Venue: The Boathouse, Aberdour<\/p>\n
Present: Tam Cunningham (TC), Steve Wallace (SW), James Proctor (JP), Niall Russell (NR), Steven Lawther (SL) & Alan Russell (AR). Matters Arising<\/strong> Treasurers Report<\/strong> Membership Update<\/strong> Communication Update<\/strong> Events<\/strong> Supporters Contributions<\/strong> Board Succession<\/strong> Policy Papers Update<\/strong> Governance<\/strong> AOCB<\/strong> Date of next meeting<\/strong> Venue: The Boathouse, Aberdour Present: Tam Cunningham (TC), Steve Wallace (SW), James Proctor (JP), Niall Russell (NR), Steven Lawther (SL) & Alan Russell (AR). Apologies: Graeme Condie (GC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758","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\/1758","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3065,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions\/3065"}],"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=1758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nApologies: Graeme Condie (GC)
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\nMinutes of previous meeting<\/strong>
\nIt was agreed that they were a record of the previous board meeting on 21 December 2013.
\nAction: AR to publish to website<\/p>\n
\nAlzheimer\u2019s Project (AR) \u2013 the group hasn\u2019t made progress this year due to difficulties in attracting more participants. Some further publicity might help.
\nAction: AR to speak to Alzheimer\u2019s Scotland.
\nSupporters Club shop \u2013 a report on use of Trust funds would be requested.
\nAction: AR to check with Supporters Club.<\/p>\n
\nNo reports was discussed.
\nActions: GC to provide report.<\/p>\n
\nRenewal notices have been sent out.
\nActions:
\nGC to arrange bank access for NR.
\nNR to arrange to reconcile renewals with bank statement.
\nDiscussion on organising a membership drive at the next board meeting.<\/p>\n
\nNewsletter to be printed and issued at the upcoming home match against Rangers.
\nRoary Club sponsorship was getting some good coverage.
\nActions:
\nPrint and issue newsletter \u2013 SL\/NR
\nUse of noticeboards to be discussed at next board meeting.<\/p>\n
\nA pub quiz would take place on Thursday 25 September at Stark\u2019s Park.
\nBurns Night provisionally scheduled for 27th Jan 2015.
\nFife Libraries are holding an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the League Cup win on 27th November.
\nAction: Raffle prizes for quiz to SW.<\/p>\n
\nThere is some discussion over changing the way supporters groups are charged for use of facilities at Stark\u2019s Park.
\nAction: AR to circulate date of next meeting of Raith Forum and try to get someone there to discuss.<\/p>\n
\nThere was some discussion over the future of places on the board and the response of the Trust to this.
\nAction:
\nJP to propose method of consulting with supporters.
\nAR to discuss wider issues at next Raith Forum meeting.<\/p>\n
\nLegacy proposal \u2013 no progress has been made.
\nFinance proposal \u2013 closed.
\nAction: AR to contact Colin Flynn about Legacy giving.<\/p>\n
\nRules and Documents \u2013 Update to be given at the AGM on rule amendments to be considered later in the year.
\nBoard Membership \u2013 consideration should be given to bringing new people onto the Trust Board.
\nActions:
\nJP to contact Supporters Direct in regard to new Model Rules set.
\nJP to contact Ann Brand to determine willingness to be part of the Trust Board.
\nBoard to ensure post can be picked up from PO Box \u2013 next board meeting.<\/p>\n
\nRoary Club for junior Rovers supporters is running successfully with 270 members and a family day provisionally planned for the home match against Alloa.
\nAction: SL to arrange to invoice trust for start-up costs.<\/p>\n
\nThe next board meeting will take place at noon on 25 October prior to the home match against Alloa, in The Boathouse, Aberdour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"