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Nov 1, 2019 17:56:37 GMT
Post by knowall on Nov 1, 2019 17:56:37 GMT
Why is that no-one seems to know who this Bob is? He must be doing a fantastic job? Another attempt by the owners to bypass the traditional support groups which have served the football club so well for many years? Well dont worry about it too much, we are about to get our club back. A month ago. If we don't will there be one?
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SC Agm
Nov 1, 2019 17:57:31 GMT
Post by Topper Gas on Nov 1, 2019 17:57:31 GMT
Very commendable! But what does he do to warrant his fans director roll? By his own admission - little or nothing since all decisions are now taken by the CEO of the FC and board meetings are rarely held any more. He continues in the role because that's part of the deal with the Share Scheme, so it's a legal requirement. I understand it was agreed we would only have one SC director in the FC after the takeover, but might be wrong on that front! Ken was very open about his role at the AGM last night - it's fair to say he is not a fan of the CEO! Not the best position to be is it, the SC Fans rep is not a fan of the most senior person, on a day to day basis, at the club they are supposed to be supporting! The Chairman's update ahead of the AGM praising DC for all he did for the club is frankly embarrassing.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 1, 2019 17:59:04 GMT
Well dont worry about it too much, we are about to get our club back. A month ago. If we don't will there be one? You keep chipping away with this suggestion across various threads but is there any real evidence there won't be?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Nov 1, 2019 18:05:58 GMT
Well dont worry about it too much, we are about to get our club back. A month ago. If we don't will there be one? No idea. I wasnt the one who came here and told everyone we were about to be bought out. If you have evidence that we are on the brink of disaster how about posting it here along with proof and sources and I will do everything in my power to support you.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 18:22:37 GMT
I’m trying to find the words but I can’t do my feelings justice, so I’ll summarise it as
When the f**k is everyone going to grow the f**k up, pull themselves together and give this club some Dam direction. We can’t be sold quick enough!
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Nov 1, 2019 20:22:20 GMT
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Post by utg12 on Nov 1, 2019 20:22:20 GMT
We don’t employ anyone as an ambassador, Bob volunteers his time to help try and get the supporters more info and bridge the gap between the fan base and the club. Why is that no-one seems to know who this Bob is? He must be doing a fantastic job? Another attempt by the owners to bypass the traditional support groups which have served the football club so well for many years? Thank god someone gets it. Nothing against Bob Monro as such but clearly been given this access in order to utterly bypass several decent organisations (far far more than the SC) who just want to provide rank and file fans with events and info, and not get involved with pathetic politics, boardroom battles and macho swaggering.
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Nov 1, 2019 20:24:34 GMT
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Post by utg12 on Nov 1, 2019 20:24:34 GMT
What exactly does Ken Masters do? Love it Grow up. Can you honestly not see that you are just a pawn in their game??
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 20:25:48 GMT
Ha!
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Nov 1, 2019 20:33:08 GMT
Grow up. Can you honestly not see that you are just a pawn in their game?? I once had a pot and it was black. I used it as a kettle. It continues to fail to deliver.
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Nov 1, 2019 20:34:39 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 20:34:39 GMT
Grow up. Can you honestly not see that you are just a pawn in their game?? I once had a pot and it was black. I used it as a kettle. It continues to fail to deliver. I've never owned a black pot nor a black kettle.
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Nov 1, 2019 20:38:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 20:38:49 GMT
Sorry I sneezed and posted before I finished. I meant to post Hamer! Not Ha! Not that there is much difference.
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SC Agm
Nov 1, 2019 20:44:40 GMT
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Post by gasstrictband on Nov 1, 2019 20:44:40 GMT
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases.
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Post by gregsy on Nov 1, 2019 20:53:51 GMT
This thread is classic....
Supporters club AGM, yet not a word about it, not a single reference to a bloody thing mentioned in it....
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SC Agm
Nov 1, 2019 21:20:32 GMT
Post by Topper Gas on Nov 1, 2019 21:20:32 GMT
Why is that no-one seems to know who this Bob is? He must be doing a fantastic job? Another attempt by the owners to bypass the traditional support groups which have served the football club so well for many years? Thank god someone gets it. Nothing against Bob Monro as such but clearly been given this access in order to utterly bypass several decent organisations (far far more than the SC) who just want to provide rank and file fans with events and info, and not get involved with pathetic politics, boardroom battles and macho swaggering. Having looked at the FB profile it seems all BM's doing his posting links to the official club Twitter feed, he's hardly bypassing the SC etc with top secret club info, yet more anti ALQ nonsense from you.
