Minutes from the Trust Board meeting held virtually on 16th November 2022.
Present: Mo Razzaq (MR), John Taylor (JT), Stephen Morley (SM), Stuart Paul (SP) and Karl Bowater (KB).
- Apologies
- None
- Minutes of last meeting
- Signed-off
- Chairperson election
- KB proposed MR, seconded by SP – vote unanimous
- Board member roles and responsibilities
- MR, Chair
- JT, Company Secretary
- SM, Community
- KB, FSA and supporting Club Liaison
- SP, Heritage
- Open vacancies and volunteers
- Membership, open
- Media & Technology, open
- Reviewed list of volunteers who came forward at the AGM
- Members to be contacted and interviewed
- Membership
- End of February, 505
- Today, 592
- Increase mostly due to AGM and associated publicity
- Transition to new membership system essential – one that is easy to use and efficient
- Meeting held with Sunderland Supporters’ Trust on their membership platform, LoveAdmin
- Contact members that have volunteered to support on membership
- Board member updates
- JT, Revised rules from AGM (including 2 year rule), administration updates including FSA and banking form – new signatories
- SM, Limited progress with T-shirts
- KB, Dealing with FSA emails, contacts with FSA
- SP, Making contact with AV history links on social media
- Heritage walks in Handsworth/Lozells now include AV links
- Membership recruitment
- Poster(s) in prominent places with QR code advertising the Trust
- Advert in club programme
- Address our age profile and strategy to attract a younger audience
- 2023 objectives
- Discussed priorities
- Meeting Calendar
- Bi-monthly meetings, preferably face to face
- Starting in January, then March etc
- Any other business
- AVST Flag in North Stand
- Next meeting
- Tuesday 17th January, 7.30 pm at Holiday inn J7
