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Right folks, I've been sitting on this one for quite a while now whilst trying to sort out whether we can do it, legal issues etc. Everything appears to be in order now so we can finally go public with it. On the 29th April we will be holding an open day/fun day at the club. Eric and Rob have okayed the date and venue, the police and LCC are happy with the venue and events. We want to put on as much as possible, funding may be available to pay for various things but in the main we need to organise things based on NOT paying for things unless we need to. This is what we have so far for ideas:

The open day is going to be huge. Plans now gathering pace in the ideas department and there is a good chance that we can secure thousands of pounds worth of external funding. The plans are coming together, the ideas are there, the funding is there, local businesses are starting to come round to our way of thinking and I have two additional printers onboard to make sure that flyers etc look thie biz. The club are happy at what is happening, the poilice seem happy, LCC seem happy. What I dont have is volunteers to help bring it together.

So far we have me, Spud, UK Cowboy, Kipax as definites. Rob Heys will help where possible and hopefully Mick Schultz will get hopefully get involved in an advisory capacity for H&S. Various from the OSC will man the various stalls and stuff.

What I need is people who can help bring everything together from planning to fruition. I can't possibly deal with everybody from start to finish so it needs sub-committees forming to bring the individual plans in.

CATERING - Burger vans, ice cream vans, pop stalls, possibly European Food Market.

GAMES - Beat the Goalie, wet sponge chuck thing, kiddies fairground rides

STALLS - Car Boot Sale, cubs/scouts/churches/schools/arts&crafts whatever, OSC merchandise, ASFC merchandise, ULTRA merchandise

TOURNAMENTS - Ultras v Legends, kids 5-a-side, Human Table Football, pool knockout, darts tourny
with special guest star (book Bristow or summat)

SOCIAL CLUB - We need an event to round the day off such as an auction or a comedian jacket event. Bear in mind it will be a Sunday so the typical late night type event would be a no-no.
There needs to be stuff going on during the day as well to keep people in the bar.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT - Already planned are at least three bands who have volunteered their services to perform a gig. Preliminary idea is to have them on the terraces at the Accy end (closest end for unloading gear) and playing between events on the field so that folk can stand in the penalty area to watch). We could possibly get a radio station to do a roadshow on the day.

KIDS ENTERTAINMENT - Face painting, jugglers, fire eaters, MASCOT RACE (cheers Tony).

EXTERNAL STALLS - Army recruitment van c/w mini-assault course, poss building society/bank giving away freebies to the kids.



Thats eight basic areas that all need one volunteer to head up and chase people for. I aint got time to ring for quotes for every idea in each category and then compile cheapest/free-est/best quality etc. I need to know that if I want to find out how many stalls we have booked I can just ring ??? to find out. You may need to enlist a couple of mates to help you out, whatever.

This could be massive if I can get enough definites to help out. Banking on not spending a penny to secure the services of suppliers/acts etc but funds may be available closer to the time. But remember we need to budget things. I dont want to raise five grand for OSC on the day and then find that we owe 4.5k out on suppliers. We want people to pay us to be there. Stuff like Human Table football costs up to £600. So we would need 30 teams at £20 to break even on that, but it would be fun and would make for a really memorable day for everybody who takes part. BUt to try and recoup and maximise costs can we secure a sponsor for that tournament to provide a prize and cover some or most of the expenditure?

Companies have been falling over themselves to sponsor ASFC in some way, can we tap into that for this event? Does anybody know how to go about it? Everything we do can be sponsored so that when we send out invites for pubs/clubs/works to enter something it will have the name of that company on th etop of our professionally printed flyers. The RILEYS pool knockout, ASH's Scrapyard Car boot sale, Flights of Fancy Darts knockout Ma Scots' Mascot race, Burger Kings weightwatching Comp.

Please post your ideas and offers of help in the Open Day thread and leave this one alone.

Remember people that all money goes towards the club at the end of the day. I would like this one event to raise enough money to tarmac the car parks and turnstile entrances. I dont know how much that will cost but it will mean plenty of graft required.



