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Will Fenty return the 200k of shares to the Trust that he 'bargained for' back in 2012 if the Trust leave the board?

Quoted from Quagmire

Will Fenty return the 200k of shares to the Trust that he 'bargained for' back in 2012 if the Trust leave the board?

Doubt it because he bought a similar amount as part of the transfer iirc

An open letter to the Mariners Trust on Cod Almighty's site.

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=6365

I think I agree with most of that.

The trust should be working towards removing the non chairman .

Quoted from lowerfindus

The trust should be working towards removing the non chairman .

Whilst probably an unrealistic aspiration, the truth is that GTFC is in a very stagnant position. We got promoted, yes, but after 3 relegations and what seemed like an eternity of non-league and, certainly from an infrastructure perspective, we now seem light years behind teams that were once our equal. The stadium project has gone quiet again and we're searching for scraps in the transfer market.

Off the pitch, we are renowned for strange decisions and a board without a chairman yet run like an autocracy. There may have been a logic behind the latest debacle with the Chronicle but, because of previous incidents, the non-chairman has had to issue yet another explanatory statement. We seem to muddle from one crisis to the next and, sooner or later, it needs a shake-up. We have a strange habit of making ourselves look very amateur.

Fan ownership in England doesn't work unless you have a rich benefactor behind the scenes.

None of the town fans I have met are capable of running a football club though some can (and already do) contribute hugely to the cause.

A piece about fan ownership...

https://pitchinvasion.net/fan-ownership-the-bundesliga-model/

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

An open letter to the Mariners Trust on Cod Almighty's site.

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=6365

I think I agree with most of that.

BUT

Not the non league bit I hope.

Quoted from Civvy at last

They will never win a 'big argument' or be listened to.
Fenty knows the views of the fans regarding checkatrade but quite clearly doesn't give a sh1t. The board are his puppets, so in my opinion the Trust should admit defeat and have a louder voice from outside the board. I doubt John cares about wether the trust agree in the boardroom or not. He will (as always) get his own way. A trust outside the boardroom actively supporting a TOTAL BOYCOTT of the Checkatrade could be far more effective.

I emailed the trust myself this morning saying pretty much everything you said. viva la revolucion!

Always thought the aims of the Trust (MkI and MkII) were too limited. To my mind it should have never been anything less than complete ownership of the club. And the decision taken to gift 200,000 shares to Mr Fenty was a strategic error and a missed opportunity (yeah I know the arguments put forward for doing so, but they smacked of short-termist defeatism, and based on a lack of appreciation of the weakness of Mr Fenty's position - i.e. would he have risked losing most of his benign loans by forcing us into a position of administration, and if he did we could have rescued the club as Op.Promotion has shown).

I wouldn't chuck away the board position now though - too much money and hard work has gone into gaining it. Whilst Jon might be tied in what he can publicly say by collective responsibility, the rest of the organisation isn't.