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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 12:36:12 GMT
I assume after all the shenanigans that all is well at Rovers now otherwise people would be ripping into Wael today given half a chance. Did everyone get re-elected? Any sign of Hamer? I think there was plenty of harrumping from the likes of knowall and severncider. Rumour has it that there was also a certain amount of rather loud paper rustling, but eventually they all left tugging their forelocks at Wael as they walked backwards out of the door.
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Post by Gastafari on Jun 12, 2019 12:36:26 GMT
Van Da Lism.
Think he plays for Wrecks Em!
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Post by burnthewitch on Jun 12, 2019 12:42:43 GMT
Joe Dunne, assistant manager, talked a lot of sense, very passionate. Told us some stories about his previous visits to the Mem with other teams and how the crowd basically scared the crap out of his Cambridge team a couple of seasons ago in league 2. So you were there Zulu? Did Wael attend? What questions were asked? I was rather hoping people would be taking the Board on regarding the state of our finances and the strategy (if there is one) of Dwane Sports. Did these sorts of questions get asked? Did the brave keyboard warriors not speak up? Or is there some kind of restriction on reporting what was said? I wouldn't have thought it would be possible to slap a confidentiality agreement on a shareholders meeting... but with this lot, you never know.
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Post by pirate49 on Jun 12, 2019 12:57:42 GMT
If we had a pro-active on-the-ball Radio Bristol there would have been a (sports) reporter outside talking to people as they left. We may be the lesser of the two Bristol teams but thousands follow us and our financial concerns are well known. Surely worth sending a reporter and a microphone along.
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Post by hawkgas on Jun 12, 2019 13:14:55 GMT
If we had a pro-active on-the-ball Radio Bristol there would have been a (sports) reporter outside talking to people as they left. We may be the lesser of the two Bristol teams but thousands follow us and our financial concerns are well known. Surely worth sending a reporter and a microphone along. I remember attending Rover’s agm’s where an Evening Post reporter (think it may have been Chris Swift) sat in the meetings and reported on proceedings in the following day’s post, occasionally he would be asked to not mention certain items raised at the meeting, but this was not often and if I recall correctly was usually matters concerning a player.
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Post by zulugas on Jun 12, 2019 13:24:00 GMT
Joe Dunne, assistant manager, talked a lot of sense, very passionate. Told us some stories about his previous visits to the Mem with other teams and how the crowd basically scared the crap out of his Cambridge team a couple of seasons ago in league 2. So you were there Zulu? Did Wael attend? What questions were asked? I was rather hoping people would be taking the Board on regarding the state of our finances and the strategy (if there is one) of Dwane Sports. Did these sorts of questions get asked? Did the brave keyboard warriors not speak up? Or is there some kind of restriction on reporting what was said? I wouldn't have thought it would be possible to slap a confidentiality agreement on a shareholders meeting... but with this lot, you never know. There were questions asked about the late submissions of the finances, the dept of the club and the strategy going forward. Unfortunately it was done in a rather confrontational manner claiming Hanni wont do this or that, and that got defensive type answers that told us nothing new. Wael himself got very agitated and challenge the individual to provide proof of their accusations, which of course they could not. The whole tone of the meeting was very agitated and unpleasant. Because the meeting was taken up by asking the same questions over and over by a couple of individuals there really wasn't much time for general questions. Usual stuff about UWE pulling out of the deal in January at the 11th hour, training ground tied into whatever is happening with stadium etc, nothing new. Tom Widderington said new player announcement today and one tomorrow. Joe Dunne said his piece and that was it really.
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Post by scoobydoogas on Jun 12, 2019 13:24:43 GMT
It's Van Allen. He's got a radiation belt. It's rumoured that he won't go anywhere without his best mate Cosmic Ray.
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Post by pirate49 on Jun 12, 2019 13:30:02 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry'
'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared.
Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned.
Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him.
Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club.
Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.'
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 13:31:48 GMT
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Post by Severncider on Jun 12, 2019 13:39:32 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' There was less than 60 attending. 60 chairs set out and there were a few empty. The thing that amazed me, as it has never happened before, was when each Director was up for re-election, about 50% of the shareholders abstained from voting, apart from the election of KM. They also struggled to get a proposer and seconder to approve the accounts.
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Post by pirate49 on Jun 12, 2019 13:44:06 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' There was less than 60 attending. 60 chairs set out and there were a few empty. The thing that amazed me, as it has never happened before, was when each Director was up for re-election, about 50% of the shareholders abstained from voting, apart from the election of KM. Don't get this. Doesn't KM come up for election at the SC AGM, or is he no longer SC Director but has jumped over and become a Full Director?
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Post by hawkgas on Jun 12, 2019 13:47:13 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman
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Post by Gassy on Jun 12, 2019 13:51:56 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman Perhaps there should have been a thread on Hamer called "Will he come?"
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Post by RD on Jun 12, 2019 14:01:48 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman I imagine he was in a garden somewhere..............
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Post by Severncider on Jun 12, 2019 14:10:33 GMT
The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman I imagine he was in a garden somewhere.............. There was a valid reason why he was not there and even I, who is not his best mate, had no problem with his absence.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jun 12, 2019 14:10:43 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' There was less than 60 attending. 60 chairs set out and there were a few empty. The thing that amazed me, as it has never happened before, was when each Director was up for re-election, about 50% of the shareholders abstained from voting, apart from the election of KM. They also struggled to get a proposer and seconder to approve the accounts. Maybe it's time for one of 2 things to happen. Either the people in attendance need to publicly come forward now and explain why they no longer support the board in their endeavours or they need to actively start trying to work with the board for the betterment of Bristol Rovers. We are desperately lacking direction from both sides at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 14:17:22 GMT
The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman I imagine he was in a garden somewhere.............. Moonlighting as a Gnome you say? Is that not a conflict of interest?
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Post by RD on Jun 12, 2019 14:34:35 GMT
I imagine he was in a garden somewhere.............. There was a valid reason why he was not there and even I, who is not his best mate, had no problem with his absence. Was he stuck in a lift?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 14:59:18 GMT
Copied from the other site....hope you don't mind 'Harry' 'Spoke to two fans who attended last nights AGM. Apparently well over a hundred did attend. Both said it was shambolic and disorganised. No Hamer as on holiday and Mike Turner who chaired meeting had to leave before the end ! He was so softly spoken few could hear him and he had no microphone. Apparently the auditors were not invited as a fee would have had to be paid and Directors said rarely are they ever asked questions. Many of the audience said they wanted to ask them questions about accounts and the lateness being prepared. Many of the motions were voted against or failed to get interest from many of the shareholders which was not normal for AGMs. There were exchanges with Supporters Club who have been asking the club for share certificates to confirm the BRSC Share Scheme actually owned them. Club said this was in hand to lots of amusement. Directors confirmed no more ground improvements planned. Manager was away but Joe Dunne the new Assistant manager added some humour to proceedings. Both Wael and CEO said little or nothing till the final minutes of the meeting. Wael to assure fans not to listen to unfounded rumours stirred up by those trying to undermine him. Widdrington confirmed two imminent signings one a young pro from a lower league club. Many shareholders came away feeling our Club was being served by few if any who wanted to improve things.' The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman Probably was on holiday and very likely he did not want to lose his money. After all the AGM was only announced recently and he had very likely paid all the monies at that time. I am not aware that the insurance companies reimburse money if you reason is, you have to attend a AGM.
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Post by gregsy on Jun 12, 2019 15:01:54 GMT
The Chaiman was on holiday! I attend a number of agm’s at plc’s and have never been to one where the Chairman was on holiday, chairing the agm is an important duty of the Chairman Probably was on holiday and very likely he did not want to lose his money. After all the AGM was only announced recently and he had very likely paid all the monies at that time. I am not aware that the insurance companies reimburse money if you reason is, you have to attend a AGM. Probably waited untill he booked it, then set the date for the meeting....
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