overlandandsea

I agree, don't care what they do as they represent such a tiny minority of fans. 
It annoys me they get behind this fan-led review which had 77000 replies, not all positive. Not 77000 from Derby, but the whole of the country. As a % of interested football fans that attend or view, that is very very small number. 
As a business you would not base your sales strategy around such a small cross section, many of whom will be members of a trust/FSA and in favour regardless. 
Hopefully it never comes in

Who voted in this new election? 
How come someone is co-opted as second in command and not from the existing board? 
Is being a member of the Labour Party an un-written pre-requisite of joining RT, as they seem to be Labour councillors, Labour election candidates etc? 

Overlandandsea is or was a West Ham Fanzine and a few words from their club song . 

Who voted in this new election? 
How come someone is co-opted as second in command and not from the existing board? 
Is being a member of the Labour Party an un-written pre-requisite of joining RT, as they seem to be Labour councillors, Labour election candidates etc? 

It certainly seems to be doesn`t it?
I dare say that you would get the standard soundbyte reply of "All are welcome to apply to the board" but in reality as the history of RT suggests, unless your face fits and you vote a certain way, you don`t stand a chance.
Its a closed shop, or at least that`s how it seems. I`m sure that they preach diversity and agree with it, so why appoint people to the board with different politcal perspectives? After all, this should be about DCFC not politics?

Who voted in this new election? 
How come someone is co-opted as second in command and not from the existing board? 
Is being a member of the Labour Party an un-written pre-requisite of joining RT, as they seem to be Labour councillors, Labour election candidates etc? 

Nobody now. Looks like @G STAR RAM has had the equivalent of his football being punctured by @Dcfc_Sterlingand his garden fork. Let’s see tomorrow.

If you set up a company to buy shares in Rolls Royce you'd only own fraction of shares in RR - unless you're a billionaire.
Gellaw Newco 203 wholly owns DCFC Ltd and is part of an arrangement (Debentures) that secures the borrowing DCFC has from MSD. 
Your company would never be part of RR's accounts, whereas DCFC, Gellaw Newco 203 and the other 4 companies are a commonly owned group & produce consolidated accounts. 
In a nutshell, you're talking rubbish. 
 

so, to me in the South Stand, that means nothing...what about cheaper tickets, cheap away travel, greater choice in the concourse, fans picking the kit colours/style, items in the Megastore, allowing home fans buses and cars to leave before the away fan coaches..I think most people recognise that fan-led review doen't have any  real fans on it so impossible to make any sensible suggestions. 

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

RT is full of well meaning people but derives it's existance from a flawed system. The mandate of one organisation to officially represent 'the fans' of each club is silly.
I joined briefly, during the 3 Amigos fiasco and it wasn't something I'd repeat. It's a sideshow. Best to leave it that way, IMO.

Hi Jim,
Welcome to the forum. I have a few questions, if I may?
Can I ask why it's taken over a decade for the Trust to engage with this community? By your own admission, you have only done so today at someone else's suggestion!  Has it not occurred to you that blithely stating as much suggests you were either a) unaware of this community's existence, or b) never previously saw any value in any form of engagement?
My final question is, why now? What is to be gained now that was not meaningful before?
Thanks,
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It needs a good clear out at the top. It’s become stale, insular and lacking proactivity. I’m glad to see that Jim has made this step to engage with people outside of ramstrust. 
to only have elections every three years is ridiculous. To have a chair and vice chair in position for so long is ridiculous. It becomes stagnant and needs fresh ideas. They need to be term limited positions.