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    By Mo Razzaq | Meetings | Comments are Closed | 15 August, 2020 | 2

    Minutes from the latest Trust Board meeting held on 15th July 2020 which was held virtually via Webex.

    Present: Peter Warrilow (PW), Mo Razzaq (MR), Simon Goodyer (SG), Jonny Gould (JG), Stuart Paul (SP), Nigel Canin (NC)

    Apologies: Neil James (NJ), John Taylor (JT), Kris Carr (KC)

    Not received: Karl Bowater (KB)

     

    1. Opening remarks (PW)

    • Accounts should be out by end of month
    • Balance approx. £9,400
    • We no longer pay FCA or Football Supporters Association subscriptions

    2. Update on Areas

    • External Relations (e.g. FSA) KB not present
    • Community Links – KC not present
    • Social Media – NJ not present – but noted recent good responses to adverse comments
    • Membership (SG)
      • Need to have better understanding of membership events – lost 98 due to non-payment & 65 not paid in June
      • Present approx. 550 (July 2020)
      • Club collect – ask if it could be one stop process – currently problems paying for more members than we have
    • Heritage (SP)
      • Spoken to Nicola Ibbotson about what the club are doing
      • Museum on hold (again) A lot depends on when we get out of Covid and when we know which league we will be in next year!
      • Nicola is also on Commonwealth Games legacy committee
      • Heritage might be developed online as well as projects such as museum
    • FCG (MR)
      • Meeting with Kappa (now in second year), Club Retail Management & Fanatics – different from Fanatics / Luke set-up
      • All time 11 project
      • 1 fan was to be banned – matter now resolved
    • Media (JG)
      • Personal Trolling – JG has spoken with main troll – 45 mins of constructive/amicable conversation. Invited him to join us as a member.
      • Lockdown output – Radio WM, Gloucestershire, H&W
      • PW asked about the criticism JG received about his views, but this was not his views expressed as a member of AVST it was a podcast in JG’s other media work. The remarks were misinterpreted.
      • Emphasis on what we do as a trust
        • Support of local community
        • AGM – worth the £5 on its own – CEO in attendance

    3. Future meetings (MR)

    • We need to put dates in calendar
    • 3 or 4 times a year
    • Rest of year – after accounts – then AGM which may need to be virtual
    • Mid-August/September next one?
    • Mix of Online – Face to Face – dependent on restrictions

    4. Objectives

    • Need to be achievable / measurable
    • Some for this year – Some for long term
    • Email from AV Foundation about the work they do – but often we get lack of response when we contribute to their work.
    • Local Community

    5. Three Objectives

    • First/Main objective to increase membership – Target 20% increase year on year
      • Some think we are in cahoots with the club which we’re not
      • We need to promote what we do well e.g. work on Asset of Community Value, community contributions
      • Need to update website – better promote what we do
      • What do members want – survey was done couple of years ago – maybe time for repeat?
      • What do other trusts do well? (NC)
      • What do they do on behalf of supporters?
      • Facebook (c4,500) Twitter (c11,000) why don’t they join as members?
      • What do they get for £5?
    • Will look at Objectives 2 and 3 – at next meeting

    6. Actions – Things to do.

    • Get accounts sorted and then arrange for AGM
    • SG asked PW about do we need 10 directors – when some don’t contribute much – PW promised to tackle this – in next 2 months
    • JG to look at next podcast – no volunteers – so perhaps approach Adil Ray – via MR.

    Meeting closed at 8pm

     

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