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toontown
December 24, 2020, 6:37pm
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Quoted from Bigdog


Joined a couple of years ago. To date, nothing back, not even received a confirmation of membership. Communication zero. Now lapsed..


Likewise for me. Assume my membership has lapsed too. It seems others have had the same issue.

I totally support the idea of the trust and appreciate that they are giving up their own time, they have my admiration. But as an organisation it appears to be dysfunctional and unfit for purpose, and it pains me to say that.

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December 24, 2020, 6:40pm

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Surely they would have a stronger hand at GTFC board level if they spoke with the authority of hundreds of town fans.


I think they need to decide first whether they even should be on the board (definitely one to ask the members). Then what their purpose is being on the board. Is it to represent the members or just to give a personal view as an informed supporter (as opposed to a business person and shareholder with a vested financial interest, like the rest of the board).


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December 24, 2020, 6:46pm

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They are too nice and Fenty runs rings around them. If they got more militant, they would get more support.
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December 24, 2020, 7:35pm
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the trust is finished anyone how gives them money is a cretin.
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December 24, 2020, 8:36pm
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Quoted from KingstonMariner


Are you a member? If not your opinion would carry no weight.


Any Town fan can voice their opinion on the Trust whether they are a member or not. It's not difficult to see the poor response coming from the Trust without being a member especially as it would seem from comments on here about lack of communications to actual members.

As it happens I am not a member, I was going to join but decided not to after the membership at the time decided to drop their trousers, bend over and let themselves be shafted by JF.

Was it 250,000 shares? how much will JF benefit from those if his share allocation is bought?
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December 25, 2020, 12:18pm
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Quoted from IlkleyMariner
Don’t really understand the post above, but if it means that the Trust needs to join the 21st century for communication and IT systems I’m in total support

Isn’t the Trust a 21st century organisation? Even it’s forerunner GTISC started out as an electronically delivered newsletter.


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Or are ex members because they got fed up with the Trust cosying up to Fenty and in my case because they allowed a grubby opportunist to pose with a town shirt.


The Trust didn’t allow that. Didn’t have a say in it.

PS how is leaving the Trust going to stop them cosying up to Fenty? It just leaves the Fenyists in a stronger position.


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Any Town fan can voice their opinion on the Trust whether they are a member or not. It's not difficult to see the poor response coming from the Trust without being a member especially as it would seem from comments on here about lack of communications to actual members.

As it happens I am not a member, I was going to join but decided not to after the membership at the time decided to drop their trousers, bend over and let themselves be shafted by JF.

Was it 250,000 shares? how much will JF benefit from those if his share allocation is bought?


You can voice an opinion but it’s the members that get a say in what the Trust does.

Perhaps if more people had joined before the vote we wouldn’t have got that result. It’s like the Millenials who didn’t vote in the Brexit referendum moaning about the outcome.

200,000 shares. I agree that stank but that’s what the members voted for.


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December 25, 2020, 1:27pm

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no they should represent the views of their membership. A paid subscription/membership should have some merit attached to it.


You don't even get a membership card.


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Time for the Mariners Trust board representatives to resign from the GTFC board of directors?
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