jimmyg
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Post by jimmyg on Feb 28, 2020 12:27:29 GMT
Good to see the Club finally issue an update; the fans only want information and clarity so they can be reassured about the future of the Reds. I don't know any of the new Directors but they appear to have the necessary breadth of experience and knowledge to build upon the excellent progress overseen by John and Ross. Hopefully, they will continue with the prudent management that has consolidated the Club's finances, while also developing new and further commercial opportunities to generate the necessary funding to help the manager and his support staff further build a successful team. It was especially good to note that the new additions to the board are all long-standing Reds fans - as loyal fans I'm sure they understand how frustrating and disappointing it feels to be kept in the dark about things that affect your/their club. Hopefully. one of the first tasks the new Board will look at is how they can improve communication with the fans.
I'm confident that the new Board have the skill, knowledge and capacity to take the Club forward; I'm excited by the thought that the new Board can with the support of the fans forge a positive future for the Reds' As such, everyone with the interest of the Club at heart should get behind the Board, Manager and team to form a partnership that drives the Reds to enduring success. This is more likely to happen if the Board recognise their responsibility to keep the fans informed, even if this only amounts to occasionally letting us know that things are going well and no need to worry.
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Post by cumberlandsausage on Feb 28, 2020 12:31:30 GMT
Can't comment on the others but Dave Bowden is an excellent acquisition to the Board. He was a great Chairman at Workington Town and part of a Board that were very good at attracting Sponsorship and was also very approachable.
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ian
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Post by ian on Feb 28, 2020 12:58:01 GMT
A decent set of people, good luck to them.
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Post by garstang7 on Feb 28, 2020 18:59:44 GMT
If Walshie says they are a good team They must be ! It is good to get it out in the open and now is the time to get behind them As One.
Best news from Borough Park for a long while
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Jeff S
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Post by Jeff S on Feb 29, 2020 10:36:45 GMT
Good to see some news come out - best wishes to all the new Directors. Hopefully the other name will be made known shortly.
Any clue who will be the new Chairman ? Appreciate it looks as though they may have been expecting John to carry on.
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browtop
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Post by browtop on Feb 29, 2020 11:15:11 GMT
Good to see some news come out - best wishes to all the new Directors. Hopefully the other name will be made known shortly. Any clue who will be the new Chairman ? Appreciate it looks as though they may have been expecting John to carry on.
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browtop
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Post by browtop on Feb 29, 2020 11:19:45 GMT
Dave Bowden for chairman, Other director Mr Marmite!!
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Post by cumberlandgap on Mar 1, 2020 9:06:39 GMT
Well, things are starting to become clear, or is that possibly unravel??
I've received my 'thanks, but no thanks' notification tonight, following my 'Expression of Interest' in joining the Board that was advertised over 5 months ago.
So, if the 'terrace talk' is correct then just who are this group of 5, or is that 6, (or probably 5+1) 'consortium' that are staging a takeover of our club?
More importantly, what experience do each of these individuals have of running a Charter Standard Community Football Club with all the FA Regulations, Safeguarding, Community Inclusion Strategy and future Stadium Plan that is going to be needed if as it looks like, every one of the Board of Directors that were in place at the start of the season my not be there at the end of this season?
I look forward to seeing each of them come round the ground selling tickets and a football card at Saturday's home match, as I've only seen some of this group of 5 at the match at Kendal last weekend.
It going to be an interesting EGM to vote on each of these individuals, as for now they can only be co-opted onto the Board pending FA 'Fit and Proper Person' checks as well as full ratification by the Shareholders?
And to think, all this turmoil in the club going on off the field when we are doing so well on it?
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mbr
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Post by mbr on Mar 6, 2020 12:10:56 GMT
Having read the report of full ABC meeting in News & Star (5th March), hope there's someone on the new Board who knows their way around the economics of local Councils.
A budget presented by Acting Leader, Mike Johnson ( Con, Aspatria) was voted through by Tory/ 'Indepts'; this budget means MORE cuts than were actually made necessary by the Bojo Government. Executive Member in charge of Finance, Jim Lister (Con, Aspatria) defended the cuts and added that "we must not commit ourselves to long term liabilities".
You have to ask then , where does all this leave any commitment to a new stadium, which would mean, in Coun. LIster's view of these things, a 'long term liability' of millions over thirty years?
Such budget actions speak louder than words when it comes to the new stadium. Hope there are Directors who will be prepared to challenge the Council Executive on the reality behind the public relations.
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jimmyg
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Post by jimmyg on Mar 8, 2020 8:53:14 GMT
Several weeks on and as yet no announcement has been made about who is the remaining Director. If this has been shared and I have missed it then I apologise. This and the fact that we still don't know who will be the new Chairman doesn't 'hold-well' that the new Board will meet their responsibility to keep the fans informed and involved.
