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 About the Trust Trust in Yellow was officially formed on the 26th April 2006 by a group of supporters of Southport Football Club disgruntled by a lack of supporter involvement and a growing rift between the board of directors and it's supporters. During the six months which preceded the group had spent time carefully constructing working relationships with the supporters, board of directors, playing staff and media. Whilst wholly independent Trust in Yellow works closely with Southport Football Club to achieve their individual and respective objectives.
Latest News Trust In Yellow Statement on Concessionary prices Trust In Yellow congratulates the club and the Chairman on the decision to reduce the concessionary price for 12-18 year olds from £9 to £5.< Such a reduction was suggested in the Trust’s strategy document presented to the club in January and we have been asking the club for some time for such a change which we feel is an important step forward towards building our supporter base for the future. £5 is a much more realistic price to encourage young supporters to attend matches at Haig Avenue and then hopefully to buy a season ticket which we agree is excellent value at £55.
Membership Renewals It's that time of year where a lot of memberships are due for renewal. To renew yours you can either pop into the Club Shop at the next home match or renew online by following the 'Online Shop' link.
Coach Travel We will be running coaches to the first two away games at Kidderminster and Cambridge. For Kidderminster the coach will depart from The Arion at 3.10, The Crown at 3.20, The George at 3.25 and Haig Ave at 3.30. The fare is £15 to Trust members paid in advance £21 on the day. Non Members should add £5 to each of these prices. The Cambridge coachg will depart from The Arion at 9.10am, The Crown at 9.20, The George at 9.25 and Haig Ave at 9.30. The fare for this trip is £25 members paid in advance £30 on the day. Non members should again add £5. To book you can either ring Alan on 07980-911693 or call in to the Club Shop at any of the pre-season friendlies. Membership of TIY only costs £10 per year so if you plan on using the coaches for two games or more you will get your money back by being a member. The Trust would like to run coaches to as many games as possible and the more that travel the cheaper it becomes so please consider supporting the coaches.
Minutes of T.I.Y. Members' Meeting held on Thursday, July 8th 1.Minutes of previous board meeting. Most matters were covered elsewhere but thanks were given to the friend of member Steve Montgomery who had offered to pay for advertising in the Southport Visiter for matches throughout the season. The adverts would also mention T.I.Y. but at no cost to the Trust. 2.Finances – Phil Carder gave a detailed hand out of accounts At present the balance stood at £11,371.81 but this was before the outstanding £3800 for the reserve team manager’s expenses had been paid. Without that the reserve team funding provided totalled £ 7,894 The net SURPLUS on coach travel on the season was £791. The hosting fee for the Trust website had been paid to the end of May 2012. There was an outstanding invoice for £3800 from the club for the reserve team manager. At the meeting with the club assurances had been received about the invoices. They did agree with the original T.I.Y. estimates and it was agreed to pay money for that amount. With the shares received so far and with the further amount due the Trust would become the fourth largest shareholder. The T.I.Y. brochure ‘A Season to Savour’ to celebrate the Championship success had been very well received and was selling very well. Thanks to Rob Urwin, Julia Urwin and Alan Jones and all members involved in its production. Membership. Bill Sloan reported that membership now stood at 199. The next month was very busy in terms of memberships being due for renewal and letters and email would be sent out reminding people to rejoin. 3.Feedback and discussion from meeting with club and actions to take forward. A report was given on the meeting with the club which had taken place on Wednesday, 16th June after the club AGM. The Trust had been represented by Martin Robinson, Rob Urwin, Nick Catterall, Julia Urwin and Bill Sloan. The club by Charlie Clapham, Sam Shrouder and Liam Watson. The Trust had suggested this date to the club because we had been waiting so long for another meeting. Even so there was only limited time for discussions.
Minutes of T.I.Y. Board Meeting - Thursday 10th June 2010 Finances
Phil opened the meeting with details regarding the financial situation of the Trust. The current balance currently stands at £12,700. TIY had paid £300 to reserve a table at the Championship Dinner at Floral Hall to be sold on to members The Non-League 24 Magazine summer edition had been received, the send-back system had been working and the trust had been receiving the appropriate credit due for the scheme. It was also detailed that membership renewal money and pledge money was coming in and a number of pledges had already been made again for next season. The 'Season To Savour' Brochure has been a big success Phil also confirmed £120 had been paid for the website hosting fee which covered TIY for the next two years. The annual Supporters Direct membership fee of £50 had been paid. Reserve Team Funding Phil wrote to Charlie Clapham on 22nd March chasing the outstanding share certificate. Letter received dated 21st April from CC including the share certificate taking the total holding up to 6,000 shares. Cost for the kit was £853.24 as per a detailed invoice, this TIY will pay. The issue of the Reserve Team manager, currently Allan Smart was raised and further discussions would take place with CC before this invoice would be paid. AGM Martin raised the point that next week's AGM meeting would be an opportunity to discuss the Reserve team. It should be stressed at the meeting that no blame should be put on TIY for any delay in a decision and that TIY had chased CC for a meeting and it was CC who was delaying any progress. It was proposed for a post AGM meeting between the Trust and CC and SS who might otherwise be unavailable until the start of the new season. Phil was to contact CC about arranging this meeting. Club Accounts Phil detailed the club accounts recently sent to SFC shareholders. It was detailed that Pinewise as a limited company ran at break-even, that the outflow was consistent but worryingly the reserve of money which was previously there was diminishing year on year. FIRST TEAM FUNDING A few weeks ago Liam had contacted Rob about the possibility of the Trust giving additional funding in support of the first team. Alan Jones proposed that if such a scheme was to be introduced that the money should be raised through a series of events, the idea of ‘Liam Aid’ as so successfully done by Tranmere Rovers was suggested by Ben K. It was generally felt that we would get any agreement in writing before going ahead with anything as otherwise it was felt that it would be hard to ensure that the money raised would be spent on such a scheme. It was suggested we discussed the idea with LW and any proposals would have to be agreed to by members. Steve Montgomery Rob had received communication from Steve Montgomery who had a business friend interested in helping to promote the club/TIY. Steve's friend had proposed to advertise the 'next game' on the back of the Southport Visiter every week, which would come at a cost of £45 per week. In return for our assistance we would have the TIY logo on the advert. The proposal was approved by the board. ( TO CLARIFY THIS ITEM; T.I.Y. are NOT providing any money for this advert which will all be provided by Steve's friend). Player Sponsorship It was agreed that TIY would again sponsor a player at a cost of £150. Events It was generally felt that TIY needed to do more events and with a wider variety. The ‘One Man Football Show’ by Graham Lloyd is a possibility and TIY will be looking to confirm a booking once the fixtures are known, along with a race night early into the season. The idea of the SFC vs Supporters Cricket Match was also raised as was a Golf Day.
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