Agree voice alone not enough, % with say.

As it goes, I happen to know the minimum investment to be on the Board of Directors is £5,000 per year. What this actually gives you in terms of a Voice is unknown. It does however, give you a recognised vote in Boardroom situations, a lovely new tie and I think some refreshments before and during the game home and away. I have been in discussions with the Commercial Team over the last few months on Fundraising Matters etc. Maybe what we need here is a return of the traditional style Supporters Club? A fundraising, organised movement within the club that we could use as a platform to do good things for the Football Club, my childhood was spent being dragged along to these meetings by my parents and when the SC was hot, it was REALLY HOT. Who is to say we cannot graft this out amongst a few passionate bodies that care and make it great again, been a long time since my Membership Card for CTFCSC lived in my wallet.. 

Then maybe off the back of this, the SC could use any funds raised, should they be of the right amount minimum of course to "as a sort of collective" have a representative on the BOD. It used to be a Management Committee where more than enough members of the SC held rank anyway but now with things a little different this could be a refreshing way for not only supporters who desire to help the club get involved but also for the SC to help the supporters, support the club in the correct way. It used to be responsible for functions, coach travel, fundraising events, it used to be a big deal with Fanzines, media work and other stuff really making the contribution of a fan to the SC something far greater than a 50/50 ticket could reward you with. I have long since yearned for the days we had something like this, now maybe it seems with the right amount of fan weight behind it, we could re-establish that.. 

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Personally I think that this idea if it is going to have any substance really needs to come of the forum and into a proper conversation. At this moment sadly it's a lot of chat between supporters that remain anonymous, maybe we need a little meet up and a conversation between all interested parties? 

DB Do I remember right in thinking you used to have quite an active role in the very first ISC for Chippenham, I cannot remember fully but did you not hold a position within? The only people that would see this as disloyal or disruptive are those who are threatened by it or uneducated regarding it's ideals. No one wants to take over Chippenham, but this is about helping those in the seat to make their lives, jobs, positions a little less stressful. 

Brilliant days, if only we could get back that. I really did think it was starting to happen, then the supporters club gets the bullet, come on commercial team let’s get back to the good ole days. Does that include Tommy S