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Post by Peter Parker on Oct 6, 2015 19:38:13 GMT
Announced on Tannoy.
Postponed until a date in November i cant recall as i was pissing myself laughing
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Post by Bath Gas on Oct 6, 2015 19:56:42 GMT
Announced on Tannoy. Postponed until a date in November i cant recall as i was pissing myself laughing 26th November I think.
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Post by pirate49 on Oct 6, 2015 21:12:06 GMT
Well well well...............now there's a surprise!
I was told one of the committee had family issues which prevented stuff being ready in time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 22:09:33 GMT
Well well well...............now there's a surprise! I was told one of the committee had family issues which prevented stuff being ready in time. Was it the chairman of BRFC being born out of wedlock?
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Post by fanatical on Oct 7, 2015 8:52:28 GMT
Announced on Tannoy. Postponed until a date in November i cant recall as i was pissing myself laughing Could have still met and had a party instead
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 7, 2015 18:12:41 GMT
Announced on Tannoy. Postponed until a date in November i cant recall as i was pissing myself laughing I had actually said this would happen but had hoped to be wrong. Just adds fuel to the fire.
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Post by markczgas on Oct 8, 2015 11:41:20 GMT
Has it been announced who was unable to attend tonight ?
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 8, 2015 12:05:52 GMT
Has it been announced who was unable to attend tonight ? From the OS there is a provisional date for the rearranged meeting, it's not definite. The club say the SC never had the accounts ready ! That is a bloody joke. There would have been electronic copies. Call me what you like but this looks, very much, like someone wants to avoid questions. Seems Nick will be unavailable for some weeks now. The BoD and SC seem incapable of even sorting out an annual meeting and one that has been happening for many years. I have to laugh at this, the incompetence is bewildering.
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Post by Peter Parker on Oct 8, 2015 12:27:19 GMT
JIM’S JOTTINGS
I hope that all our members have received the message that the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club’s AGM, due to take place in the Bristol Room on Thursday 8th of October, has been postponed until Thursday 26th November 2015.
Once the decision to postpone had been made by the Executive Committee, I arranged for it to be announced over the public address system at half-time, during the Wycombe Wanderers JPT match on Tuesday 6th October.
It has been published on the BRSC website and Bristol Rovers FC and the Bristol Post have been informed so I sincerely hope that nobody was inconvenienced. My sincere apologies if that was the case.
I want to make it clear that the cancellation of the AGM was entirely a Supporters Club matter and had nothing to do with conjecture being aired as to the future of the Football Club and talk of a consortium purchasing the club.
I know that many members were anxious to question the BRFC Chairman Nick Higgs regarding this matter at the planned Open Forum Q & A session that was to follow the business agenda items of the AGM.
Cancelling the Annual General Meeting at such a late stage is embarrassing and frustrating. Unfortunately, our BRSC accounts were delayed in reaching our auditors for a variety of reasons, and they have advised us that they could not finalise them for up to two weeks. Bearing in mind that the Auditors’ Report has to be approved by the Bristol Rovers Executive Committee, before being presented to the membership, we had no alternative but to postpone.
We want to reschedule the meeting for the next available date. Over recent years we have linked an Open Forum Question & Answer session for members with the official AGM business. BRSC members welcome the chance to raise issues and personally question the Chairman, Senior Board members and the Team Manager.
Mr. Higgs last night re-affirmed his availability for the scheduled meeting on Thursday 8th October and any date next week. Unfortunately, our accounts may not be authorised within this time frame. The BRFC Chairman will then be unable to attend for some weeks. Consequently we have agreed the first date thereafter when everyone is currently available. Disappointingly, that is not until Thursday November 26th 2015.
I want to state that despite being a purely voluntary committee all the senior officers are or have been professionals in some line or other, (although not necessarily in the roles we perform for the club), and we take our positions and responsibilities seriously. However, external influences that I cannot enlarge on, as in this case, can impact on the operation of the BRSC and sometimes things can and do go wrong.
I would like to publicly thank Nick Higgs, Toni Watola, Darrell Clarke and Marcus Stewart for their forbearance in this matter and to apologise to all our members for the inconvenience and disappointment caused. I further wish to ensure the membership that we will publish the club’s audited accounts at the earliest possible opportunity.
Jim Chappell
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Post by Curly Wurly on Oct 8, 2015 14:02:47 GMT
In line with the discussion above, I wondered whether the postponement of the AGM would allow for a new candidate to step forward to contest the fan's director role currently held by Ken Masters.
