{"id":77,"date":"2003-08-25T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-25T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=77"},"modified":"2007-07-20T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T15:43:23","slug":"board-meeting-25th-august-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Trust Board Meeting, 25th August 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Present: James Proctor, Neil Langtree, Tom Phillips, Chris McFarlane, Eddie Doig<br \/>\nApologies: Collas Pilmer, George Howie, Alan Russell<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Minutes of previous meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Previous minutes weren&#8217;t examined. These need to be passed at the next board meeting.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Treasurer&#8217;s report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Estimated that \u00a37,630 is in the account after payment of bills.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Membership update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No update was available JP to contact Blair White and take control of the Membership duties.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Matters Arising<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discussion with Keith Pitkin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lottery has increased by 50% in the last few months and a strong network of contacts was being built, this had benefits for other areas of commercial development and helped to build bridges in the community<\/li>\n<li>Lottery money is kept separate from other income and can therefore be examined<\/li>\n<li>In general there was a feeling among local businesses of having been let down in the past but this was being turned around<\/li>\n<li>The point was made by the Society Board that club policy may be better received if more consultation was to take place before implementation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nBusiness Plan update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CP will convene meeting of Business Plan sub committee to update Trust plan<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate details of RRFC Accounts and John Mainland&#8217;s consultation paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nRRFC Accounts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JP to convene ad hoc sub-committee to discuss latest accounts<\/li>\n<li>Report to be presented at Interim Board Meeting (15th Sept)<\/li>\n<li>RRFC AGM is to be held on Wednesday 17th September<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nFans Forum:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agreement that Mike Melville&#8217;s idea of a consultative meeting was worth pursuing. ED to raise the issue at next Supporters Club meeting (1st Sept)<\/li>\n<li>All supporters bodies and the club to be invited to take part<\/li>\n<li>General feeling was that October was too soon and that we should give extra time to coordinate the event to ensure good speakers and attendance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nNew Membership info:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agreement to use the updated information &#8211; JP to speak to Blair White<\/li>\n<li>Some discussion to how we divide resources in future in regard to pursuing new members &#8211; thought has to be given to whether the table still serves its purpose or if there are other ways to serve the membership<\/li>\n<li>Carry this forward to the next board meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nClassic Strips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restated that the money is available to take this idea forward<\/li>\n<li>CM to meet with Tam Cunningham to bring this issue to a conclusion<\/li>\n<li>Update on other Trusts Killie and Ayr have recently launched Trusts, bringing the total to 21 in Scotland and 101 in UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>AOCB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community Football Sub-committee:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TP expressed concern that the remit of this group was unclear<\/li>\n<li>Exploratory work had taken place and useful information had been gathered<\/li>\n<li>Sub committee given the task of producing clear objectives for next board meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nCo-optees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is an opportunity and a need to co-opt up to five people onto the board<\/li>\n<li>Present board members should consider candidates for co-option and a decision made at the next board meeting on who to ask<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nSponsorship:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JP to get list of four players for possible sponsorship &#8211; decision made by email or at the next home game<\/li>\n<li>JP to speak to Keith Pitkin and get Advertising hoarding amended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<strong>Date of Next Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interim Board Meeting to discuss RRFC accounts &#8211; Monday 15 September &#8211; Venue to be confirmed<\/p>\n<p>Next full Board Meeting to be confirmed at Interim Meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Present: James Proctor, Neil Langtree, Tom Phillips, Chris McFarlane, Eddie Doig Apologies: Collas Pilmer, George Howie, Alan Russell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes-board-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","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=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}