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Supporters Direct Newsletter Oct09 |
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Written by Alex Barclay
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 11:32 |
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SD Annual Conference 2009
There is still time to register for the Supporters Direct Annual Conference 2009 which will be held in the Gallery Suite at the NEC on Friday 16th October.
We have an array of interesting workshops, including; What's the future for supporters ownership?, Saving and running your club and Building membership. We will also be hearing from the following speakers during the closing plenary:
Alex Phillips, Head of Professional Football Services at UEFA
Lander Unzueta, Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer, FC Barcelona
Ian Watmore, Chief Executive of The Football Association
There will be plenty of networking opportunities so you can meet with other trusts and share experiences.
Registration fees:
Until Thursday 15th October (inc. VAT)
- Members/associate members £15 per person
- Non members £20 per person
On the day registration (inc. VAT)
- Members/associate members £30 per person
- Non members £40 per person
Full information, including registration details and the sessions running throughout the day can be found at the Supporters Direct website here
We look forward to welcoming as many of you along as possible.
SD Elections and AGM
The primary contact from every trust has now been contacted with details of the SD AGM. Details of the agenda can also be seen on the SD website here
Remember for your trust to have a vote you need to be in full membership with SD by noon on the 14th of October. If you are in any doubt about the membership status of your trust please contact James Mathie
A Competition for Scottish Supporters only
Win The Shirt On Your Back
Help us to gain a better insight into the issues in Scottish football by filling in our short online survey and you can be entered into a free prize draw to win the Scottish football club shirt of your choice.
The survey should only take ten minutes to complete and covers issues like the football pyramid, youth development and football administration.
Go to the to the survey.
Please pass this link on to your football-loving friends, colleagues and contacts to help us get the widest cross-section of supporters possible. Closing date is Sunday 18 October.
Remember if you have a good story to tell that you feel others would benefit from hearing please get in touch by either emailing James Mathie (football and Rugby Union England and Wales) Elaine Millar (Scotland) or Laura Harrison (RFL).
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On the SD WIKI this month....
Some tips on media and communications and designing and operating your website
Remember there is a range of useful info - to access the categories just click here or click the WIKI icon from the SD homepage
Stay up to date with SD on Twitter and Facebook
From the SD website
Strange goings on at Chester City
A rather strange and unexpected thing happened today; strange because of the way it happened, and unexpected because it even happened at all.
SURVEY REVEALS CARDIFF CITY HAS POTENTIAL TO REACH EVEN MORE FANS
CARDIFF CITY have a vast untapped reservoir of support living close to their new stadium, a major survey has revealed.
It is one of the key findings of a questionnaire in which more than 200 local people were asked by Cardiff City Supporters' Trust for their views and attitude to Cardiff City Football Club and watching football.
Football as business – fantasy or awkward fact
The self-schadenfreude of following pointless Pompey on my laptop wasn’t really working for me this lunchtime, so I was diverted by an interesting piece in the FT by Simon Kuper (1) entitled “Football abandons the fantasy that it is a business” (although it crosses my mind that the sub-editors had had a hand in this headline
Bees United forms partnership with University of Westminster
Brentford Football Club is leading the way in innovation through its supporters trust, Bees United, which has established a two-year partnership with the University of Westminster School of Law. The partnership uses government-backed financial support from the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme to create a unique and groundbreaking collaboration.
The Supporters Direct Blog and SD news are regularly updated with interesting pieces, opinions and observations about the trust movement, football, and other sports.
Upcoming events
16th October 2009
Supporters Direct Annual Conference - Birmingham
8th November 2009
Board Member Development - Manchester
29th November 2009
Board Member Development - Bristol
29th November 2009
Supporters Direct Rugby League Challenge Cup - More details to follow soon
Email Vicki for more information or go to the website here
Member services - Intouch
View a demo of what intouch can do here and join the 40 other trusts that are enjoying the benefits of an online trust tailored membership management and communication system
For more information and how to get involved please contact James
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Written by Alex Barclay
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Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:20 |
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Welcome to the SD Scotland newsletter.
It's still early days in the new season but the leagues are starting to take shape and the first managerial casualties have happened. Regardless of the time of year though Supporters Direct in Scotland continues to provide support and development assistance to supporters' trusts across the country.
In this Newsletter
There's news of a debate on Scottish football's future, information about this year's anti-racism week of action, details of the AGM & conference in Birmingham and an update on the support we provide to trust directors.
But first off there's an online survey we would like you fill in to give us your opinions on football. Complete it and you could win a Scottish football club shirt of your choice - all for just ten minutes work!
Good luck in the new season,
from all at Supporters Direct in Scotland
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Win The Shirt On Your Back
Help us to gain a better insight into the issues in Scottish football by filling in our short online survey and you can be entered into a free prize draw to win the Scottish football club shirt of your choice.
The survey should only take ten minutes to complete and covers issues like the football pyramid, youth development and football administration.
