OSC meeting november 13th
 

anybody got any ideas they would like proposing? Keep it real, we have already tried proposing that we nick a spare roof from Halifax.

Please feel free to come along, even if you aint interested in the meeting the bar will be open and you would be helping the club to reduce the deficit from segregation. Also feel very free to make yourself a member on the night, there is currently a problem with supply of cards, but the badges are now available for you to take upon registration, you can be issued with your number there and then and we can post the cards on to you if they ever turn up! The membership numbers will be discussed at the meeting along with ways of enhancing our numbers significantly. For a club of our supposed fame and standing the numbers are currently woeful. Last year we had around 240 paid up members, I would like this to be 1000 by New Year. If we manage that we will be 5% towards a roof!

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Thought I would reply to move this to the front page. Yes ladies and gents do not forget the meeting tonight. Bars open questions to the new committee and the forming (hopefully) of an entertainments committee. Be there or be square as they say

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thanks Ozzy, I've been meaning to do this for the last couple of days and forgetting every time I get online.



Yeah, be there people. Plenty to discuss tonight. Update posted tonight or tomorrow for those that cant make it.

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Sorry can't make it tonight - cough, sniff, splutter - but if junior reds is discussed my offer to help try and get it off the ground again still stands

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Unfortunately i cant make it tonight either (very sorry) due to little monsters, one not back till later so cant be in 2 places at once:(

Will hopefully make the next one if poss mind u ive my card & badge to pick up - so theres my incentive thats if the kids dont mocker my plans again. Please send my opologies.

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cheers Accymad, mention will be made.

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MACCA; any chance of looking into the payment side of things re membership? PAYPAL had a bit of negative publicity over here(awhile ago) and would much prefer to go with straight forward VISA/MASTERCARD payment myself.Others may feel the same.

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Me and Julie are no shows.. but please do bring our badges on sat to pick up as offered matey.. ta:)

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the club shop can do this cant they? surely a word with someone at club could set this up nice and easy?

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I'm not there, I'm here. Still barking like a old sea loin. Not fit to make the drive, looking forward to the potted verstion later and a gander at new badge, any chance of an pic of one so I can see what it looks like?

If Possible I'll pick the badges up on Saturday at the match, who's on memberships and where will they be sat Post match?

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Hope you're better sat. doug, I will be down on sat. taking memberships, i wil let you know a bit later, but it's looking like it could be in the clubhouse BEFORE kickoff...

Watch this space bud.:engsmil:

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Cheer's Spud, I'll be there hell or high water Saturday. :)

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rightio as brief a resume as possible as to last night:

membership update - informed that badges were now available and that we had no membership cards whatsoever. It was proposed that we drop the laminations due to unnecessary extra cost, further delay of getting cards issued and the fact that with the laminate the card does not fit into a standard sized credit card holder. Terry Slinger will be printing off some cards shortly and it is hoped they will be available within the week. Both ideas were passed.

Treasurer reported that funds were ........ and that the exhibition planned for lottery funding was still going ahead and that after a meeting with the money giving dudes everything was looking rosy and both parties were positive that funding would be given upon reapplication.

Christmas Party - It was agreed that OSC and Ultras will SHARE the christmas do this year. Ultras have donated the services of a DJ and discounted supper and into return both Supporters groups will share any funds raised on the night. This was unaminously agreed as a good idea. Christmas do will be held on sat 9th December after the Milton Keynes franchise game and admission was set at £3 including pie and peas supper.

Childrens Christmas party. Malcolm is to contact entertainer and caterer from last years party and will report back next month for final arrangement. Last year their was a bucket collection on the ground where the faithfull raised £92 towards christmas presents for the kids. Stanley Ladies have agreed to go around the ground this saturday (wearing full kit hopefully) to try and raise money again for the same cause.

