Talk of grazing rights reminds me of the halcyon days of the early Macari era Board...when one of the directors .....I know his name, but in the current febrile litigious TEF environment I'll refrain from using it.....billed STFC for large quantities of straw to act as a frost protector.....thing was the bills were for 10's of thousands whereas straw even in fairly large quantities is relatively cheap....it was a way of salting cash away from HMCE.
These events happened more or less straight away after the Articles of Association were changed about 84 or 85.....had this decision not been arrived at we wouldn't be in the shit we are today.
Put simply up until then the clubs founding fathers had worked on the Rochdale Co-Op system of *OMOV.....in fact what the Trust seek to return to, namely greater democracy.....this meant my vote on matters as a shareholder was as good as SSW's.
Often Directors could be voted out by ordinary shareholders, this discouraged some businessmen. In the early days Sam Allen would go rouind the Works when the club was strapped and sell shares to railwaymen. It meant the club was poor but honest.
The change in articles it was felt would encourage businessmen to invest, unfortunately it has just led to a succession of chancers of which a recent board appointment would seem the latest in line.
There must be an irony somewhere that losing the Rochdale system has led us to the Rochdale division.
*One member one vote
Someone sound the hooter please