So, what I need is people to put their hands up now for things. By the second week of January I want to have 10 people sat round a table putting things into place. Anybody?
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Macca,

Sounds good stuff:

Some initial thoughts:

1st SPACE: Car Boot sale Where?? if you put that on the Coppice car park early morning there will be not a lot of space left for other things. If you used the tarmac car park outside the offices, there's not a lot of space there.

Catering: currently the club "sells" the catering rights to an outside sourse. From memory i'm sure Rob Heys has said the deal runs out at the end of this season. So technically you shold be able to get a fee for the rights as the season will have ended.

You need to get Coley on board. Vital that the 1st team squad are present throughout the day.

Are you planning on having all the ground open?? Dressing room and boardroom type tours??

Vital that shop is open and well stocked. Season tickets need to be available for next season etc.

I'll have a word with the St. Johns people to ensure that they cover the event ( small fee may be payable)

I see your planning to use the pitch. Large numbers of people on the pitch!! What happens if we make the playoffs!!!:)

Seriously keep up the good work, we need to keep raising the profile!!

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the present deal on the catering covers matchdays only, they have no divine right to be there whether they are contracted or not. Have spoke with Rob over this matter and they will get first refusal as it is a quality set up with a good range of grub. However if somebody with an equally good range offers fifty quid more to be there then they are in. Let the auctions begin.

As far as the boot sale is concerned, I haven't yet set anything in stone as we dont know what kind of response we will get. I envisaged having the boot sale running the length of the lane from Livingstone Road around the car park in front of the offices and up to the bollards for the clubhouse. It would be ideal as nothing else can really go on the lane and it leads the eye to the next event.

Club Shop - In an ideal world we will have season tickets on sale AND the new shirts that we will no doubt be getting. I'd like to think that after last seasons's last minute shirts we would be in front this time out, but end of April is very early. Maybe a prototype could be available and sell pre-orders on the back of it?

I have given Rob a few ideas as to what I would like the club to do for the event and guided tours was one of them. Rob, Coley and Eric in the stocks would be the best money maker of the lot as well!

St Johns Ambulance is a good idea, if you could arrange them it saves me a job. Just pass on the contact and a telephone number so I can log it.

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Anyone else hear a loud thud? It was bagpuss fainting :)

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yeah but he'd think there was five in there!!

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Macca - re the wet sponge thingy, the Fire Brigade do a ducking stool type of affair with a rather large paddling/swimming pool. Hit the target and in the victim goes. As this is in my domain, I shall make some initial enquiries, but if you can get the emergency services on side, could do some Fire Safety type stuff - (Welephant - mascot race? Battery Bob etc) The whole thing should not cost a penny, but I dare say that the Fire Service will want to split money raised on this type of stall 50-50 between OSC and Benevolent Fund..
Will help out anywhere I can, and will draft Mrs Oz and Long Oz into the equation (under protest)

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work on it for me Ozzy, let me know what you come up with. 50-50 would not be a problem IMHO

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Macca,

You already know Im happy to pitch in, so let me know when the first 'planning meeting' is set for. Same goes for Sparkie btw!!

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and as I told you last night I'm up for helping out so let me know the date of the first meeting. cheers :D

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No idea what help to offer Mecca, I don’t want to make promises and not be able to make the commitment. I will help with ad hoc printing etc, and I’ll stump up for a bottle for the club house raffle if wanted.

It’s a fantastic idea and door opener for those tempted but never got as far as joining the Stanley family.

Couple of things that I’d like to see, a Farmers Market selling local produce, a van doing Angus Burgers. Maybe some ethnic food stalls so we can venture into some more exotic grub.

Any chance of resurrecting the Miss Accrington Stanley contest, we could make it a Mrs Accrington Stanley contest if the pc birds don’t like the idea. What about an over forties XI to take only the mighty Accrington Stanley Ladies. If it’s a goer book me on the wing.