Social club formation is yet to happen. We had one volunteer already (Stannerlee) but nobody else was forthcoming from the meeting. The new stewardess, Hazel, said that she was planning plenty of events in the coming weeks and this takes a little immediate pressure of us to do so. We had originally intended to plan events for a thursday night. This was because although saturday nights would undoubtedly be busier, we would be taking away potential income for the bar from booked events. Rob Heys, confirmed that the club has not been as busy recently on saturday nights, other than the christmas do rush, so we have agreed that sat nights will be used until outside bookings increase again. Zero confirmed that Celtic Cross will be performing, free of charge again, on the 28th December. Also mentioned was that Gridlock have offered their services at a greatly reduced rate and we will look to book them sometime soon.

Secret Event - We have a secret event in the pipeline but as yet I have had no response from the necessary parties required for the event to go ahead. Rob Heys resubmitted a counter signature on the necessary paperwork and the letters will be sent out again this week. Update on this will go online as soon as all the i's and t's are dotted and crossed.

Several ideas were offered regarding the Supporters Club website. This will involve the creation of a forum, accessible by all (deffo) and a sub section requiring OSC memberships to gain entry (maybe) that will contain slightly more sensitive information such as funds in the bank, numbers of members etc, that we would rather the world and his dog dont have access to. This is not about secret society but I would rather that fans of other clubs are not aware of our relative poverty or wealth. Ideas gleaned from this site over the past few weeks were also briefly mentioned such as race nights and curry nights. It was agreed that these kind of items will not need to be discussed as whether we need to give it a go ahead or not. We will just do them and get on with it. Notice will obviously be given on this site as well as others.

Questions to the Club was not the bloodbath anticipated as Bagpuss was absent on this occasion. Rob confirmed that the club was losing a lot of money over not being able to get fans in the bar on matchdays. After various ideas were bandied around he said that he would look into a feasible way of making it work and hopefully an announcement will follow this week with regards to this saturdays game. For those who cant understand why it is not so easy to just let everyone in the reason mainly comes down to facilities. The clubhouse is the main toilets for men,women and disabled. As these bogs are on either side of the club doorway, then people in and out of the bar will need to access them. Some people will have paid to get in the ground and can obviously get in the bar, but those who have just walked into the bar would be able to gain access to the ground through either of two doors without having paid. Rob then further explained that they are actively seeking solutions to building a new bar, within its own perimeter but outside of the ground perimeter. This will be available to all and half-time would require a pass out scheme. No timescale was put on this but it is understood by all that the club will drag it out longer than necessary because of the amount of revenue being lost.

There was probably a good load more but due to the new committee not having a pen between them there wasn't a lot of notes taken last night.


Cheerio


Oh yes, and it was agreed by all members that the OSC should offer to buy the Kipax collection when the Haworth Art Gallery exhibition is finished. Kipax has accepted our offer. ASFC had also offered to buy the collection but when they heard that we had offered to buy it, they agreed to stand aside. This collection will either be offered for sale to a collector which could create a very good profit for the OSC, or it will be stored somewhere so that it can be exhibited again at some point in the future. This could also tie in with the planned lottery grant exhibition.

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The exhibition will be bought by the OSC from me at exactly the price it costs me to create.. I will keep all reciepts from the people doing the mounts and the ink paper and the final backing of the pics after the exhibition... the OSC will simply cover the costs ONLY ...Dont know final amount yet either..

Sorry just wanted to make that bit clear :)

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Is this a typing error, Macca? Do you actually mean that the club WON'T drag it out longer than necessary? I really hope so because I am getting increasingly resentful of the fact that I can't have a drink at the match. As far as I'm concerning the club should be doing more than "actively seeking solutions". They should be submitting plans, ordering materials and starting work on TWO bars - one at the Clayton End and one at the Coppice End, as we also want to take as much money as possible from opposition fans. There really is no excuse for continued inaction - there are toilets there and thus water and power supplies and the club have been complaining about losing money on this right from the start of the season, but have done nothing about it. Come on, Eric and Rob, get on with it - we want to give you our money (and I'm fed up of spitting feathers at half-time!).

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sorry, yes I did mean 'wont drag it out'. Where's the edit facility gone?

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It's only on for a few minutes now, so if you want to edit something you've got to do it quick!

So, will the Clayton End bar be open in time for Christmas?

