It would be interesting to know who has been appointed as a supporters' representative on Plymouth City Council's Safety Advisory Group.It was a campaign, no more than that, and now the decision has been taken to buy the freehold that is the end of the campaign.
As Graham has said : -The club have since decided that they did not see anyone from the AFT fulfilling this role and have chosen a representative from elsewhere.
It is for the Club to say which group the representative is from.
Graham Clark":3sa68v1k said:The critical glare of those behind a keyboard cannot help the willingness of anyone to put their head above the parapet.
jimsing":30svj263 said:The AFT are now left in the invidious position of not having any contact with the Club (THEIR decision, it seems, although a decision taken by some individuals in the AFT, and not the AFT as a whole) with no way back from this position unless they backtrack and start again (and the board are willing to have dealings with them).
On behalf of our one thousand paid up members the elected Board of the Argyle Fans’ Trust were disappointed, when at the end of last season, James Brent refused any further meetings at board level with our Chairman. We were informed that this was as a result of the AFT securing Asset of Community Value status for Home Park and Higher Home Park.
Ceebs":65e93opz said:jimsing":65e93opz said:The AFT are now left in the invidious position of not having any contact with the Club (THEIR decision, it seems, although a decision taken by some individuals in the AFT, and not the AFT as a whole) with no way back from this position unless they backtrack and start again (and the board are willing to have dealings with them).
I'm not convinced this tells the whole story. The AFT recalled things slightly differently in a statement from their website:
On behalf of our one thousand paid up members the elected Board of the Argyle Fans’ Trust were disappointed, when at the end of last season, James Brent refused any further meetings at board level with our Chairman. We were informed that this was as a result of the AFT securing Asset of Community Value status for Home Park and Higher Home Park.
Either way it'd be beneficial if bridges could be rebuilt and hopefully steps are already being taken towards that from both sides.
BallboyEGS1958":1j53kr2x said:If what Graham Clark says is correct,that James Brent has appointed his own supporters representative to represent the fans, I would ask why he did not use a bit of common sense to stop any bitching about who he has appointed.
Ask the whole fan base who they want and have a democratic vote on it and that should keep everybody happy.
I was also at the AFT meeting and would confirm that it was not The AFT who broke off relations with the board, that decision was made by James Brent, just to put the record straight
xmastree":7uf40qw2 said:BallboyEGS1958":7uf40qw2 said:If what Graham Clark says is correct,that James Brent has appointed his own supporters representative to represent the fans, I would ask why he did not use a bit of common sense to stop any bitching about who he has appointed.
Ask the whole fan base who they want and have a democratic vote on it and that should keep everybody happy.
I was also at the AFT meeting and would confirm that it was not The AFT who broke off relations with the board, that decision was made by James Brent, just to put the record straight
Ask the whole fanbase,and that will keep everyone happy? I don't think so. It has become very evident over the last few weeks that certain sections of the fanbase will never agree with other factions on anything at all. Any sort of vote would only stir up further acrimony.
As I understand it, the appointed "fans representative" represents the fans views on safety issues. I trust that the individual concerned has both knowledge (of safety issues) and impartiality.
Knarf Reprah":126zgo0o said:Mark Pedlar":126zgo0o said::tumbleweed:
They don't listen to the membership anyway!
Good post. Unfortunately, I have held the view for a very long time that there is only one real and credible way ahead - to trust the owner and his board to do the right thing. First the GAS Board crashed and burned and this AFT business is classic "you can please some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time" with a bit of "damned if he does and damned if he doesn't" mixed in. I have always found our current AFT Chairman to be a very decent and honourable man and I hate to see the way it has gone in the past few weeks and months. Hindsight has once again proved to be an exact science.xmastree":1h0evrrm said:BallboyEGS1958":1h0evrrm said:If what Graham Clark says is correct,that James Brent has appointed his own supporters representative to represent the fans, I would ask why he did not use a bit of common sense to stop any bitching about who he has appointed.
Ask the whole fan base who they want and have a democratic vote on it and that should keep everybody happy.
I was also at the AFT meeting and would confirm that it was not The AFT who broke off relations with the board, that decision was made by James Brent, just to put the record straight
Ask the whole fanbase,and that will keep everyone happy? I don't think so. It has become very evident over the last few weeks that certain sections of the fanbase will never agree with other factions on anything at all. Any sort of vote would only stir up further acrimony.
As I understand it, the appointed "fans representative" represents the fans views on safety issues. I trust that the individual concerned has both knowledge (of safety issues) and impartiality.
TinTin":1h0ojs80 said:Good evening Tony
Hope all good with you, my friend ?
I believe, and Zee Zee will support me from our long conversation 6 years ago in The Brit, that NOTHING will work at Home Park.
Call it ANY fancy name you like.
Have Superman as Chair or even Soperman as Chair [apologies Andy], nothing will change from the time ZZ and I spoke !
And why should it ?
Simply think about it.
But NOBODY seems to..........................
Keep the Faith :scarf: