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Post by Officer Barbrady on Sept 22, 2021 8:10:10 GMT
What a shitshow.
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Post by Charlton Hayes Gas on Sept 22, 2021 8:15:39 GMT
David Thomas is the new SC chairman. Not sure if that’s permanent or interim.
Any idea who the 2 names are to be considered for the reps on the board?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Sept 22, 2021 8:22:51 GMT
“I am very proud and honoured to be asked by the Committee to succeed Jim and I promise to do everything in my power to make my tenure a successful one. Jim is a person I hold in the highest regard and I thoroughly enjoyed serving under him. Following him will be no easy task!
“It is no secret that relations between the Football Club and the Supporters Club have soured to an unacceptable level and I will work tirelessly to put that right. I have already been in contact with senior figures at the Football Club and the early signs are promising.
“Bristol Rovers Supporters Club is and always has been an independent organisation and under my leadership it will remain so. I truly believe that Bristol Rovers Supporters Club exists to serve every supporter of Bristol Rovers and I welcome dialogue from all supporters. If you have an idea or believe that you have something to offer the Supporters Club then please get in touch. We have to modernise I know that. Attracting the younger fan to our membership is something else I would like to address too, we know that some see us as stuffy. Let’s change that!
“Appointing new fans directors is a priority, they are a bridge between the board and the fanbase and we have been without a presence in the boardroom for too long. Two supporters have put themselves forward for these roles and their names were passed to the Football Club yesterday. The Share Scheme Agreement provides for two directors and I sincerely hope that is what will be allowed.
“Completing our Committee is another priority. We had vacancies before Jim, Phil and Sue’s departures and we have identified some of the people we would like to join us. As I mentioned previously if you would like to join us too please get in touch. You will not be turned away”.
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Post by CheshireGas on Sept 22, 2021 8:26:53 GMT
David Thomas is the new SC chairman. Not sure if that’s permanent or interim. Any idea who the 2 names are to be considered for the reps on the board? It is interesting that JC never mentioned who they were but the new Chair says that they are fans who put themselves forward..... Mind you JC also never mentioned the BRSC charge to the FA about WAQ not being 'fit and proper' I was also interested to see this bit - 'It is no secret that relations between the Football Club and the Supporters Club have soured to an unacceptable level and I will work tirelessly to put that right. I have already been in contact with senior figures at the Football Club and the early signs are promising.'
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Post by gashead1981 on Sept 22, 2021 8:28:33 GMT
Congrats to David, hes had an awful year with his health which I hope he is fully on the mend from. I really hope he can rebuild the relations between the 2 clubs.
Helen is a great appointment also. Lovely lady and an asset to both clubs.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Sept 22, 2021 8:31:38 GMT
To be honest, and I don't want to unfairly criticise all these new people before they've even done anything, but it feels like they're putting people in place for the long term and have ideas about who they want to get into other positions. Whenever I've been on voluntary committees like this, all the appointments are made at an AGM, or EGM, and they're all voted through by the membership. I understand getting people to fill in temporary posts when they're needed if others have to drop out, but there's no mention of these being explicitly temporary until the the AGM. The way they have expressed this just feels like a fait accompli.
Eg, why not make a club-wide call for potential fan directors have everyone who wants to be one put to the membership at the AGM? Why do they have two supporters already in the frame? (Or maybe they have done a club-wide call already, and only two came forward, I don't know. I'm not a member these days.)
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Sept 22, 2021 8:35:50 GMT
There is no action that can be taken to stop people making false accusations. They can be sued for defamation of character. If the accusation is as has been reported on GasChat I think WAQ would be well within his rights to sue JC [if it was him who made it public to the press]. However it might also be those who claimed/reported the contents of the letter on here as well as JC. Most people wouldn't know about the claim previously [as far as I am aware] as the press didn't publish the accusation. I personally didn't know about what was supposed to be in the charge until it was made public on here. A reason mods have to be very careful. You may be right. I should have said concerns can be raised but may later be proven incorrect.
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Post by peterparker on Sept 22, 2021 8:49:01 GMT
To be honest, and I don't want to unfairly criticise all these new people before they've even done anything, but it feels like they're putting people in place for the long term and have ideas about who they want to get into other positions. Whenever I've been on voluntary committees like this, all the appointments are made at an AGM, or EGM, and they're all voted through by the membership. I understand getting people to fill in temporary posts when they're needed if others have to drop out, but there's no mention of these being explicitly temporary until the the AGM. The way they have expressed this just feels like a fait accompli. Eg, why not make a club-wide call for potential fan directors have everyone who wants to be one put to the membership at the AGM? Why do they have two supporters already in the frame? (Or maybe they have done a club-wide call already, and only two came forward, I don't know. I'm not a member these days.) The fans director position were advertised some time ago. Time has moved on a bit and things change so you would think a fresh call would be worthwhile especially give the current standing of the relationship between SC and FC Edit: i should add the roles of Chair and Vice Chair etc can be co-opted by the executive committee as vacancies arise, but they must seek election/ratification at the next AGM
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Post by rememberhalifax on Sept 22, 2021 9:34:20 GMT
I have been a member for some years and have great respect for the work the club has done over the years to help the football club. The S/C may be viewed as an old fashioned, obsolete organisation but i still believe there is a place for it as long as it realises what its purpose is. The S/C does not 'own' the football club and i find some of the recent events regarding certain accusations and actions at odds with what a S/C should be about especially those accusations aimed at Wael, and disputes over money donated by fans to help the Football club be held back for what ever reason. Rovers have always had a loyal army of volunteers raising money, giving there time and energy for free , from the late Gordon Bennett up to present day and it is important that the football club continue to embrace and appreciate the efforts of such people , these volunteers seek no egotistical reward for there efforts, but perhaps the same can not be said of those at the helm of the S/C in recent years who may have been in such positions so long as to forget what there purpose was. I wish no disrespect for such people and there work should not go unrecognised but i believe change was needed and has come ,hopefully in the nick of time. I wish the new Chairman well in the position and hope he is able to foster a harmonious relationship with the football club, what can be helpful when issues get so clouded and muddled is to clear the decks of all negative thoughts and go back to basics and in this case the clue is in the 'title' SUPPORTERS CLUB', should not be too hard! The new chairman has made a good start in his opening remarks but i am surprised at the phrase' we have identified some people we would like on aboard.', as AF says, not really very democratic, surely these should be 'elected' positions by the members? any way Good luck Dave personally and in your new role.