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maybe get a Fully Qualified chef to cater for the Buisness men and women who come to see accy, maybe that way you can higher the prices or just spread the news to get more peopel to eat, all it takes is about 3 chefs for about 10-50 people, Head chef and 2 Sous Chefsmaybe a commis chef and a couple of waiters and your sorted, at rovers they have starter, main, Dessert/ Cheeseboard, all before the game arrive 2 hours before the game, at half time they have a pot of tea then full time pot of tea and a few sandwiches and pork pies, it might be asking alot but with a decent budget it could work out, and get the buisness men from the clubs eating, there is plenty of local busness around hynburn and ribble valley that would like to co-operate with us, maybe Mr Allonby would do the milk for Tea/ Coffie and also fresh orange juice ETC just an idea but if it had a lot of thinking too it will work, all depending on how many league 2 teams have eating in there Suites.. ive worked at rovers for over a year now and seen how it all works, Rovers obv have alot more budget, but they do change in each suite what they serve, Pennats ( Legends) they have a buffet were they usally have a curry, veg choice( green beans, Cauliflower Cheese, Carrots ETC) a veggie choice e.g Mushroom rissoto, a pie / sheppards/ cottage/ hot pot. Internatinal have, Chips, a pie and a curry and a choice of sandwiches and crisps to offer, Pennants, Red rose and the Chairmans / owners suite is a set menu, have a set menu but change it every week,

also it would be great for partys, i know there is partys at accy but they have a hot buffet not just sandwiches etc which is a key advantage, after a trail say accy could then cater for buiness meetings

dont reply saying this is accy not rovers this is jsut an idea...


hope that makes sense and hope its in the right topic....

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Scott,

Without wishing to dampen your enthuasium, BUT have you ever been to the FES????

If not suggest you come down at look at our homely facilities.

Currently we have the Gazelle Lounge ( capacity 30) the Boardroom (capacity 20) , the Sponsors Loundge ( capacity 30) and the Social Club (capacity ( around 200). There are no kitchens or catering areas, just several pie warmers.

We currently cannot fill the Gazelle Lounge every match, although the commercial department have all matches and match balles sponsored.

At the moment the big priority is to provide bars for the Clayton End and the Coppice End to provide additional comfort for our loyal fans and maximise income.

What it appears you are suggesting is to close the bar to provide expensive meals for the priviledged few.

Sorry pal, get real this is Accrington were the vast majority of our loyal fans, football is the treat.

If you want to see how not to run coperate facilities go to Bury FC. They have two resteraunts seating 120. They cannot fill these on a regular basis and now if you sponsor the match in includes a meal at twice the previous price.

Going forward, lets keep it simple and keep all functions inhouse at prices all can afford:)

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...so as I was saying, when will work be starting on the bars? Can we expect to see the foundations in place on Saturday? Will I be able to celebrate boxing day with Scotch on the rocks before taking my place on the terraces? What's that you say, Eric? Before the weather turns??!! :eek:

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That would be nice, A nice bit of malt before the match, all stood round a burning old oil drum freezing our nuts off under a winter sky.

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I've had enough macca, it's like banging your head against a brick wall trying to get info or getting them to listen to your ideas, small town staff for a small town club who can't see past the end of their own noses. I've gone back to doing what I used to do and that is watching footy.:cool:

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One of the first things to come out of the meeting is that the forum is now open again on the supporters club site. It is not intended to replace this site and nor would it ever try or be able to do. But it is somewhere where I can post details of all meetings without boring people on here too much. Also, it has the capacity to mass mail various details. So all those Supporters Club members who wish to enter the meetings area will be registered for the mailings and will receive prior warning of all that is going on, or has gone on. http://stanleysupporters.co.uk/forum...fd3e82fddc0003

Also we managed to sign up another 25 members yesterday so thank you to those people. If you were, but are not now, a member of the supporters club, please try to back us this season. We have a lot to do to get the OSC to where it should be and we cant do it if people keep hedging their bets so to speak.

The OSC has donated christmas decorations to the club this weekend. They will be going up on the 3rd December so the club will be open for a couple of hours whilst this is happening. Drop in for a drink if you are around. Also if you have any spare decorations that you want to update or replace this year, then now is the time to do it and you can give us the older stuff.


We need you folks.