{"id":3109,"date":"2025-09-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:24:08","slug":"trust-board-meeting-17th-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=3109","title":{"rendered":"Trust Board Meeting, 17th September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Attendance: Colin Flinn, Chris MacFarlane, James Proctor, Alan Russell, Carol Smith, Steve Wallace<br>&amp; Dot Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apologies: None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minutes of previous meeting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matters Arising<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decisions Made Between Meetings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fund Christmas selection boxes (\u00a3200)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Print posters and \u201cbusiness \u201ccards (\u00a372)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plumbing &amp; Electrical work for hot wat at Stark\u2019s Park (\u00a35,919)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Stand Shot prizes (\u00a3180)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treasurers Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Income report from 2012\/13 to 2024\/25 shared \u2013 income relatively level over the period although declining slowly in recent years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spend report for 2025\/26 shared<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024\/25 Annual Accounts \u2013 with accountant for sign off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Arrange Photo or recognition for First Game Certificates &#8211; DW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Discuss Spending Limits \u2013 take recommendation to AGM \u2013 JP\/CM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Circulate final accounts when ready &#8211; CM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Organise AGM for 27 November dependent on accounts \u2013 JP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Membership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>163 adult membership \u2013 184 including under-16s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CF has written to 23 previous members who have been out of membership for one year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>176 archived members on the database will need to start a new membership if they return<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership pitch and distribution of business card-style information was well received but difficult to convert to members<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Card reader would cost \u00a349 plus a 1.7% transaction fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Club Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mural \u2013 Action CLOSED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hot water \u2013 Action COMPLETE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raith Forum Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Attempt to raise \u00a380k for Railway Stand improvements \u2013 costs could be up to \u00a3100k \u2013 this would improve disabled facilities and provide future terracing through a phased development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion on bringing Raith Seniors and Raith Ultras into the Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pitch \u2013 an upgrade is required at the end of the current season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Model Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Model Rules resolution to be included in AGM papers and links to supporting documents \u2013 JP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission &amp; Purpose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Circulate last report \u2013 SW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Update draft social media policy to final and include in AGM papers \u2013 AR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action: Tidy up Trust area in South Stand \u2013 Action COMPLETE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AOCB<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideas welcome for an event to raise money for the Railway Stand \u2013 consider involving Andy Harrow as his transfer helped fund the original build<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential for re-doing the Pub Quiz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next Meeting \u2013 7pm, Wednesday 8 October 2025 &#8211; online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance: Colin Flinn, Chris MacFarlane, James Proctor, Alan Russell, Carol Smith, Steve Wallace&amp; Dot Wilson 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-3109","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\/3109","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=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3155,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions\/3155"}],"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=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}