Scanning through the rules, it would seem not:
5.9 Any person wishing to stand for election, including those persons wishing to stand for re-election, must be nominated and seconded by two current BRSC members. Any such nomination must be made to the Secretary by the end of the financial year in the prescribed format (See sections 7.1 and Appendix E).
I presume therefore that this role is uncontested due to the following:
5.10 Elections will only take place for those positions which are contested. 5.11 Where an election is required, the nominations together with election addresses will be sent to members with the notification of the AGM (See Rule 8.2). 5.12 Elections will take the form of a postal ballot in accordance with Appendix D. 5.13 The Chairperson will announce the results of the election at the appropriate point of the AGM (See Appendix A).
From Appendix D: D4) Voting slips will be posted out to all members along with the AGM notice. D5) The ballot will be conducted prior to the AGM. All votes must be received by BRSC by close of business on the Monday immediately preceding the date of the AGM. To be included in the ballot, all envelopes must be clearly marked “BRSC Ballot Paper”, will be put unopened into the ballot box and will only be opened by the Returning Officer(s).
All a little surprising given the disquiet raised prior to last year's AGM and election
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Oct 8, 2015 14:59:11 GMT
Why does Higgs not have a spare date in his diary for 7 weeks?
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Post by dido on Oct 8, 2015 15:04:47 GMT
Let us know what he says when you ask him WCG.
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Post by The Gas on Oct 8, 2015 15:05:48 GMT
Why does Higgs not have a spare date in his diary for 7 weeks? Just think how lucky we are that Toni Watola will be in charge for seven(?) weeks, does that not fill your heart with joy.
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Post by eppinggas on Oct 8, 2015 15:11:01 GMT
Smacks of amateurism and/or incompetance. In fact - why not go the whole hog and change the club motto from "virtute et industria" to "amateur et incompetentia"
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 8, 2015 15:13:19 GMT
In line with the discussion above, I wondered whether the postponement of the AGM would allow for a new candidate to step forward to contest the fan's director role currently held by Ken Masters. Scanning through the rules, it would seem not: 5.9 Any person wishing to stand for election, including those persons wishing to stand for re-election, must be nominated and seconded by two current BRSC members. Any such nomination must be made to the Secretary by the end of the financial year in the prescribed format (See sections 7.1 and Appendix E). I presume therefore that this role is uncontested due to the following: 5.10 Elections will only take place for those positions which are contested. 5.11 Where an election is required, the nominations together with election addresses will be sent to members with the notification of the AGM (See Rule 8.2). 5.12 Elections will take the form of a postal ballot in accordance with Appendix D. 5.13 The Chairperson will announce the results of the election at the appropriate point of the AGM (See Appendix A). From Appendix D: D4) Voting slips will be posted out to all members along with the AGM notice. D5) The ballot will be conducted prior to the AGM. All votes must be received by BRSC by close of business on the Monday immediately preceding the date of the AGM. To be included in the ballot, all envelopes must be clearly marked “BRSC Ballot Paper”, will be put unopened into the ballot box and will only be opened by the Returning Officer(s). All a little surprising given the disquiet raised prior to last year's AGM and election Truth is that should anyone decide to stand, they will be subject to a fair amount of abuse. I noticed how much stick Rod was given last year. It's not something I would imagine many would want to do given that the role is basically a director in name only. Personally I like Brian Seymour Smith & I can't see anyone else doing much more than he has the remit of doing. It seems a real labour of love, as I see it. Travelling from his Midlands home, for home and away games. It must be extremely frustrating to do the job and especially so when you get so much stick. Yes, there was a lot of disquiet last year but, when it came to voting, Rod never got the votes many promised. I don't personally know the guy but it seems he was well up to having a good go.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 8, 2015 15:19:18 GMT
Why does Higgs not have a spare date in his diary for 7 weeks? I believe it's his time that he goes to Italy but am not sure. I seem to remember him going around the same time before
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 8, 2015 15:22:43 GMT
Smacks of amateurism and/or incompetance. In fact - why not go the whole hog and change the club motto from "virtute et industria" to "amateur et incompetentia" Virtue et industria is Bristols motto. I know we used to wear the Bristol coat of arms,on our shirts for a good period but I didn't know it was the club motto. Seems that the Teds have successfully hijacked that un, along with the coat of arms, suspension bridge etc
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Post by The Gas on Oct 8, 2015 15:25:59 GMT
