Stan A. Einstein wrote: February 25th, 2023, 10:20 am
whoareya wrote: February 25th, 2023, 10:10 am
Bonson&Hunt wrote: February 25th, 2023, 9:56 am
whoareya wrote: February 23rd, 2023, 11:17 am
Bonson&Hunt wrote: February 23rd, 2023, 10:23 am
Quote Whoareya - If this extract from his Facebook post is accurate then you have your reason why he initially got the cold shoulder:
I wrote the old fashioned way with 3 asks…
*1. A confidentiality agreement*
2. 4 years detailed income statements and balance sheets.
3. The minimum price for controlling interest.
*Then we can talk.*
Seems he asked for everything upfront, before he wanted dialogue.
What we have is someone who has, if the above extract is accurate, enquired about taking a controlling interest and now has a seat on the club board, without any details/plans/proposals being given.
My gut feel is that a lifelong County supporter who has carved a successful career in the US and who has apparently travelled half a million miles to watch the club play would have bought Trust Community Shares when there was an urgent need to save the club.
That does not appear to be the case.
So I'll continue to be cautious until its demonstrated otherwise, comfortable in the knowledge that he needs the support of the majority of Trust members to take a controlling stake in the club.
"would have bought Trust Community Shares when there was an urgent need to save the club."
Albeit vital for our future & you can include me but does this group think they are a cut above others who have become supporters since or more that just couldn't afford it!
Smacks of an unhealthy clique to me.
Well seeing as people on the bones of their arse managed to contribute, I am wondering why a successful business man and international superfan travelling half a million miles to watch his team doesn't seem to have done.
Ok but not a reason to doubt his intentions now.
That's a matter of opinion, I cant see how a superfan either wasn't aware of our serious plight, or didn't think it serious enough to contribute.
Same applies to any other board member, co-opted or elected.
After all, the Trust fundraising - bringing collective ownership to the many rather than the few - was the only way the club would survive.
Or wasn't it....?
Although I contributed it was only for a negligible amount. In truth I thought at the time it was crazy. Firstly Newport AFC were formed as a fans owned club. When did we cease to be so? I felt we were simply being asked to buy that which was already ours.
Grateful though we should be to Les Scadding, he chose to spend his money on Newport County. He had his time on the pitch after we beat Wrexham, he had his games of snooker with Justin Edinburgh. I didn't see why I should be asked to help pay for that. People on their arses giving money to a lotto multi-millionnaire.
I don't know but is it not possible that Jon Pratt was just waiting to pick up the pieces?
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I would point out that fans who "decided that the club needed money" raised £15 grand, and pushed forward a longstanding fan to hand it over to Les Scadding. Now that was embarrassing, and shows to what lengths some fans go to have some input on spending.
And by the way, as your keen on spelling, there is no *I* in democracy, if you want a say in how the trust runs the club, you err, have to sign up. Simples.