Please feel free to drop me a pm if there’s out I can do for the club. If the date is confirmed I’ll book some time off following day to help with the clean up.

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Doug.. your avatar.. looks like your at a party and they sat you in the corner out the way :)

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Hee hee, good one kipax :p

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Just wait you two………..

I had just finished my Christmas Dinner thank you which was the best in years. I put the hat on so no one could call me a miserable bastard.

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one or two have mentioned Miss Stanley competition, i think its a brilliant idea and would generate good column inches (watch it..) but I dont reckon theres enough time left now for this event. You need to put it together properly with press coverage first to get the entrants, find good prizes such as travel agents and beauty parlours putting something together.
If we (by we I mean somebody else) could find a way of doing it less professionally so that the prep work is not as in depth and it doesnt have to look as slick on the night then it would be worth including. If anybody disagrees with me that it is too late in the day then they are more than welcome to start nailing it down now.

Miss Accy Stanley will be revived though. Can anybody tell me who is the current Miss Accy Stanley?

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Thats what I love about this club.. You pitch an idea and two years later someone says not enough time now :) Well maybe 18mths then but it does seem an age since I brought it up.. only to be fired down by certain female members of the MB .. the ones who want the best of both worlds.. If you go for it mate you can expect a backlash :)

As for current if there is one?. then it's gotta miss pink.... Liz?

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I'd certainly have backed the idea Kipax, the backlash would come from only a handful of people and is the same with whatever idea anybody comes up with. They are the people who just want to find fault with everything. Done right, done tastefully and done professionally there would be no cause for complaint. Approach the right sort of businesses for sponsorship and the prizes will bring the entrants. Usually they win something like a holiday, free cosmetics and spending money. So we need three or four local companies to put their hand in their pockets. Newspaper and or radio would give us the press we need very easily. Then its just choose a respectable panel of judges, decide a format (no swimwear unfortunately cos that would give cause for complaint) and away we go. The winner would have to agree to a minimum number of shoots for the club as that would be the purpose of having it. She would model the club merchandise and would be present at all Stanley related photo opportunities. She would be at the carnival float/stall and would be in the programme every week. She could have her own calender etc etc etc.

Wouldn't be that hard to put together but I dont have time for that now. Perhaps an entirely separate event (I mean fundraiser) and it would pull the crowds in to fill the bar for another evening.

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Thats kinda what I pitched and the club (rob) said it was a goer.. i think it was re raised at the time Karen joined the club and they said gonna do it.. but they never did....shock eh..

Certain members of the supporters club who where aghast when i suggested just one supporter of the year instead of male AND female where the same ones who where against a miss accy stanley.. seemed they wanted women to get awards.. just not for looking good :)

Main objective as you say was that the winner could then help promote the club..

Your day is the wrong side of the accy carnival or ya could have got the new queen to double up as accy thingy..

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I don’t think there’s any harm in a professionally done Miss Accy Stanley and if it brings media interest for the right reasons and promotes what’s good about the town then the sooner the better. There’s always going to be dissenters, but you can’t please everybody.

Mr Macca, I like the fact that there’s a lot of thought and forward thinking going on here, it can only be good for the club, I hope people get infused and join in. I think getting people to come forward with ideas old as well as new and putting together a scrap book of things that can be achieved over the coming year will pay dividends.

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Everything I do from here on in for the OSC will create a template. Names, contact numbers, unused ideas etc. A simple event will have a checklist of things to do to ensure its success. Ticking down a list of boxes is easier than sitting thinking who do I need to ring next? Learning from my mistakes etc will make the job easier next year, year after and for which ever poor soul succeeds me! I wish I had inherited a file with dos and donts in it so I will try to do that for the next committee. Keep helping folks, all input is valuable.

Still looking for hands in the air for the inaugural committee that needs to be sat down next week.

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My idea is as follows...

Why dont we have a North West based mascots race ?? their are probably 30 teams in the region (50 miles) also include non league and amatur clubs if they have them !!

