E-Mail from the Trust

Quoted from Dan

I see no evidence of this in this thread. And since this thread is titled 'E-Mail from the Trust' you would be well aware that contents of said email do not involve you or need your input, because, well, people who aren't in the trust need to realise that they do not speak for the entire trust membership

If you have the necessary I.T. skills to recieve Emails and communicate within the trust, why not keep it to the trust members and not spoiut it on a non-trust forum. . . The actual thread IS the evidence!!!

Wood for the trees anyone???

So the gist of it is, give Fenty 200,000 shares, he buys 200,000 new shares which are considered "new money", he then supports the club up until May 2013, with him holding 47% of the shares.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I'm a member of the Trust but I don't think shrouding what is done in mystery is a positive thing. The Trust needs to be careful that it doesn't create an 'us and them' scenario - whilst non-members aren't entitled to vote, I do think they're entitled to know what's happening and to have an opinion. Alienating and excluding people completely won't persuade anybody to join up.

It is stated on the Mariners Trust website homepage that this an important postal ballot regarding our share ownership.

"shrouding what is done in mystery" may be an over statement.

Trust members get to vote postally - by 5th March 2012, a date in the correspondence.

So it would seem if non-members want a say then there's nothing to prevent them joining up prior to this date? There's plenty of time.

Shouldn't Trust members get sight of the specifics of what they are voting on prior to the rest of the GTFC community?

Quoted from Trawler

It is stated on the Mariners Trust website homepage that this an important postal ballot regarding our share ownership.

"shrouding what is done in mystery" may be an over statement.

Trust members get to vote postally - by 5th March 2012, a date in the correspondence.

So it would seem if non-members want a say then there's nothing to prevent them joining up prior to this date? There's plenty of time.

Shouldn't Trust members get sight of the specifics of what they are voting on prior to the rest of the GTFC community?

I think the difficulty that I am having with some of the trust members who post on here is that they think that paying ten pounds to the trust gives them some kind of mandate as if they were elected.  I get the feeling that they think they have some kind of right when it comes to GTFC.  Have that right if you wish so long as you are able to shoulder the burden of responsibility when it all goes to sh1t and Fenty wants some money off you (soon)!!!

Genuine question:

I believe Sonik is a Trust member, and maybe other Fenty family members are too (maybe even JF himself).

Obviously they have the right to vote on this issue BUT surely there is a conflict of interest here?

Quoted from 1054

I think the difficulty that I am having with some of the trust members who post on here is that they think that paying ten pounds to the trust gives them some kind of mandate as if they were elected.  I get the feeling that they think they have some kind of right when it comes to GTFC.  Have that right if you wish so long as you are able to shoulder the burden of responsibility when it all goes to sh1t and Fenty wants some money off you (soon)!!!

Funny, I think the majority of trust members think that joining the trust advances the interests of the trust and ultimately assists in the running of GTFC, nothing more, nothing less.

Quoted from 2075

So the gist of it is, give Fenty 200,000 shares, he buys 200,000 new shares which are considered "new money", he then supports the club up until May 2013, with him holding 47% of the shares.

Or not. It's a vote.

It is, and I think I will vote yes!

Quoted from 1054

I think the difficulty that I am having with some of the trust members who post on here is that they think that paying ten pounds to the trust gives them some kind of mandate as if they were elected.  I get the feeling that they think they have some kind of right when it comes to GTFC.  Have that right if you wish so long as you are able to shoulder the burden of responsibility when it all goes to sh1t and Fenty wants some money off you (soon)!!!

I don't think anyone particularly thinks that, sounds like you've pretty much made this situation up.

The reason I havnt yet joined the trust, is because of this current issue. I heard about the proposals to transfer trust shares to JF and the rest of the proposals, I mentioned it to a member of the trust board n I was suprised by the reaction it made me feel that no one but trust board members should know about the proposal. I didn't bother posting what I'd heard because I felt if things were in negotiation with JF then it wasn't the right thing to start speculative arguments.