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 News Agenda. Members' Meeting. Thursday,19th July Trust In Yellow Members’ Meeting. Thursday, 19th July, 2012. AGENDA 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising 3. Treasurer’s report 4. Membership 5. Floodlights Project/Press Release 6. Club AGM 7. Coach Travel 8. Cricket match 9. Other events (including Race night, quiz) 10. Any other business 11. Dates of next meetings.
Minutes Of Trust Board Meeting - 21 June 2012 All committee members present. Jonathan O’Byrne was present for the first item. Support for Kevin Lee - Jonathan O’Byrne presented an update from the group formed for fund raising for Kevin Lee. Subject to confirmation that Kevin Lee wants a role within the club and the club want him, then the aim is to raise £3800 to fund this. Money to be raised through events and donations/sponsorships. A fund raising football match is scheduled for September and an end of season event is also scheduled. An independent website has been designed and a domain name has been purchased. Bank accounts are in the process of being set up with Barclays using the TIY mandate to speed up proceedings. T-shirts have been designed and a full launch is due for the end of June. Minutes from previous meeting – TIY to follow up with the club regarding suggestion regarding Dave Ratcliffe. Run to Grimsby raised around £2500 which was fairly evenly split between TIY and help the Heroes. £522 has already been paid to HTH and the balance of around £720 will be forwarded shortly. Phil to arrange transfer and to investigate publicity shot with big cheque at PNE game Treasurer’s report – balance stands at £23,524.91 including £10k due to mature from deposit account in September. It was advised that the brochure commemorating record away wins needs to sell another 90 to break even. DVD’s from the re-union are now available on general sale. Memberships remains at the same as the previous meeting as most memberships don’t expire until August. Floodlight project – TIY have received a mail from the chairman saying he is prepared to meet on the day of the AGM to discuss floodlights. This date will be announced shortly. Alan J to write a positive article on the Trust’s role in the project and fundraising exploits so far for the local press. Cricket match – match will take place at the Rookery on 22nd July . Anyone wishing to play please contact Phil Carder and a donation would be welcomed to fund tea. Fund raising – will finalise dates once fixture list comes out, but plans for a race night in Sept/Oct Club shop at market – anyone wishing to volunteer their services please contact Haydn Preece. There will be an option to sell TIY merchandise. Aims for 2012/13 – other than the floodlights, the trust would like to discuss what community schemes the club are involved in and if any additional help is required. Haydn to be invited to next board meeting to discuss. It was agreed to sponsor James Smith for the upcoming season. Coach travel – following the issues with the trip to Grimsby, TIY have received a written apology from those involved. Alan S to write a warning letter to those involved about their behaviour and further reminders will go out about the terms and conditions for travelling on the coach. Any other Business. Rob to run a prediction competition again, but with a new twist. Next meeting – 19th July open meeting.
PREDICT 25: NEW SEASON COMPETITION Trust In Yellow will be running another prediction competition this coming season but it will be different to the last five seasons. This time supporters will be asked to predict the outcome of 25 events in the season from a range of areas such as who will win the Premiership etc etc. Entry forms are available by downloading the form using the link at the bottom of this article. Alternatively, you can contact Rob Urwin via e-mail at programme@southportfc.net Entry costs just £1 and the winner will receive a 50/50 split of the prize pool. The Closing date for entries is 3pm on Saturday August 11th. Hard copy entry forms will be available at all our friendlies and entries can either be mailed to Rob or handed in to the Club Shop. Have a Go and get your friends and colleagues to enter as well, the more that enter the bigger the prize pool.