I have seen pictures on Kipax site of this but correct me if i'm wrong Tony are the races down south ?? irrespective we could have a mascots race on the pitch... always good for a laugh and usually make's north west/granada tonight type news programmes.

But most of all entertaining light hearted fun...:Banane11: :Banane33: :Banane44:

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there are already mascot races in the north for charity. not least the sky televised one thats an obstacle course...at haydock racecourse..

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Fraser is already on it buddy, messages left with various other bumble bee's etc and hoping for a response soon. Great idea though.

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I hereby volunteer to be a goalie for the beat the goalie game!!!

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I hereby volunteer to pay my good money to shoot at the goalie as many times as possible :D ;) :rolleyes:

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Nowt against Rob and certainly not Coley the football genius but I will have a few throws at Eric for the cause.:)

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i am prepard to volenteer

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thanks for the offer, see my PM

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Thank you Mr K :) I am flattered, and would LOVE to go for something like that! Although photos of me in the programme, and a calendar ermmmmm I think you need someone who ate a few less mince pies over the festivities!!

I have been thinking of how I could contribute aside from going for Miss Stanley - providing I can guarantee the day of work I would love to run a stall. I dont have anything to sell, but if you gave me something to run I would do it. Let me email work and I will let you know.

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cheers Kisser, there will be plenty of raffle, tombola tickets etc to sell....:rolleyes:

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Macca would love to help but won't be back in the UK until may. If you want some stuff from the U S of A as raffle prizes or such like let me know. American Football Jerseys, Baseball Caps, T shirts etc..I could mail them to you.

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If you're paying Bazf then bring me owt! If we're paying then I'm stumped unless its signed stuff from a big local team. Thanks for the offer

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I am determined to have a stall at this event.. selling photographs... just need to find a source for see through plastic sleeves type things to put 7x5 photographs in... anyone?

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could you not just put them into those A4 clear plastic wallets in a lever arch file?

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bit big .. and there will be hundreds of em.. have asked around on photo forums :) i envisage a box... if you remember how we used to look through 7 inch singles.....oh come on.. i aint that old am i?

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I might have some print bags left. You know the ones with the paper backing. I should have some decent card mounts somewhere as well I’ll have a look around, if I have you can have them. As for your question, its years since I bought staff like that, so I wouldn’t be much help.

You could have a side stall with a collapsible background and a reflector, and then have the missus doing snaps of the public with their favourite player. Have a laptop and a photo printer on standby in the Club office or somewhere else that’s secure and you could do tem minute turn a rounds.

You’ll have to blag the players into helping out by being around, but hey they might enjoy the attention of all those dolly birds and their mothers.

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I remember them..................:)

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event photography is somehting i like doing...i then supply the event organisors with the pics.. But the ability to print onsite and sell there and then...thats a different kettle of fish and not as simple as it sounds... i certainly dont have the equipment for it... everyhting i ahve is geared to sports or outdoors.... any flash work i do is a bit hit and miss to be honest

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29th april... is that like 4-6 weeks before this years accy carnival... . would a combined thing be out of the question.. or is it too late to change dates?

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I use to have the same problem in the old days. :)

whatever you do I'm sure it will be good for all concerned. This open day thingy is growing isn't it. :)

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Would be a good idea if it could be made to happen. Might bring more people out.

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yes and No.

The point of 29th April is that Eric wanted the date as early as possible to allow work on the pitch and stadia to begin.

If, and its a big if, events go as planned or visualized this could be as big as the carnival in its own right but without the procession. It is an Open Day and a Fun day. Due to the funding that we may be able to source, we can get right into the heart of the community and drag out people who may never have been to the ground. I have contact with food festival people so that we can lure the more Cosmopolitan Accringtonian, we can get arts and craft types through various workshops that we can attract (drumming workshop anybody?), we can do something with the minority groups via the diversity forum, we can try to attract the disabled groups (no ideas yet on what we could do to attract them though). IMHO the sky really is the limit. But it is going to rely heavily on people stepping up.

