Venue: Novar Bar, Kirkcaldy<\/p>\n
Present: James Proctor (JP), Blair White (BW), Steven Lawther (SL), John Mainland (JM), Alan Russell (AR), Graeme Condie (GC), Tam Cunningham (TC) & Tom Phillips (TP). The minutes were approved.<\/p>\n Matters Arising<\/strong><\/p>\n Action Point TC \u2013 Community Involvement project: Song for Rovers project by John Alexander, TC to contact and request details on what funding do you envisage from the Trust, the participation anticipated from the Trust, what is the potential for the fans, who will manage the project and who will lead the project? Action Point SL & AR: Track side advertisement board: to look at the options for changing the Trust logo and design & costs. Action Point TP: RRFC board & fans groups require a concordat to develop a shared vision. Action Point TC: to contact GC and ask when the accounts could be made ready for the AGM Treasurers Report<\/strong><\/p>\n GC produced the accounts for the period which were discussed and approved and reported the majority of the bills had been paid. Waiting on RRFC\u2019s Alan Young is to confirm the Trusts share issue.<\/p>\n Membership Update<\/strong><\/p>\n BW provided an update: membership stands at 209 and reports that there are difficulties at times with the current system in tracking down the members that have not been renewed. 55 reminders have been sent out to members who may have forgotten to renew membership.<\/p>\n Raith Trust Communication Update<\/strong><\/p>\n SL provided the following report:<\/p>\n New Fans Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Dave Wann (DW) has accepted the post as the Fans Director, it was now up to the RRFC board to invite DW onto the board. Raith Trust AGM<\/strong><\/p>\n Date set for the Trust AGM: 25th November 2010<\/p>\n The board discussed with the attendances at the AGMs were poor and a new style is required to generate interest and increase attendances and link it into a social event. A quiz was mooted and agreed. AOCB<\/strong><\/p>\n JP reported the Supporters Direct will provide a workshop for Induction for Board members “Talking Tactics” on 14 November 2010 at East End Park, Dunfermline. <\/p>\n SL handed over the electronic copies of the new Trust logo, letterhead, complimentary slips, etc.<\/p>\n SL & JM to organise a PR event with Dave Wann handing over the cheque of \u00a35K to the club.<\/p>\n JP mentioned the financial plight of Dundee FC and through the discussion a donation to the Dee Trust was declined. The alternative was contacting the Dee Trust and suggesting to publicise their campaign at the Rovers v Dundee game on 27th November 2010. The meeting closed at 20:55.<\/p>\n Date of Next Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n AGM: 25th November in the Raith Suite, Starks Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Venue: Novar Bar, Kirkcaldy Present: James Proctor (JP), Blair White (BW), Steven Lawther (SL), John Mainland (JM), Alan Russell (AR), Graeme Condie (GC), Tam Cunningham (TC) & Tom Phillips (TP). Apologies: None<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minutes-board-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3079,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions\/3079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nApologies: None
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\nMinutes of the Meeting on 27 September 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJA\u2019s reply circulated for discussion.
\nThe project was discussed at length and the board decided we would not progress this at this time. There was a possibility that the project in the future could possibly be achieved at a local level involving for example Fife College. John Alexander was informed. \u2013 Completed.<\/p>\n
\nThis was discussed and the go ahead for production was agreed.
\nAction Point SL to contact RRFC\u2019s Chris Lumsden and arrange for the replacement board.<\/p>\n
\nTP proposed that the Trust leads this initiative and we formalise an agreement with all parties.
\nAR contacted all the fans groups involved and to date received no response. \u2013 Ongoing.<\/p>\n
\nUpdate: Accounts circulated for discussion.
\nGC produced the draft of the accounts \u2013 Completed.<\/p>\n\n
\nA meeting will be arranged to allow DW to meet the past fans directors Ali More, Alex Condie and TP which will provide advice, an insight to proceedings and to update DW on current business at the club. JM to liaise with this group.
\nAction Point JP & TP \u2013 to contact RRFC chairman Dave Somerville regarding DW’s forthcoming appointment to the RRFC board.<\/p>\n
\nAction Point AR \u2013 to contact Mike Melville to gauge the feasibility of organising a quiz at short notice. <\/p>\n
\nAction Point AR \u2013 to email the Dee Trust.<\/p>\n