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Post by Simon Collins on Mar 8, 2020 11:38:59 GMT
Several weeks on and as yet no announcement has been made about who is the remaining Director. If this has been shared and I have missed it then I apologise. This and the fact that we still don't know who will be the new Chairman doesn't 'hold-well' that the new Board will meet their responsibility to keep the fans informed and involved. There are various 'Fit and Proper Person' checks that have to be satisfactorily confirmed, which are becoming increasing stricter within the FA, before anyone is formally confirmed as suitable to be a Director of an FA registered football club. I would have believed that in an ideal world these checks would have been undertaken and completed in the background before any announcements had been made? However given the chain of events with John and Ross stepping down I can appreciate why the club may have had no real choice but to make the announcement in the way they did.
(i.e. In most circumstances, paid or voluntary posts are never confirmed, and roles formally offered, until the relevant checks have been completed).
Ultimately the FA checks are there to route out any 'skeletons in the cupboard' that could negatively affect anyone becoming involved in running a football club.
I don't personally know any of the new Directors very well yet, so I (hope) I am not casing any aspersions when I give a couple of basic examples of the FA checks below:
For example, would the FA allow a football club look to appoint someone that has previously been declared bankrupt, to be involved in overseeing that clubs accounts?
Or, as the FA are looking to roll out DBS checks to all Football Clubs that have players aged U18 (previously this only applied to Junior Football Clubs), would the FA allow anyone with a previous caution for improper behaviour towards a child to be a 'person of influence' at a Football Club?
Gone are the days where anyone could roll up to a football club and become involved in the running of that club without the necessary checks being undertaken first?
As I said, I'd have no reason not to expect that these checks on all our Directors (current and future) will confirm they are all very much 'Fit and Proper'. So this might help explain why any further Directors names do not get announced before the necessary checks are concluded?
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jimmyg
Rank = Alberto Saidi
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Post by jimmyg on Mar 8, 2020 13:19:21 GMT
Several weeks on and as yet no announcement has been made about who is the remaining Director. If this has been shared and I have missed it then I apologise. This and the fact that we still don't know who will be the new Chairman doesn't 'hold-well' that the new Board will meet their responsibility to keep the fans informed and involved. There are various 'Fit and Proper Person' checks that have to be satisfactorily confirmed, which are becoming increasing stricter within the FA, before anyone is formally confirmed as suitable to be a Director of an FA registered football club. I would have believed that in an ideal world these checks would have been undertaken and completed in the background before any announcements had been made? However given the chain of events with John and Ross stepping down I can appreciate why the club may have had no real choice but to make the announcement in the way they did.
(i.e. In most circumstances, paid or voluntary posts are never confirmed, and roles formally offered, until the relevant checks have been completed).
Ultimately the FA checks are there to route out any 'skeletons in the cupboard' that could negatively affect anyone becoming involved in running a football club.
I don't personally know any of the new Directors very well yet, so I (hope) I am not casing any aspersions when I give a couple of basic examples of the FA checks below:
For example, would the FA allow a football club look to appoint someone that has previously been declared bankrupt, to be involved in overseeing that clubs accounts?
Or, as the FA are looking to roll out DBS checks to all Football Clubs that have players aged U18 (previously this only applied to Junior Football Clubs), would the FA allow anyone with a previous caution for improper behaviour towards a child to be a 'person of influence' at a Football Club?
Gone are the days where anyone could roll up to a football club and become involved in the running of that club without the necessary checks being undertaken first?
As I said, I'd have no reason not to expect that these checks on all our Directors (current and future) will confirm they are all very much 'Fit and Proper'. So this might help explain why any further Directors names do not get announced before the necessary checks are concluded?
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jimmyg
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Post by jimmyg on Mar 8, 2020 13:55:18 GMT
Thanks for the response and I agree/understand that the FA are required to undertake a series of checks to establish someone's suitability to be a Director. Presumably, the 5 people who have already been declared as new Director's have gone through the same process and been cleared to join the Board. If the 6th person's application is still being processed then it would help if the Club would clarify that this is the case. In the absence of any clear information people will inevitably speculate. The delay with appointing the new Chairman is also not helping restore confidence that the club's affairs are being handled appropriately during the transition period from the previous Board to the new one. If the new Directors have been cleared by the FA, and if they are actively running the Club they must be, then why the delay in appointing a new Chairman? It might be that they are waiting for the 6th person to join the Board before announcing their decision which is not unreasonable, provided that the 6th person is appointed quickly and in the meantime the fans are kept updated.
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yidaho
Rank = Ian Arnold
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Post by yidaho on Mar 8, 2020 17:27:33 GMT
As far as I'm aware, the required paperwork has been submitted to the FA wrt the new directors but it can take up to three weeks for FA ratification. Consequently, at the moment we have three active directors until the approval comes through.
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Post by Simon Collins on Mar 8, 2020 17:41:45 GMT
As far as I'm aware, the required paperwork has been submitted to the FA wrt the new directors but it can take up to three weeks for FA ratification. Consequently, at the moment we have three active directors until the approval comes through. Thanks for clarification Paul. As I suspected, in an ideal world the checks would be completed first before any announcement. Imagine the embarrassment should anyone not satisfy the FA 'Fit and Proper' check process?
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