As far as the Carnival is concerned, what we learn from the Open Day and the new friends we make, will stand us in good stead to readily embrace the public and the new affinity they may have with us. We may have purchased, through the funds made on the day, Gazebo type structures printed up with the club crest and livery on it so that our stalls (note the plural) look bigger, brasher and more professional than ever before. Ditto for othe revents that we should attend such as the Royal Lancashire show and the Mela etc. Every event needs to be viewed as an opportunity to meet folk, take the club into the community and network rather than as a mere profit making venture .... "its not worthwhile doing as we only made a hundred quid last time" ........ quite, but how many people were impressed by us and may have a look up there, should be the answer.

As far as selling pics is concerned Kipax, the more the merrier. Your product is excellent as testified by every non-league club that now misses the pictography of their games against us. Site yourself wherever you want mate - but bear in mind that we will more than likely be using the exhibition material if I can source some of those large boards to put them on (on a borrow basis if anybody knows anybody, cos they're expensive (but if the lottery grant comes through in time :) ). That will have to go in the clubhouse so work around that if you like.


Somebody is going to have to rein me in soon because its going to become to big......................

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I think the Royal Lancs Show is a non-starter due to the fact it is primarily for farming folk! The Mela on the other hand is a brilliant idea. Count me in for any assistance but bear in mind I am going to be down under for most of May. After that, well the skys the limit (oh and my job as well)

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royal lancs show with like half a million visitors..... having been to one i can assure you theres lots more than farm stuff on and it aint half a million farmers in the NW that go :) must be a few yars ago all these ideas where put to the supporters club.I got no response other than a mumble.....glad to see someone with the gumption to have a go at them.. well done rob :)

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contact the shops in town - Age Concern etc. They may have a stall to put up macca.

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good call.. but what he is looking for at this point is somoene to do the contacting... a hand raised by someone who will organise that part of the day...... go on.. ya know ya want to :)

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My contacts are all haslingden/rossendale way Kipax. Plus i've helped with stuff like this before and im not doing it again.

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meeting tomorrow night at the clubhouse 7pm. Just waiting for confirmation from Rob. If not then PMs and phone calls to those that I know are coming. I will also confirm on here as early as possible.

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If you want to have a stall at the Mela - consider it booked.

I can get you a face painter. She would have to charge, her usual rates are £120 for a day but you can charge the punters and get some of the money back.

I'll speak to Amran, the Arts Development Officer and see if he can put any workshops in - depends what's going on around that time.

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WTW yes, Have you any ideas for a stall?

Gayle, when is the Mela? Face painter sounds good will pass the message at tomorrow nights meeting.

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Mela isn't until July 29th

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Sorry I haven't been on for a while, new job and all. I will bring you some American Football shirts and Baseball caps, t shirts etc.. You could auction them at the end of season do or just donate them, what ever you want, if you want them for april I will have to mail them to you. :D (I will pay)

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BAZF, your offer is gladly accepted. Just let me know when and where you want to send them and I will PM you the details. On behalf of all at the OSC I thank you very much.

Rob

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Just got another local band agreeing to play, Paymaster General. Thats 5 bands, 1 marquee and a great day expected for all...

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A Seattle Seahawks shirt will get my bid.:)

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Primary School Knockout tournament almost sorted.

Letters ready to go to all 33 primary schools in Hyndburn, first come first served 16 teams, unless 32 teams want to take part then we will alter. The games will be mixed, last 10 minutes, kicking one way only and will be 7 a side

The tournament will be sponsored by Apollo Insurance Services Ltd who have agreed (almost) to provide a winners trophy as well as winners and losers medals.

The winning team will also be given coaching sessions off Mr Coleman and/or a player next season and will be presented with their trophy and medals at the first home game of next season.

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Well done getting APOLLO involved rob, It's starting to take shape now buddy:D

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Apollo now onboard officially. Thanks to ** Mr D ** for the contact.

