Supporters Club EGM & Ordinary Meeting

[Ramz]

Official East Stirlingshire F.C. Supporters Club members should note there will be an EGM on Wednesday 27th July to be held at the Gordon Lounge at 7.30pm

Purpose - Vote on proposal to create `Assosciate members` who would be similar to Full members in all ways except; a) membership would be half the price of Full members and b) they would have the same priority as non members when Supporters Club away travel is being arranged (ie they could travel but only after all Full members have been asked if they want to travel and then only if any space was available).

The members will then have the opportunity to review all Supporters Club membership fees for the current season (which could be influenced by the result of the previous vote) and make alterations if thought nessesary.

The EGM will be directly followed by an ordinary Supporters Club meeting to discuss other supporter issues.

[Ramz]

I have been asked why this motion for an EGM has been raised now.

In the past 2 years the membership fee for the Supporters Club has nearly doubled. We know the regular away crew will happily pay this because the Supporters Club away trips are still excellent value throughout a season and can save people their yearly fee many times over. The Office Bearers recognise that many who do not travel or do so very occasionally are not getting as good value for their membership - we want to make sure those people feel as important as everyone else and that their circumstances are taken into account by the Supporters Club, hence the reduced fee for associate (or non - travelling) members. This motion is mostly for the very young or OAP`s but there are others that are included eg those that normally work on a Saturday (urrg!) and those who live a large distance away from F*****k.

[Ramz]

Don`t forget to go to this meeting! I know there is a game on in Grangemouth (vs Cumbernauld Utd) that I expect some supporters to attend but it is only a friendly and we do have important business to discuss and vote on (espescially if you are a regular home fan who does not travel - you could end up with cheaper supporters club fees if the EGM motion is successful!). Meeting starts at 7.30pm in the Gordon Lounge.

[wellibob]

all current members not in attendance at tonights meeting (with exception of twinkle) will be named and shamed especially if they were found to be at the cumbernauld bounce game. In that case their membership fees will be trebled for the forthcoming season.

as for the EGM result, you should have been there if you were that interested in the outcome.

[Ramz]

Some of the main outcomes of the meeting were:

1) EGM - after discussion meeting decided not to press ahead with assosciate member agenda but create a new class of under 5 member. As a review of fees was in the EGM agenda the meeting voted to adjust the membership fees for the supporters club in 2005/ 06 as follows:
Adult - £8, Concession - £4, Under 5 - £1

2) There will be no organised supporter travel to the Dundee Cup game on Sunday - everybody make their own way to the game

3) We will sponsor the trip to Berwick Rangers (by train) in some (not major) way in 2 weeks time