It can be found at: www.surveygizmo.com/s/172960/scottish-football
Please pass this link on to your football-loving friends, colleagues and contacts to help us get the widest cross-section of supporters possible. Closing date is Sunday 18 October.
Talking Tactics
Over the last 12 months over 80 trust directors have attended the free "Talking Tactics" sessions which cover the essential responsibilities of being a trust director. The feedback we have received is that this has led to a direct improvement in the management of those organisations.
We will shortly also be providing targeted sessions for secretaries with chairperson and treasurer events likely to follow in the new year. Keep an eye on the Events section of the SD Website for a session happening near you.
Football Against Racism in Europe
We received the following message from our colleagues at Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC).
"Thank you for the work with SRtRC that you have undertaken during the year, this has enhanced our united anti-racist message.
Our annual Fortnight of Action takes place between the 16-31 October, we would like to encourage you to participate with this essesntial period of activity. Some organisations may be entitled to access our grants scheme, others may access our free resources and anyone can purchase our resources.
For this years Fortnight of Action, we have a number of excellent new educational resources:
* Islamophobia - DVD & Education Pack - tackles racism around Islamophobia
* A Safe Place - DVD & Education Pack - updated film and Education Pack, part of a double DVD/Educationa Pack set with Islamophobia
* Show Racism the Red Card Scotland - DVD & Education Pack - tackles racism
The Fortnight of Action booklet is available as a download only, it can be accessed alongside the Resources Application Form from our website:
www.theredcardscotland.org/get-involved/foa
We hope that you join with us once again to send out a loud and clear message on a local, regional and national level that there is no place for racism in our schools, communities or any part of our society."
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Football Under the Spotlight
The University of Stirling are hosting a debate on the future of Scottish Football featuring leading administrators from the SFA, SPL and SFL alongside Henry McLeish who is undertaking a review for the SFA. Completing the panel are PFA Scotland Secretary, Fraser Wishart and SD Scotland Development Manager, James Proctor.
The event starts at 6.30pm in the Macroberts Arts Centre on the University campus on Monday 28 September. Tickets are free and you can get more information on the SD website.
We hope to see quite a few trust board members there to put their questions to the panel.
AGM & Conference
Don't forget that the Supporters Direct AGM & Conference are taking place in Birmingham on Friday 16 October this year.
There's a great line-up of speakers this year with the new CEO of the Football Association in England, Ian Watmore, Alex Phillips of UEFA and Lander Unzueta from FC Barcelona, as well as the usual opportunities to discuss ideas and experiences with trust directors from across the UK. More info can be found on the SD Website in the Events Section.
The Basics
We're always happy to hear from you, so no matter how big or small the problem remember to get in touch by either phone or email as listed below.
The biggest part of our work is to help develop each supporters' trust and support the people involved. This consists of answering concerns and queries as they arise, but also in developing courses of assistance that we deliver either through the website or face-to-face in group sessions.
So far we have run several full-day director sessions and piloted specific support for trust secretaries which was a half-day session. Each of these events has a mix of three or four trusts so that experiences are shared.
If you have questions about these sessions or any of our future support plans then just get in touch.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:28 |
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Written by Alex Barclay
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Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:12 |
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EFST AGM 17.09.09
The EFST AGM was held at Bayview on Thursday 17th Sept. And this is a brief summary of what was reported and discussed.
Treasurer’s Report.
The main items in the accounts to 31.05.09 were
1) The All time greats evening lost £1200 but the board were aware of this before the event. The reason was a combination of players and their guests not being charged and keeping the ticket price affordable for as many fans as possible
2) The programme made a profit of £1500 due to advertising revenue supporting losses incurred on programme sales v printing costs.
3) The raffle made a profit of over £1000 with 50% going to Maggies.
4) The Trust bought another 500 shares which brings the total to 3600.
Associate Board Member’s Report
It was reported that a good working relationship was developing and that we are helping the EFFC board consider new approaches towards commercial and communication opportunities. Two significant projects are the development of the EFFC website and a collaboration with Adam Smith College to record home (and away) games.
Programme
Despite losing several advertisers from last season we have managed to maintain price and content as well as quality. Trust board members now sell the programme so between increased sales and cutting out sellers wages from last season we hope to have a profitable season.
Re-elections
Liam Anderson, Stewart Paterson and Kerriann Paterson all resigned from the board but all re-applied and were re-elected.
Membership
Membership is currently 72 and a decision was made not to collect membership fees for now but to re-launch the Trust early in the New Year.
Constitution
At present the Trust constitution states that any funds given to EFFC will be in return for shares. A proposal was made that this should be extended to allow funds to be given to EFFC without shares being given in return if guarantees are in place that the money will be used solely for football development. Because some members pay S/O’s into a “ring fenced” account to be used only for share purchase there was some disagreement both amongst members and board about how this should be implemented. It was agreed that clearly stated proposals, giving alternatives would be prepared for the next quarterly meeting and the matter would then be reconsidered.
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