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As regards the primary schools Football Knockout tournament teams are now starting to regiester and these include Sacred Heart, Mount Pleasant and Baxenden primary. Most schools will only have recieved the letters today and some won't recieve them until tomorrow, so the response has been encouraging.

Many thanks once again to Apollo Insurance for their sponsorship of this event.

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trophies and awards now ordered, for collection next month. Sparkie, will drop the copy invoice around tonight possibly for John.

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Just an update on the bands, paymaster general are no longer on, but local band slideshow have aggreed to play this band are an up and coming band with a style of there own and currently playing venues such as the legendary cavern club in liverpool.

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spoke the chairwoman (or person) of the Diversity forum tonight and they would love to get involved in some way. Will update accordingly.

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Right current state of affairs:

have just spoken to the grant people and we will not be having our application heard until 23rd March, then it may take up to two weeks to have the funds transferred into our bank account, if we get approved.

we need a plan B. OSC meeting next monday is going to have to approve a spend level of x amount in order for this open day to go ahead. Everybody who is a member and wants this open day to proceed needs to be at the meeting to ensure the vote goes through.


Has anybody got anything concrete yet on anything they are chasing?

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thanks mods. I didn't see any kind of threat I think Phil was getting at the lack of help from people who have plenty to say rather than anything else, but can we please keep this thread for what it is intended.

Has anybody got anything they can contribute to this day? can you all see if you have enough clutter for a car boot sale? can people offer their services for the day with stalls, stewarding, clean up operation, raffle prizes for the evening do?

anybody got some aspirin?

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I should hopefully be available on the day to help out however I can.

I will look around for any stuff for car boot, and I'm sure I can dig out a couple of raffle prizes from somewhere.

Out of asprin tho :D

Will get back to you.

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we could probably do with some of your web design skills for a different project entirely ...........


previous offer accepted in the meantime though. cheers

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I'll get me skills warmed up in the meantime, not sure how good I am in the eyes of others :D

Let me know what you're planning at the OSC meeting (is it this upcoming Monday?) or at the Social Do on Sunday.

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AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

nope, that didn't work.

Still stressed

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Final post on this matter due tonight/first thing in the morning.

not looking good.

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due to the Lancashire County Council ridiculous laws regarding safety, the OSC Open Day has now been cancelled.

Despite contacting both HBC and LCC way back in September, October and November regarding what licenses we may require, I was assured that the only thing we needed was a Temporary Event Notice to cover the music. Then after four months of nothing I am told only six weeks before the event that we need a separate safety certificate as the Ground is designated for football only. This would cost anywhere between £1000-£2000. As this was a fundraiser there is no way on earth we could afford to pay it.

To try to salvage something from the day I enquired about holding everything bar the football on the car parks. This was okay, on proviso that the turnstiles remain closed and the toilets were not used! Crazy, crazy world and damn stupid health and safety legislation again prevent the little man from making a stand.

The music will go ahead still but in the clubhouse and a later starting time.

Everything else that has taken 7 months to work towards is cancelled.

Thank you to all those that have helped to get us as far as we got but I am sorry that your work was in vain.

Roll on the next event which will be the annual Supporters Club presentation evening. This will now be held on the 28th April after the Macclesfield match

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Crazy, owt to get a few quid out of you

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That's insane.

Is there nothing that the licensing dept at HBC can do for you? Could you hold it all on the car parks and put in portaloos?

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:( Was really sad to hear this yesterday Macca, although quite relieved in a way as it was starting to become a half dozen people commitment.

We tried our best, and especially you Macca no-one can question your commitment in this :)

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I dont know about HBC but I wouldn't imagine they can overturn an LCC rule. As far as anything else is concerned the whole point was to get people on the ground and having a look around at we have to offer.

Just seems like everybody wants to run you down or get a slice of the action.

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That's a bloody shame especially after all the work thats been put in. Damn the council and their red tape

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Macca I'm gutted for you buddy, all that hard work for a bunch of real jobsworths to come up with that is ridiculous. It's like they don't want anyone to do anything any more, they would prefer it if we all stayed home and didn't move.

