Well, I've just joined.
I'm a member too.
Whether you agree with them or not, at least they are trying to do something. Much better than just sitting on a keyboard and moaning on a football forum.
They are well intentioned and passionate about Coventry City and they wish to strengthen the bond between the club and the fans.
Welcome aboard, Torch!
Well, I've just joined.
^^This!
I too am a member, and I too think that at least as a group we are trying to achieve something to secure the future of the club. What are the moaners doing apart from moaning?
Well, I've just joined.
Just who are theySelf appointed super hero'sHow many members (i dont know anybody involved)One of them was inteviewed the other week on the radio and asked how a meeting with SISU went he replyed i dont know couldn't go and haven't spoken to anybody yet.Why do CWR bother with them.
Thanks, Michael. I thought "why not?". We should all stick together really now regardless of who we think is to blame for our current woes.
I'm not a trust member at the moment, maybe I will one day, and maybe I wont.
I'm open to the idea and not dismissive. But does that mean i'm not wholeheartedly a CCFC fan / supporter / etc.,... No
And just because you don't join the trust, doesn't mean you are being hypercritical of them.
Turning up to the games and supporting the team shows me that there are fans out there who give a dam.
I'm worried by the idea that a member of an 800 strong supporters group will have an elected member on the clubs board as a representation of the fans, as they don't represent enough of them.
We're all members off CCFC.
Agree with you Gaz. I cannot see the Trust getting board representation, it has 800 members. If, and when, the Trust has 10k membership maybe their opinions will be listened to. At present the club pay lip service to the Trust.
I do think supporter representation is a good thing.
Join and help change those numbers then
The Trust is an established body with some 700+ members who have an interest in representing the supporters of CFFC.
What they say or do is up to them and their members.
I personally applaud their efforts while at the same time find it for the most part irrelevent. Sorry.
You can never represent the supporters as a whole just a fabled few. You can't speak for everyone I'm afraid and what is startling to me is the approach they assume to take. It must be remembered we are all followers and supporters but CCFC is a private business, not a private members club we are all subscribed to.
Like it or not the owners will do as they wish or believe is right for them. So would I, if it was my business. The only thing the Trust can do is help represent opinion of the supporters based on the body of their membership. Much like this forum and others with thousands of members the football club could listen to opinion from.
For the Trust to suggest they get a foothold in the boardroom, effect decision making is not laudable but laughable.
If the membership were to increase to 15 or 20,000 then they may have a case for being heard.
Don't get me wrong if the club listens to you then great but is what you are saying what the rest of us want? I have listened to some of the stuff from their spokesman and I don't think he is qualified enough to represent the greater good, not for me at any rate. It's not my club, it's not your club either. It's a business. The word 'club' is really a misnomer. Do CCFC hand out memberships?
Good luck with all you do as well intentioned as you are but this current mess will get sorted without you.
Well why not join up ?
Torchy - you have restored my faith in human kind mate - thanks for joining. Anyone else who wants to join can do so at the trust website or at the game tomorrow - we have just received permission from the club to do a recruitment drive. So we will be outside the Ricoh signing people up - bring your quid (better than giving it to ACL for 1/3 of pint eh Grendel) and join up. The more members we have the bigger say we can have with these or any new owners who come in.
Lets assume SISU do pack up and leave town and new owners come in - if there is a fans body representing a large number of the fans do you think they will take all our views in account with decisions they might make? For the past 20 years previous owners have ignored the fans and look how that's gone for them. So join up and lets together make sure the fans are never overlooked again.
Agree with you Gaz. I cannot see the Trust getting board representation, it has 800 members. If, and when, the Trust has 10k membership maybe their opinions will be listened to. At present the club pay lip service to the Trust.
I do think supporter representation is a good thing.
Torchy - you have restored my faith in human kind mate - thanks for joining. Anyone else who wants to join can do so at the trust website or at the game tomorrow - we have just received permission from the club to do a recruitment drive. So we will be outside the Ricoh signing people up - bring your quid (better than giving it to ACL for 1/3 of pint eh Grendel) and join up. The more members we have the bigger say we can have with these or any new owners who come in.
Lets assume SISU do pack up and leave town and new owners come in - if there is a fans body representing a large number of the fans do you think they will take all our views in account with decisions they might make? For the past 20 years previous owners have ignored the fans and look how that's gone for them. So join up and lets together make sure the fans are never overlooked again.
Agree with you Gaz. I cannot see the Trust getting board representation, it has 800 members. If, and when, the Trust has 10k membership maybe their opinions will be listened to. At present the club pay lip service to the Trust.
I do think supporter representation is a good thing.
Do you know exactly where around the ground your likely to be located Jan?
I don't really get why more people don't join, it's not expensive and if you don't like what they're doing you can join up and say so and maybe get things changed!
Could something maybe be added to season ticket forms to give people an option to join the trust?
There will be a desk in the Casino foyer (thanks to our sponsors G Casino) and Trust personnel will be there and outside the Casino and others will be on the other side of the Ricoh on the walk up from the rail underpass so we can catch those coming from Car Park C and the retail park. We will be easy to spot as we will have on Trust T-Shirts and if the weather doesn't improve we will be Sky Blue with cold!
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