to criticise the board from the outside without knowing the full extent of league two's wage cap and budgeting constraints. I still feel that it's a direct result of relegation, not some potential 'cash in on Di Canio' scenario

[herthab]

Not all businesses are the same, and as JGIAA points out football clubs are strange businesses.  Take for example the Co-Op model, where the members get to vote for the Board of Directors, who are then expected to make the best decisions for the business and membership.

Of course STFC used to be run as a Co-Op until the mid 80's....when the fateful decision to change the Articles of Association were changed.

WE know the difficult history this has given since....and a fan rep on the Board, was one of the aims, when Diamond Mike and SSW were in charge.  Think people settled back and were prepared to trust the present lot to get things right...this could now be changing, possibly slowly at first.

You're talking shit.

I work for the largest Co-operative in the world and it doesn't work like that.

[Batch]

Yeah, where are the green shield stamps for a start.

[JanAageisGod]

Community schemes groom fans for the future. What the fuck has that got to do with board representation?

It's more about your assertion it's a business and nothing more and should be run as such. Are schemes actually also about doing good/giving something back or just hoovering up the next generation? Should we check the cost per young fan recruited before we see if they live or die? Ooh I feel my first flame war starting...

[Simon Pieman]

Football in the Community is run as a charity and has to raise funds though, if that's what's being referred to?

[mrverve]

I agree with Herthab on this one. Fans are notoriously fickle whilst the board have to do what they have to do from a financial point of view. They maybe should interact more etc. but supporters on the board, no.

[JanAageisGod]

I hereby win Knight of the day on the fact the Community Scheme is a charity. Mock me as you see fit.

However, the wider point I was going for is what is the actual point of the club? Is it solely to attempt to play at the highest level possible on the professional pyramid, or is it about other, less economic stuff, like being a focal point of the community, or something that does both by developing young football talent?

As we've been pretty useless at the first one for the vast majority of our history and so many people have talked about the social aspect of following the team, should it all be hard nosed economic decisions and if there is some community aspect to the whole thing, then who better represents that than fans?

[THE FLASH]

Hethab should be on the Board.

He bored me and JJ Edmunds shitless at Exeter away.

[Phil_S]

One of the aims of the Trust is to have board representation. The best way to achieve this is through shareholding.

[Ardiles]

As we've been pretty useless at the first one for the vast majority of our history and so many people have talked about the social aspect of following the team, should it all be hard nosed economic decisions and if there is some community aspect to the whole thing, then who better represents that than fans?

Spot on.

[Peter Venkman]

Hethab should be on the Board.

He bored me and JJ Edmunds shitless at Exeter away.

TBF I wasn't sure if it was the bloody game that bored me!

[THE FLASH]

TBF I wasn't sure if it was the bloody game that bored me!

In reality the banter was more amsuing than that shit!

Grella on the bench for the whole game...unbelievable!

[deltaincline]

One of the aims of the Trust is to have board representation. The best way to achieve this is through shareholding.

Is there still a Trust organisation for Swindon Town? If so, what the fuck have they said about the 25 quid ticket prices for next season?

Apologies. Just found the trust website: Last updated in April. Fuck-all relevant information about anything. Brilliant.

I bet old Jezza is creaming his fucking pants at the proposal of having fan representation on the board. How about a joint effort between the trust and supporters club? The former can provide somone who's 3 months behind the times, says fuck-all and does fuck-all, and the latter an expert on quilt making and knitting. Sorted or what?