What a load of cobblers.

Absolutely gutted.

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I have to agree with all the previous posters re LCC's kick in the teeth.

Macca, you put a hell of a lot of work into this idea, as did everyone involved ( Spud, Harwood Red etc), Im just sorry it has'nt come off as planned.

Will PM you re the music side mate.

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Gayle, I asked the same question yesterday, and basically the answer is yes, but and it is a huge BUT, the costs of the portaloos would have been prohibitive and we cannot open the gates to allow people to use the loos on the ground or we would have to cough up the 1.5K for the licence. It stinks, I know, it now means undoing all the things that the members have done up to now.

Macca I'm with Harwood Red, Sparkie, UkCowboy etc, its a bummer this hasn't come off, but do not let it put you off other ideas. Keep the stiff upper lip in the good old British manner.

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Couldn't matches be arranged at the stadium for the youth teams, womens teams etc with free admission so the stadium could be open and the toilets used? Would that be a way round it as it would then be used for football purposes only. Once your in there isn't any thing to say you have to watch the whole game so come back out.

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there would be possibly be underhand ways of doing it as above, but, neither the club nor the OSC would be willing to do anything that would upset LCC or possibly incur further fines and or penalties. We've upset enough people this year without adding to it.

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This Sucks.

Its a shame Macca after all the work you have put in to be told at the last hurdle.

Happen they are scared it will out do the carnival.

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silver linings and all that?

the presentation night would have been on the sunday as we could not have asked the players to be here all day and night saturday and then come back sunday for the open day followed by a do at night.

We discussed this at length at the OSC meeting last week, the options were to hold the presentation night a fortnight earlier after the Grimsby game (vetoed - wouldn't know whether we are safe or not), a fortnight later which would be a week after the end of the season (vetoed as players may be on holiday by then and a lot of fans would have ignored it) or to switch the usual saturday night after the game do to the sunday. I appreciate this would not have been the most popular of decisions but it doesn't matter now does it ?

Anyway, have to contact all those that voted to shift it to sunday and ask if we can shift it back to saturday and then we'll cart on regardless.

Still looking to do something on the sunday regarding the music but we now have inforamtion to suggest we cannot have more than 1 or 2 artists on stage at one time or we will be contravening the regulations of our events license. Anybody got any blue tape cos I'm sick of red!

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This must really P everyone off. Do THEY want communities or not, obviously not. :(

If you think it does any good see your councillor, or Greg Pope, it won't really help though. ;)

Annoyed in sympathy :mad:

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Not a lot that can be said that already hasn’t been said. However, like the rest I’m gutted for you Rob. But come on, look on the bright side all this work is hi profile stuff it keeps the OSC alive and the thinking fresh. Sooner or later you are going to win out.

What I would suggest is pull some of the comments off this thread and outline the intentions of the OSC and what you are trying to achieve and get it into the press, at least the people of the Borough will know that some people are prepared to get up and be counted even if the result is to be put down by an over zealous county council.

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think you should still do kids 5 a side getting the club into schools .. plus could do a osc/ultra /stanley stall at the local scout and brownie fete at peel park dont know dates but i could find out for you and even borrow fraser the eagle.......gradually build the osc into the community lay foundations first..............and again sorry about sat will be joining supporters club soon ;)

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only 4 schools responded to the invitation to play due it being a sunday. Now we are left with a sponsor for no event and some trophies to pay for with no fundsraised :o . Will be looking to resurrect the tournament under a different guise ;) that will be more suitable for th eschools but less fun for the kids and less fundraisy for us but higher profiling for the club

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:confused: so much for community spirit most schools these days are not run by headmasters/headmistresses but managers people with no community spirit just career movers. why dont you make it open to all teams not just schools just a thought .......its like banging your head against the wall. anyway ill be joining supporters club soon :xena_bana saturday was just a start for stanley getting in the community it just takes time gradually build it up .build the foundations first:Banane51: