Trust Board elections 2019 outcome

Newport County AFC Supporters’ Trust formally notified Trust members on June 27 of the intention to hold elections in August to fill 5 vacant positions on the Supporters Trust Board.

Since then, the Trust has published full details of the election process online and via social media along with a guide to the duties and responsibilities of directors. A dedicated email address was set up for all election queries, including candidate nominations and postal vote requests.

As at 5pm on July 15, the deadline for candidate nominations, valid candidate nominations had been received from the following Trust members:

Kelly Anderson
Mike Everett
Gavin Foxall
Shaun Johnson
Paul Marks
For clarity, no invalid nominations were received.

As was explained at the launch of the process, if the number of valid candidates is the same or less than the number of vacancies then they are to be elected unopposed.

Therefore, the Trust can now announce that all five candidates have been duly elected unopposed to the Trust Board.

Mike, Gavin and Shaun will be serving their second terms of office and are already well known to Trust members and supporters.

Kelly and Paul will be new members of the Trust Board and we are sure all members will congratulate them on their appointments. Both will need to pass the EFL’s Fit and Proper Persons’ Test before being appointed as directors of the football club.

We will be publishing the election statements of both Kelly and Paul later this week, to ensure they are introduced properly to Trust members and the wider supporter base of the club.

The Trust wishes to thank Colin Everett for his invaluable advice and support during the election process.

Frank Nouble 3 wrote:What a total farce
Being a trust member this is the first I have heard of this election.
Just a couple of weeks to get anybody up for election.
No competition so all tucked up nicely with no competition.
No idea who the 2 new fellas are.
We will here from them but what ever they say it's all done and dusted.

Exile 1976 wrote:

Frank Nouble 3 wrote:What a total farce
Being a trust member this is the first I have heard of this election.
Just a couple of weeks to get anybody up for election.
No competition so all tucked up nicely with no competition.
No idea who the 2 new fellas are.
We will here from them but what ever they say it's all done and dusted.

Give over ffs Harps. It’s been well publicised but as usual the vast majority of the people of Newport (well, Newport County fans) don’t want to take it on. So much easier to criticise those that actually do.

Frank Nouble 3 wrote:Just 2 weeks to get interested parties.
It's not the way it should be done
Bryant you are on the board already or somebody's lacky
Nothing against the 5 nominated but for goodness sake should of been far longer notice especially at holiday time.

Percy plunkett wrote:Harps,if you are a Trust member,you would have had an email like myself and I had my notification on June 27,plenty of time to submit an interest.

Taunton Iron Cider wrote:

Percy plunkett wrote:Harps,if you are a Trust member,you would have had an email like myself and I had my notification on June 27,plenty of time to submit an interest.

Well I’m a Trust member and have not had any notification, perhaps there are others.

I guess the point being made is that we want people on the Board with the appropriate skills to take the business forward, and not just to make up numbers. Now it may be that Kelly Anderson and Paul Marks possess the necessary competencies, and as I believe it is a mandatory requirement for a CV to be submitted with nominations, then it is not asking a lot for these to made available before any coronation.

Taunton Iron Cider wrote:

Percy plunkett wrote:Harps,if you are a Trust member,you would have had an email like myself and I had my notification on June 27,plenty of time to submit an interest.

Well I’m a Trust member and have not had any notification, perhaps there are others.

I guess the point being made is that we want people on the Board with the appropriate skills to take the business forward, and not just to make up numbers. Now it may be that Kelly Anderson and Paul Marks possess the necessary competencies, and as I believe it is a mandatory requirement for a CV to be submitted with nominations, then it is not asking a lot for these to made available before any coronation.