Minutes of Trust in Yellow Members' Meeting - Thursday 24 May Apologies from board members: Paul I, Andy K. 1. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising None. 2. Treasurer’s Report The Trust’s current balance is £23,076, with net funds available totalling £22,372. Colin Aindow’s run to Grimsby Town has so far raised £1,836 for the Trust. A small profit of £13 was made on coach travel during the past season, achieving the Trust’s target of breaking even. Previous profits were used mainly to subsidise the three coaches to Grimsby. 140 of brochures marking the club’s record-breaking away wins and published in memory of Sally Devine have been sold, with another 90 sales needed to break even. The Trust’s website domain has been renewed at a cost of £109 for the next two years. The £10,000 in a term deposit is due to mature on 7 September. 3. Memberships Memberships have increased steadily and currently stand at 257. 4. Sponsored run to Grimsby Colin Aindow reported that the run to Grimsby Town on the final day of the season has raised around £2,500 for the Trust and Help for Heroes, with £150 still to be collected. Colin was congratulated on his achievements and he thanked fans and the various football clubs he stopped at for their support. Colin received items of memorabilia from a number of clubs, which will be auctioned to raise funds for the two causes. As a way of recognising Colin’s considerable efforts in raising funds for the Trust, he will be presented with a memento and made an honorary Trust member. He has also been invited to join the Trust board. 5. Kevin Lee Members were informed that the Trust has been approached by Liam Watson with a view to raising funds to assist Kevin Lee over the course of the next season. The club is looking to arrange a benefit match to help Kevin in the immediate future, but Liam thinks that generating a total of around £4,000 to make regular payments throughout the season would support Kevin in the longer-term, enabling him to pursue his coaching badges or assist the club in something like a scouting capacity. Following the meeting with Liam, the Trust board is eager that such a project goes ahead and recognises the special bond Kevin has formed with supporters. As raising funds for this purpose would be outside of the Trust’s remit, the board has suggested that a separate working group, which may consist of Trust members, board members and non-members, should be set up to oversee the fundraising. The project will be fully supported by the Trust. The Trust is happy for its scheduled cricket match on 22 July to be used as a fundraiser. A donation of £100 was made at the meeting by the Taylor family. 6. Floodlights project The floodlights project was discussed at length. The Trust has received a response from Charlie Clapham, explaining that a need to prioritise the club’s expenditure has limited any progress with the project. Mr Clapham has suggested that there are a number of reasons for this and has offered to meet with representatives from the Trust board at short notice. The Trust board is keen that this meeting takes place as soon as possible. In the absence of any response from the club to recent communications, the board had asked Mr Clapham whether the club still requires the funds raised by the Trust. The possibility of exploring other projects was discussed, but as funds have been raised specifically for this purpose, the Trust would need to follow certain procedures before pursuing any alternative. Mr Clapham has assured the Trust that the club intends to see the floodlights project through. Members present at the meeting wanted to remain committed to the project but were disappointed with the lack of communication from the club and clarity on how it intends to proceed. In its correspondence to Mr Clapham, the Trust board has explained that progress with the floodlights is a major concern among members. The board contacted the Football Foundation directly to see if any application for a grant had been submitted by the club, but was told that the Foundation could not disclose any information. Members felt that it was a considerable achievement for the Trust to have virtually secured its share of the funds needed for the floodlights project and efforts should be made to highlight this. A statement on the floodlights will be released by the Trust following the meeting with the club. 7. Coach Travel The Trust board is aware of the anti-social behaviour on board one of the coaches on the way back from the match at Grimsby Town. Those apparently involved will be invited to the next board meeting to discuss the matter and their future involvement on coach trips. Alan S and Phil C were thanked for their work in arranging coach travel over the past season. It was asked whether the Trust had considered hiring a mini-bus or smaller coach to matches where there are insufficient bookings to run a coach. The Trust has previously made a number of enquiries, but with a similar cost for fuel, a driver and the need for two drivers on some trips, the price difference was found to be minimal. 8. Player sponsorship for next season The Trust again intends to sponsor a player for the coming season and a decision will be made when more squad details are known. 9. Other future events The Trust is still waiting for confirmation on whether Ainsdale Cricket Club is available for the cricket match on 22 July. Enquiries will be made with the Rookery in the event a change of venue is needed. All funds raised by the Trust on the day will be donated to the Kevin Lee appeal. Arrangements are in the process of being made for the Programme and Memorabilia Fair. 10. AOB The Trust was asked by Mick Seanor for help in finding a way to remember supporter Dave Ratcliff, who passed away last year. The Trust board will liaise with the club to find an appropriate way to recognise Dave’s dedication as a supporter. The opportunity of Q&A session with Liam Watson and possibly Charlie Clapham was discussed. The Trust will approach the club to see if arrangements can be made before the start of the season. It was asked whether the Trust would consider any sort of marketing on the day the Olympic torch relay passes KGV College. There is apparently a prohibition on any advertising around the route and trying to make any arrangements would not be practical. 11. Next Meeting 21 June (board), 19 July (members).
Agenda for meeting of Trust members on Thursday, 24th May The next members’ meeting of TIY is on Thursday, 24th May at 7-30pm in the Grandstand Bar. There are a number of important issues to discuss so we hope as any members as possible will attend
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence 2. Minutes of last meeting and Matters arising 3. Treasurer’s report 4. Membership 5. Colin Aindow's run to Grimsby 6 Kevin Lee 7. Floodlights Project 8 Coach Travel 9. Player Sponsorship for next season 10. Other future events 11. Any other business
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