Shwmae Mike,pembsexile wrote: January 31st, 2023, 2:10 pmI think there are a few of us that are concerned and care about the governance of the club. As you know, about a year ago I was trying to find out how the Supporters Trust and the football club work ‘in reality’. It took a long time to get an answer. I was concerned that Directors of both committees appear to work on both. I wasn’t sure if that was correct. I spoke with Two Directors and I can say that I was given reassurance (which I wanted) that the way the club is run is in accordance with guidelines.whoareya wrote: January 31st, 2023, 1:29 pmThat possibly includes Messrs Greenhauff and Southall, who, IIRC, were to gift their shares to the Trust once the fundraising was successfully completed?pembsexile wrote: January 31st, 2023, 1:01 pm
Don’t think that’s true mate. The Supporters Trust own 63% (approx) of the club. The rest (I believe) is owned by previous shareholders or others. If you do some research you can get accurate info’ on this.
I posted about this several years ago but no clear answer was forthcoming.
The conundrum here is that, only a dozen or so posters on here raise issues at will, expecting answers back on here.
Even fewer actually make an effort to find out and even fewer persist until they get answers.
However unpalatable, the truth is that not enough supporters care, are interested enough, or even see any problem with how things are currently run.
Equally unpalatable is the fact that, to make things change, you have to be part of the change.
Having Board members re-elected unopposed several times confirms there is no appetite for change.
That said, I wouldn’t want to do their job, a thankless task. Good luck to them.
I was one of those that shared your concerns about the legitimacy of how the club was being governed; I don't believed we appreciated that the football club group and community club group were in effect sub divisions of the overarching Trust board and all directors sat on one of those sub divisions and the full trust board, which I am assured is allowable within the model rules of supporters trusts.
Having said that I do feel that the transparency of the club leaves a lot to be desired, especially in relation to the widespread speculation of an wealthy individual expressing an interest in investing in the football club. Surely some public statement should be forthcoming, even it is to dispell rumours.
Of course being a director is a thankless task . My guess is the vast majority of supporters are just thankful and content that we are still competing in the EFL, and making small annual profits.