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Sept 22, 2021 10:02:48 GMT
To be honest, and I don't want to unfairly criticise all these new people before they've even done anything, but it feels like they're putting people in place for the long term and have ideas about who they want to get into other positions. Whenever I've been on voluntary committees like this, all the appointments are made at an AGM, or EGM, and they're all voted through by the membership. I understand getting people to fill in temporary posts when they're needed if others have to drop out, but there's no mention of these being explicitly temporary until the the AGM. The way they have expressed this just feels like a fait accompli. Eg, why not make a club-wide call for potential fan directors have everyone who wants to be one put to the membership at the AGM? Why do they have two supporters already in the frame? (Or maybe they have done a club-wide call already, and only two came forward, I don't know. I'm not a member these days.) The fans director position were advertised some time ago. Time has moved on a bit and things change so you would think a fresh call would be worthwhile especially give the current standing of the relationship between SC and FC Edit: i should add the roles of Chair and Vice Chair etc can be co-opted by the executive committee as vacancies arise, but they must seek election/ratification at the next AGM Excellent point PP. This, along with "we have identified some people we would like to join us", doesn't inspire me with regards to moving forward. They may well have identified good people, however, there are plenty of other good people out there that they don't know of, who may now think it's not worth trying to get involved. Good luck to David, he sounds very positive about building bridges with the club - I hope that he's the new broom which the SC needs.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 22, 2021 10:29:09 GMT
And now can we put to bed Chappell of rest...
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Post by gashead1981 on Sept 22, 2021 11:04:03 GMT
And now can we put to bed Chappell of rest... Someone would be offended by that tongue in cheek humour 02. Very shortly you will be accused of calling Jim Chappell dead and therefore all of his friends that go with it.
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Post by baggins on Sept 22, 2021 11:07:02 GMT
More to the point, who's Head of Cardigans?
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 22, 2021 11:14:57 GMT
And now can we put to bed Chappell of rest... Someone would be offended by that tongue in cheek humour 02. Very shortly you will be accused of calling Jim Chappell dead and therefore all of his friends that go with it. I don't know how you managed it, but you did.....to put words in my mouth while tongue was in cheek....?
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Post by baggins on Sept 22, 2021 11:25:22 GMT
Someone would be offended by that tongue in cheek humour 02. Very shortly you will be accused of calling Jim Chappell dead and therefore all of his friends that go with it. I don't know how you managed it, but you did.....to put words in my mouth while tongue was in cheek....? Met my ex then.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Sept 22, 2021 11:56:39 GMT
And now can we put to bed Chappell of rest... Someone would be offended by that tongue in cheek humour 02. Very shortly you will be accused of calling Jim Chappell dead and therefore all of his friends that go with it. After watching BRFC for 55+ Years it takes a lot for me to be offended. just look at our stadium and that's an offence to call it a stadium, more like a collection of tents with grass between them
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Post by gashead1981 on Sept 22, 2021 12:03:07 GMT
I don't know how you managed it, but you did.....to put words in my mouth while tongue was in cheek....? Met my ex then. Everyone has....
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Post by baggins on Sept 22, 2021 12:07:25 GMT
Someone would be offended by that tongue in cheek humour 02. Very shortly you will be accused of calling Jim Chappell dead and therefore all of his friends that go with it. After watching BRFC for 55+ Years it takes a lot for me to be offended. just look at our stadium and thats offence to call it a stadium, more like a collect of tents with grass between them It's damned fine grass though.
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 22, 2021 12:08:37 GMT
From afar and knowing very little of the politics except the headlines over the past year I thought that was a decent statement to make. Sure, some have made points about timings etc. But, it sounded as if it was aware that bridges need to be built and that they will try to do that. Reaching out to the club and to the supporters who they represent. Seem very aware of what they need to do in the short term and set out some of them. As ever time will tell and as in many areas, actions will speak louder than words. But it seemed a positive start. UTG!
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Post by Squiffy on Sept 22, 2021 15:04:01 GMT
After watching BRFC for 55+ Years it takes a lot for me to be offended. just look at our stadium and thats offence to call it a stadium, more like a collect of tents with grass between them It's damned fine grass though. …although the going, instead of being good to firm, is hard; just like watching the team. 😉
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