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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 Minutes of T.I.Y. Board Meeting – Thursday 4th Feb 2010 Att: Paul I, Phil C, Alan S, Alan J, Rob U, Julia U, Andy K, Martin R, Nick C Apologies Bill S, Ben K Following the postponement of the Workington game, due to their FA Trophy involvement, the meeting between the club and the trust has been re-scheduled for Saturday 6th March. Coach travel – Hinckley coach has sufficient numbers to definitely run, booking are being taken for Farsley and Corby. Membership – current membership stands at 185 Finances – balance now stands at £12687.61 Reserve team funding stands at £4379 with an estimated cost of £7016 for the season Steve Wignall’s latest goal pledges will be in the form of work in lieu and includes the fixing of the sign on the Woodvale bypass. Thanks to Steve for his generosity. Coach travel losses have been reduced to a total of £59 for the year and there has been an average of 36 passengers per trip If the club were to wish to resign from the Lancashire League they must provisionally notify the league by the end of March (to be confirmed) otherwise the club is liable to a £500 charge. We are awaiting further clarification from the club on the future of the youth schemes and the use of the reserves – to be discussed at the meeting with the club. A further 2000 shares has been requested for the outlay for the reserves. Meeting with the club – the documentation for the meeting was discussed and has been finalised and will be forwarded to Charlie, Sam and Haydn this weekend. Members will be e-mailed a copy later in the week and then the documents will be put on the website for all to see. The agenda of the meeting will be: Reserves/Youth team structure Discussion of documentation for meeting AOB Attendees – the plan is the allow continuity and those who went last time to attend. Check with Bill and Ben if they are available to attend. Alan S Phil Martin Bill Ben Events – the planned joint race night and awards evening had been provisionally booked in the diary, but on checking the diary the club have accepted another firm booking, thus the event is in jeopardy. Further discussions with the club will take place to establish how and when we can arrange this event. The Graham Lloyd event is scheduled for the beginning of next season. The Golf day looks likely to be postponed as Terry is unable to commit for that date. The band nights have ceased due to complaints from the neighbourhood. TIY, through Julia, has arranged for two school teams, St. John’s (Crossens) and St John’s (Ainsdale), to play on Saturday as part of the half time entertainment. TIY have sent Southport Juniors an application form for funding from the Co-op and this is currently under discussions with their committee. Due to the movement of the meeting with the club, the next open meeting has been put back to allow members to get feedback from the meeting. The new date is Thursday 11th March (subject to reserve fixtures)
Minutes of TIY meeting on 14th January 2010 Att 15 Committee present: Alan S, Paul I, Nick C, Rob U, Julia U, Martin R, Phil C, Alan J, Apologies Ben K, Bill S
T.I.Y. meeting. Thursday, 14th January. A reminder that there is a meeting open to all members this Thursday, 14th January at 7-30pm in the Grandstand Bar. Agenda.
Minutes of meeting between T.I.Y. and club board on 28th November Minutes of meeting between Trust In Yellow representatives and Club board held on Saturday, 28th November, 2009.
Present: Alan Scarisbrick, Bill Sloan, Phil Carder, Martin Robinson, Ben Kelly (Trust in Yellow) Charlie Clapham, Sam Shrouder, Haydn Preece (Club)
The agenda followed was the one sent by Trust In Yellow to the board. However, at the request of the club, item 7 was dealt with first. The original questions are in italics.
7. Strategic planning Does the club have a plan for its development in the medium to long term and, in particular, if circumstances arose in which it could no longer depend on the financial support of its present major backers. For the club Mr Shrouder outlined the Chairman’s role and personal investment in the club over the past years. There had never been any other offers from people willing to make substantial investments in the club but they would welcome any offers in the future with ‘open arms’. Whilst the club did not have any strategic planning for the future of the club in the event of the Chairman & vice Chairman moving on, however neither had any intention of leaving the club in the near future. The club would welcome hearing the Trust’s views on strategic plans for the club. Click View Now for the full minutes of the meeting
Minutes/meetings Apologies for my delay in publishing the minutes of the meeting between TIY and the club. They will be sent out in the Members' Newsletter on Sunday/Monday and I will also post them on this site. On Monday representatives of the Trust are meeting with representatives of Southport Juniors to discuss ways in which the two groups can work together. Martin Robinson
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