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DaveP wrote:I can't go due to where I live but I hope at the very beginning someone makes it clear to the BOD WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY. We want to know whats going wrong SO THAT WE CAN HELP.

Hopefully the meeting will be constructive and not a slanging/shouting match.

spirit of 1990 wrote:

tictactoe wrote:By posting I didn't want to start a good fan/bad fan debate because some can attend and some can't

I wasn't trying to make it sound like a "good fan/bad fan" split, all I was saying was I think it's important that as many as possible get there. Obviously I didn't mean (& I did say in my post) people who are busy/work away or have anything else already planned. I just can't see the point in people moaning but sat at home waiting for John or whoever to post about what went on.............then whinge that this, that or the other never got mentioned.

tictactoe wrote:Spirit of 1990 just a query were you the guy that spoke to me at the meeting with John McKay by the stairs? Just to satisfy my curiosity

Don't think so Lisa, I spoke to one or two that night. What was the conversation about? PM if you want.

Lancaster Branch wrote:

HenneysKnee wrote:I'm not doing a 1 hour round trip to listen to people try and paper over cracks and pretend everything is ok when it clearly isn't.

Then surely that's when you put your hand up and challenge what you're hearing, no?

Uncle Peter wrote:if we turn up in numbers we can't be ignored. If only a few bother the board may wonder why they bother

KHayman wrote:Is there any chance the meeting can be streamed ?

barrowaberdeen wrote:A fair few of us (some from the ISC, one or two from BDF/NSC, some not) have been talking, and this is how we propose to take things forward:

We propose a supporters committee set up to report to the board and take some control of day to day matters, to support the board's work. It's very much about getting a measure of control back, and looking forward, being proactive etc, not name calling or pointing fingers. We are a members club and should be acting as such- that's a two way street.

They would meet either a representative of the board or the board every month.

This group would take responsibility for:

Administering the volunteer programme
Fans liason with Stewarding/ and policing, home and away
Initiatives such as free tickets for schools etc, Junior Bluebirds, bringing in young people
Fund Raising (mostly left in the gift of the BDF, who do a good job, but with new ideas coming in)
Supporting the shop, modernising, sourcing products etc.

The committee would act as a hub for different groups within the support.

eg BDF, ISC, NSC but also people with new ideas, much like YOU. i see the volunteer plan as being an important part of that, however also the whole thing needs shaking up.

I think it's going to be very easy to get bogged down in recriminations, and some hard things do need to be said, but if that's all that happens a great opportunity will have been lost.

From a purely personal point of view now, I'm not going to sit there and accept future promises on this from the B.O.D- I passionately believe it has to happen now, not at a future A.G.M and that responsibility and support and control of what happens at Barrow A.F.C has to be widened, starting tonight.