In line with the discussion above, I wondered whether the postponement of the AGM would allow for a new candidate to step forward to contest the fan's director role currently held by Ken Masters. Scanning through the rules, it would seem not: 5.9 Any person wishing to stand for election, including those persons wishing to stand for re-election, must be nominated and seconded by two current BRSC members. Any such nomination must be made to the Secretary by the end of the financial year in the prescribed format (See sections 7.1 and Appendix E). I presume therefore that this role is uncontested due to the following: 5.10 Elections will only take place for those positions which are contested. 5.11 Where an election is required, the nominations together with election addresses will be sent to members with the notification of the AGM (See Rule 8.2). 5.12 Elections will take the form of a postal ballot in accordance with Appendix D. 5.13 The Chairperson will announce the results of the election at the appropriate point of the AGM (See Appendix A). From Appendix D: D4) Voting slips will be posted out to all members along with the AGM notice. D5) The ballot will be conducted prior to the AGM. All votes must be received by BRSC by close of business on the Monday immediately preceding the date of the AGM. To be included in the ballot, all envelopes must be clearly marked “BRSC Ballot Paper”, will be put unopened into the ballot box and will only be opened by the Returning Officer(s). All a little surprising given the disquiet raised prior to last year's AGM and election Truth is that should anyone decide to stand, they will be subject to a fair amount of abuse. I noticed how much stick Rod was given last year. It's not something I would imagine many would want to do given that the role is basically a director in name only. Personally I like Brian Seymour Smith & I can't see anyone else doing much more than he has the remit of doing. It seems a real labour of love, as I see it. Travelling from his Midlands home, for home and away games. It must be extremely frustrating to do the job and especially so when you get so much stick. Yes, there was a lot of disquiet last year but, when it came to voting, Rod never got the votes many promised. I don't personally know the guy but it seems he was well up to having a good go. Really.
There were the usual internet trolls who kicked up a fuss on some forums, but openly admitted that they were NOT members of BRSC and had no intention of joining.
There was no animosity to Rod at the AGM, everyone listened to what he had to say and then voted. The overwhelming majority of BRSC members who voted, sent their votes by post and could only decide on what each candidate said in their printed speeches.
As I have said many times before, the overwhelming majority of fans do not bother to read the postings on forums so the comments on here and elsewhere have very little influence.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 8, 2015 15:28:51 GMT
Truth is that should anyone decide to stand, they will be subject to a fair amount of abuse. I noticed how much stick Rod was given last year. It's not something I would imagine many would want to do given that the role is basically a director in name only. Personally I like Brian Seymour Smith & I can't see anyone else doing much more than he has the remit of doing. It seems a real labour of love, as I see it. Travelling from his Midlands home, for home and away games. It must be extremely frustrating to do the job and especially so when you get so much stick. Yes, there was a lot of disquiet last year but, when it came to voting, Rod never got the votes many promised. I don't personally know the guy but it seems he was well up to having a good go. Really.
There were the usual internet trolls who kicked up a fuss on some forums, but openly admitted that they were NOT members of BRSC and had no intention of joining.
There was no animosity to Rod at the AGM, everyone listened to what he had to say and then voted. The overwhelming majority of BRSC members who voted, sent their votes by post and could only decide on what each candidate said in their printed speeches.
As I have said many times before, the overwhelming majority of fans do not bother to read the postings on forums so the comments on here and elsewhere have very little influence.
Thanks for clarifying and on making a couple of things clearer. I was under the impression that Rod was given an hard time.
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Post by Curly Wurly on Oct 8, 2015 15:47:54 GMT
Truth is that should anyone decide to stand, they will be subject to a fair amount of abuse. I noticed how much stick Rod was given last year. It's not something I would imagine many would want to do given that the role is basically a director in name only. Personally I like Brian Seymour Smith & I can't see anyone else doing much more than he has the remit of doing. It seems a real labour of love, as I see it. Travelling from his Midlands home, for home and away games. It must be extremely frustrating to do the job and especially so when you get so much stick. Yes, there was a lot of disquiet last year but, when it came to voting, Rod never got the votes many promised. I don't personally know the guy but it seems he was well up to having a good go. As The Gas says, I think the "abuse" for Rod was limited to very few posts on this forum and others, but I'd agree with the point that it is a thankless task. It would seem as though everyone else feels the same as it looks like Ken M is unopposed and will have the role for the next 3 years, Brian SS for the next 2.
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