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Any guesses what will come out (or even updates from board members once its over)?
For me I sincerely hope it covers the following (funnily enough - its from my election statement);
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Any guesses what will come out (or even updates from board members once its over)?
For me I sincerely hope it covers the following (funnily enough - its from my election statement);
Brickie Chap
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Mark, what is the latest position regarding comps? I assume, given its been your biggest bug bear for years, that you have looked into this since you appointment to the BU Board?
How many free tickets are given out each game? Which Directors take free tickets? How many do our superstar players receive each game?
How many free tickets are given out each game? Which Directors take free tickets? How many do our superstar players receive each game?
rebus
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The answer, as always, is too many.
I gather the BFC MD together with help from Jon Gosling has collated a report which is due before the BFC board. I will chase this up and get back to you.
Brickie Chap
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Can we expect anything to be done by say, the time I'm 80
FFS that is simply b***ocks.
Name and shame the Directors not paying for their tickets please
If we have to spend our hard earned cash watching these *****, I expect them to
FFS that is simply b***ocks.
Name and shame the Directors not paying for their tickets please
If we have to spend our hard earned cash watching these *****, I expect them to
rebus
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Brickie Chap
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Not good enough. BU have been in charge since Jan 2006. Anyone would think people have secrets to hide. Why cant this information be released NOW?
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rebus
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RoyalOakBee
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Very interesting reading! However was a bit disapoointed to see the Lionel Road link had not been updated since March 2005!!!!
Read through the profiles of the board and I think it was Allison who said something like "in the past BU have been too slow to communicate what is going on at the club,...... this has got to change, NOW!"
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Bees United said:
Maybe this isn't worded very well. Does this mean that BU are expecting BFC to cover the debts that BU is responsible for in 2009 or that BFC is responsible for the Club's debts apart from the 500k in 2009?
rebus
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Thanks.
The output of the day feels... "lightweight" to me. I don't get the feeling its given BU a new direction or momentum? Maybe thats just me.
As for the comps - surely this is a question to be directed at JG rather than BU board members?
rebus
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I broadly agree and for the latter I have contacted Jon and await his response.
Brickie Chap
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At http://www.bfcsupporterdirector.co.uk/diary/061226.html Jon says...
JG said:
I think therefore Jon is likely to say that "end of the season" means "not yet".
He also says he's taking Xmas off from club-related activities as he's been spending too much time on it recently (presumably re the managerial appointment), so I don't expect you'll get an answer (even a holding response) until the new year.
Since is a JG issue rather than a BU issue, I'd also prefer it if Mark just said "contact JG" rather than "I'll contact JG for you"...
rebus
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Paul USA
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Amazing - 20 days since Mark said he was asking the question and yet still no answer to him as of 09.34 on the 27th.
The channels that have to be gone thru in order to get any info on anything must be horrendous.
BU - Your having a laugh.
The channels that have to be gone thru in order to get any info on anything must be horrendous.
BU - Your having a laugh.
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According to http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10421~948742,00.html JG will be holding his surgery before the game this Saturday. You could save Mark wasting his time as a middle-man and talk to him yourself!
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According to http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10421~948742,00.html JG will be holding his surgery before the game this Saturday. You could save Mark wasting his time as a middle-man and talk to him yourself!
Oh dear Brickie........I think that having broken a few eggs over shaggy's head regarding his amazing statement regarding the destination of any Griffin Park sale proceeds you will have to suffer some petulance from him until he calms down........lol
Brickie Chap
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Actually I think I posted this before reading the other thread (although I'll go and check the time of posting - maybe this will be another grassy knoll?).
I'm more annoyed with Mark for wasting his time on this junk (presumably because its his electorate) rather than focusing on what I think the BU board should be focusing on, but I guess that is entirely subjective.
I'm more annoyed with Mark for wasting his time on this junk (presumably because its his electorate) rather than focusing on what I think the BU board should be focusing on, but I guess that is entirely subjective.
rebus
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Care to explain yourself a bit further??!!
If you want priorities then getting BFC fit for purpose and breaking even is number one, let's get that straight.
However, do you think I should be passive on an issue as emotive as this? Hearing that on average 400 walk though the doors of Griffin Park on a matchday without paying for it is not good enough.
I want to see justification for the loss of £8k per match in revenue, which based on adult tickets if you multiply that by 23 for a season is £184k worth of free tickets!!
PS Can you define "his electorate" for me.
Brickie Chap
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I do hope you were drunk when you posted this
You remain unfit for election to the BU Board
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It's a pity that you couldn't make the EGM yesterday to explain to the BU board exactly what they should focus on.
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Care to explain yourself a bit further??!!
If you want priorities then getting BFC fit for purpose and breaking even is number one, let's get that straight.
However, do you think I should be passive on an issue as emotive as this? Hearing that on average 400 walk though the doors of Griffin Park on a matchday without paying for it is not good enough.
I want to see justification for the loss of £8k per match in revenue, which based on adult tickets if you multiply that by 23 for a season is £184k worth of free tickets!!
PS Can you define "his electorate" for me.
We elected JG as a director of the club exactly for issues like this. This is (imho) just another example of supporters going to BU board members for all sorts of things which (again, imho) ought to be dealt with by BIAS, by the club or by the supporter-elected director.
I stood for JG's position on a pretty different platform than he did - I thought the most important element of the role was contributing to board decisions to secure the long-term future of the club - he thought it was more about comms and (I paraphrase) supporter-sensitive issues. Fair dues to him - he got in, and he's delivering pretty good comms.
I end up pretty pissed off that the club is loosing even more money than before (which the board as a whole is accountable for, including JG), and I'm pretty pissed off that even on issues that he explicitly mentionned in his election statement his supporters (in this case, my favourite keyboard warrior Brickie Chap) can't be arsed to go to him directly and ask about progress. And my irritation with you is that rather than politely pointing him in the direction of the person he supported for the role, you're wasting your time contacting JG on his behalf!
PS. Just to be clear, this is a one-issue irritation - I have complemented recent BU comms elsewhere and I'm assuming thats down to your good efforts on things we both agree are the job of BU.
PPS. Neither you nor I think that we are suffering that extent of lost revenue as a result of comps. Everyone knows that a fraction of the recipients would ever fork out for a ticket. Not to say its not a valid issue for JG to get to grips with, but the figures you bandy about seem pretty meaningless.
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If I'd just been elected on a particular statement, and the failed candidate turned up and challenged me why his (failed) statement wasn't being pursued, I think I'd say "shame more people didn't agree that was important enough, eh Dave?"
I can't even criticise them for not delivering on their own statements, because so far Mark has taken on comms (and started to improve it), Natasha has taken on fundraising (early days yet) and Banana has taken on... pretty much everything else (
), and I'm glad that he's chosen the practical path to improving BU rather than the damaging revolution that I feared. Of course when he's been in post for more than a few days I might start paying a bit more attention to progress! I did hope that the strategy day might throw up more meaningful developments (hence this thread) but it seems to have been more short-term tactics than real strategy. An opportunity missed by everyone there, imho.
PS. The fact that it was the only time I could see some particular friends who I hadn't seen for ages also contributed to my absence.
Brickie Chap
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rebus
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Mark, did the Board vote on JG's comp proposal
Since I have been elected there has been no discussion of it. As you heard on Saturday, it is to be debated by the BFC board this coming Friday.