Trust Announces Additions to Board

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Really encouraging to see as a starting point to some kind of reform @Foxes_Trust 

 

How did your meeting with the club go on the questions regarding the failures of last season?

[SlaneyLCFC]

3 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

Did Donald Trump or Modi have anything to do with the hiring process?

 

[cityfanlee23]

On 06/09/2023 at 00:29, Foxes_Trust said:

Trust Announces Additions to Board – Foxes Trust

Great stuff, can you give control of this account to Christian please?

[Raj]

11 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

I didn't see any black, brown, oriental, LGTB+, binary people on that board.  Not very representative of our fans, no deal.

Why dont you apply then.

 

[Dr The Singh]

51 minutes ago, Raj said:

Why dont you apply then.

 

Didn't know the positions existed, did they post them on here?

[LinekersLugs]

14 board members 😂😂😂🤯🤯🤯

[LinekersLugs]

I nominate @Col city fan as the FoxesTalk ambassador to the Trust Board of Directors 

[AjcW]

On 06/09/2023 at 08:22, davieG said:

 

Whilst I don’t get to matches as often as I’d like to now, bringing Leicester to the consciousness of my two young girls

 

 

I think you'll find that's the case with many fans with young families and other commitments

Well said Davie! Gutted my first comment in this thread isn't a joke like usual  

[Raj]

1 hour ago, Dr The Singh said:

Didn't know the positions existed, did they post them on here?

https://foxestrust.co.uk/

 

Contact them 👍

[Chrysalis]

At least the trust are communicating if you dont like what they are doing.  The clubs upper management on the other hand.......

[Foxes_Trust]

On 06/09/2023 at 08:17, Trekerz said:

Majority of foxes trust aims are regarding matchgoing fans. Why is a lawyer who has said he doesn't even attend matches anymore suddenly found himself part of the board

It was not a main reason for his co-option (we have previously had lawyers on the board but not for several years, so it was a clear skills gap), but as the majority of the FT board are season ticket holders, it is better representation of the fan base to have some board members who hold LCFC membership only.

 

Edited 7 September 2023 by Foxes_Trust

[Foxes_Trust]

On 06/09/2023 at 19:30, Dr The Singh said:

I didn't see any black, brown, oriental, LGTB+, binary people on that board.  Not very representative of our fans, no deal.

One of the documents on our website is an equal opportunities statement which was created when we formed and recently reviewed.

 

In terms of race, no members (as described above) have stepped forward to declare an interest in a board position for many years, when we initially formed Raj Cheema played a key role in dialogue with the administrator when consortiums were being evaluated.

[foxinsocks]

There's a big problem here.  Increasingly the foxes trust has the role of a supporters trust liaising with the club... and may even have a statutory role in the future.  Yet they guys are self appointed and may not represent the views of supporters.

They look like a load of people engraciating themselves with the club.

They are secretive (unable to give clear answers to reasonable questions) and failed to hold the club to account.

Their role should be challenged.

Edited 8 September 2023 by foxinsocks

[Harpenden Fox]

30 minutes ago, foxinsocks said:

There's a big problem here.  Increasingly the foxes trust has the role of a supporters trust liaising with the club... and may even have a statutory role in the future.  Yet they guys are self appointed and may not represent the views of supporters.

They look like a load of people engraciating themselves with the club.

They are secretive (unable to give clear answers to reasonable questions) and failed to hold the club to account.

Their role should be challenged.

How do you know they don’t ‘represent the views of supporters? There’s about 50,000 of us.

 

Perhaps the Club is as unwilling to engage with the Trust as it is with media. It has a very secretive culture. No one minded when we were today’s Brighton between 2015 and 2021. Now we do mind because of where we stand.

 

But go ahead and challenge them. Join them, apply to take an official role. Start representing supporters. It’s totally up to you.

[LinekersLugs]

It’s time we had a drive for a democratic and wider membership trust … the government are planing legislation that could make body’s like this critical to the running and protection of the Club, looking at this board of director I have NO confidence they will represent me or the fans adequately 

 

I think people should wake up to this before it’s too late 

[harpendenfox]

£10 to join so I'm going to do just that. When I tried to create an online membership I received an error message saying 'Error! Nonce Security Check Failed!'

 

I am relieved to see that in this context nonce is some tech thing. Nevertheless, not the best start to my relationship with @Foxes_Trust!

[Arkie Bennett]

"...as I look to build a career within the beautiful game..."

Something for the CV.

[foxinsocks]

1 hour ago, Harpenden Fox said:

How do you know they don’t ‘represent the views of supporters? There’s about 50,000 of us.

 

Perhaps the Club is as unwilling to engage with the Trust as it is with media. It has a very secretive culture. No one minded when we were today’s Brighton between 2015 and 2021. Now we do mind because of where we stand.

 

But go ahead and challenge them. Join them, apply to take an official role. Start representing supporters. It’s totally up to you.

I think it cant be representative congenitally.  By putting myself forward I would be as bad as the current lot.  I think we need a truly democratic organisation.   Look at these new guys.... any one know what their agenda is?

 

[davieG]

3 hours ago, foxinsocks said:

Yet they guys are self appointed

They're voted in by members of the Foxes Trust, if you want to influence that you only have to join. 

[davieG]

59 minutes ago, foxinsocks said:

I think we need a truly democratic organisation

Surely that requires more members and you can't force fans to be members. If you make it a free vote for any fan without membership you'll have fans of other clubs messing up the vote.

 

Come up with a solution.

[foxinsocks]

 

42 minutes ago, davieG said:

Surely that requires more members and you can't force fans to be members. If you make it a free vote for any fan without membership you'll have fans of other clubs messing up the vote.

 

Come up with a solution.

How about season ticket holders and members?

[grobyfox1990]

8 minutes ago, foxinsocks said:

 

How about season ticket holders and members?

But what about all those 'I used to be fan but now only attend games once a season so I can't be a member clubs a shambles mate it's a joke' types. Best way is surely becoming a trust member, Labour managed to flood the membership and get Corbyn is as leader, I think (?), you should start a similar revolution at the Trust!!!

Edited 8 September 2023 by grobyfox1990

[Dr The Singh]

9 hours ago, Foxes_Trust said:

One of the documents on our website is an equal opportunities statement which was created when we formed and recently reviewed.

 

In terms of race, no members (as described above) have stepped forward to declare an interest in a board position for many years, when we initially formed Raj Cheema played a key role in dialogue with the administrator when consortiums were being evaluated.

Good to hear

[davieG]

1 hour ago, foxinsocks said:

 

How about season ticket holders and members?

So if you're not a ST holder or member but a life long fan who for whatever reason can't get to games you'd have to pay the clubs membership fee, £10 would be cheaper.

 

If ST holders and members have not joined the Trust already I don't think the £10 admin fee is stopping them.

 

The truth is probably that during the last 10 years the vast majority of fans didn't need a Trust they were happy with whatever the club did. Now it's seemingly deteriorated to be a match going fan people are coming out of the woodwork to complain that the Trust is toothless, well of course it is the fans haven't had any need for it so it doesn't have sufficient   members to put pressure on the club.

[iancognito]

On 06/09/2023 at 09:30, westernpark said:

Or just not have a music stage? 

Or that bingo announcer guy on the stage who doesn't realise the microphone amplifies his voice and he doesn't need to SHOUT EVERYTHING