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Post by gasincider on Nov 1, 2019 21:45:01 GMT
What exactly does Ken Masters do? Enjoys a good prawn sarnie on matchdays at no expense to himself... Spends a lot of time answering emails....hang on a minute...on Twitter...umm no...always accessible to fans...not really... What does Ken do again? I see bullying a gent in his 70's is spreading. To think these two are moderators. Isn't that a twist on the meaning of the word? I decided to go to the meeting last night to find out exactly what he does, and was pleased with what I heard. The supporters club exist for one reason only. To raise funds for all things BRFC. This is what they do. They raise far more than any other affiliated grouping, including the presidents fan club in the west stand. Last night some meat was put on the bones, and two areas stood out. With regard to the community trust, in 2004, it seemed that our community department was about to fold, with no facilities worthy of the name being available, and no funding. Ken decided not to allow that to happen, as it would mean the sh** would have the whole of Bristol to themselves. So, he put a considerable sum of his own money into the scheme, and worked to get additional funding from other sources, and approached a number of schools in the area who between them raised more funds to start a revamped community trust with funding of about £35k. To cut a long story short, this was in about 2008. Ken appointed Adam Tutton, and started promoting the Trust as hard as he could, with massive support from Adam. This year, the Trust has just achieved a turnover of over £500,000, has had fantastic success in helping people in all walks of life in the area, so much so, that in 2018, it won the Bristol Life Charity of the year award, and this year it has received the Gloucester County FA community award. It is presently short listed with Cardiff City and Sunderland for a national business award. The decision will be made later this month. Cardiff and Sunderland receive huge backing from their parent clubs, whilst ours doesn't. As for the gas girls, for some years now, funding was promised to get them back up and running. Nothing transpired, so in May, Ken apparently asked the supporters club for £2000, to get the required kit and a few footballs, to get the girls up and running. He said he would need the funding before August to get the project under way. The supporters club decided it was a worthy project, and immediately donated £5000, literally the following day. The gas girls advertised they were reforming, and on the first day, over 140 ladies and girls reported at the training site. There were only only a couple of staff to cope, and they were shocked at the response. But they were determined not to turn anyone away, and selections were made as to groups to represent the first team and the development squad, whilst most of the others were encouraged to play in in house matches if only to achieve higher levels of fitness, and generally creating an avenue for socialising and getting people out into the fresh air. Since then, the staff has increased to 10, including two who were present with Adam and Ken last night, who were brilliant representatives for the girls and consequently the club. They were all of the same opinion, and couldn't praise Ken enough for his efforts in creating the new gas girls network, and I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the efforts Ken, who is a retired guy has put in. He worked in the the education system for some years, and used his experiences to help create a classroom set up to run B-Tech courses, which apparently are the equivalent of a three A Level course. This I believe is in the West Stand. Of course, Ken who only goes to games to eat Prawn Sandwiches and to be a waste of space like certain moderators on here, doesn't talk very often about what he does on behalf of the club, he is a far more modest man, but if you think all this is bullsh*t, ask Adam Tutton, and the others involved in fund raising on behalf of the gas girls, the club itself, and the Community Trust. They are all so grateful for the help and assistance initiated by Ken. I decided not to verbally bully or indeed slag off a man who has spent years, not to mention personal funds to help our club, under many different guises, I decided to go and find out for myself. So when certain people are doing someone else's dirty work by posting crap on here, do what I did. Get off your ass, and go and find out the truth behind the bull you are being fed. Well done Ken. Keep up the good work.
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Nov 1, 2019 21:50:31 GMT
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Post by Officer Barbrady on Nov 1, 2019 21:50:31 GMT
Grow up. Can you seriously not see that you are just a pawn in their seriously?? Seriously.
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Post by yattongas on Nov 1, 2019 23:34:11 GMT
It ain’t happening lads.
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Post by gashead1981 on Nov 1, 2019 23:34:45 GMT
Blimey, we don’t hear from the holy trinity for weeks and then they all pop up digging for a rise out of people with accusations flying left, right and centre.
Firstly, as you are all online, pop over to the fruit market thread will you boys, there are some unanswered questions on there only you lot know how to answer. My requests by Knowall were ignored earlier this week.
To the supporters club.
The supporters club, although does various good things (credit where it’s due), needs an overhaul from top to bottom. It’s been done to death on here previously, but let’s state it again for the record because no one bothers to reply with any succinctness on the subject.
So let’s start with an important part of being a fans director. Communication with the fans. How can he communicate with the fans, when you have a fans director that is tucked away in box 1 on matchdays? How can you communicate with the fans with no contact on email or social media, how is he actually being the link between club and fans?
Why haven’t the SC got any members on the committee below the age of 40? Why is there no diversity in ethnicity on the committee, how can you represent such people? Where is the female fans representative? Or what are they doing to promote BAME and LGBTQ groups? Where is the support for the disabled? Where is the support target for encouraging families and the target age group of 14-25 for new supporters. It’s a white collar, middle class bridge club. Point me to the members on the website and advertisement of the initiatives that say otherwise.
And speaking of the website, the new one is a joke. It’s SEO and rank optimisation is next to non existent. I’ve checked. Have the SC garnered any electronic data from the main club website to harvest any new fans? How about getting the SC sponsored to raise the profile? Media, social or otherwise? The best social media gets is mostly a bunch of retweets from the official source, no links with opposition fan clubs, local podcasts or forums. The closest any print media it gets outside the official programme is leaks from the board to the Bristol Post.
And then people say, ah but why are you being so critical? They do XY and Z. Because that’s been done for years and years, the 50/50, the dinner dance etc, with a degree of success I will admit, but it could be so much better, and yet they either can’t be bothered, don’t want to listen or don’t want to adapt with the times, and that is the precise reason the SC will bumble along in its current guise and nothing will change, because it needs complete change and not the action of just 1 or 2 individuals. But I’m willing to bet if you had 5 willing new members, willing to do put their hands up to be on the committee and to represent as the fans director, they would get nowhere near the top table, because it’s almost Masonic.
The reason why there is such a disconnect between the SC and the club is because you have Tom Gorringe, who is brilliantly leading the commercial and marketing department in ways we could never dream of 5 years ago, looking back at a club who can barely scrape a newsletter together.
If I have got any of the above wrong then do feel free to correct me.
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Nov 1, 2019 23:44:52 GMT
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Post by gashead1981 on Nov 1, 2019 23:44:52 GMT
Grow up. Can you honestly not see that you are just a pawn in their game?? Are you the king or queen in said game? A few weeks ago people said you were the knight, but he seems to have fallen off his horse.
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Post by piratesquarters on Nov 1, 2019 23:54:21 GMT
I once had a pot and it was black. I used it as a kettle. It continues to fail to deliver. I've never owned a black pot nor a black kettle. If you're watching in black and white, the pink is behind the brown.
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