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Originally Posted by K-P (Post 680784)

TM levels a complaint towards the clubs treatment of fans and your response is..its the directors of the club and not the club. I am obviously missing something here..

In my mind I split the Club as the paid full time staff and those that are there every day (EW and 1 other)

The other directors are also unpaid, but only attend on home match days, therefore our direct input to ASFC is reduced. We have been asked by EW to run a minimum of two events per year, without involving the full time staff. Trust this makes sence??

The post was by Thin Monkey (who I don't know) not Tin Monkey who is a regular poster and top fella.

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yeagh thanks for the description.. i am aware who tin monkey is and how long he has been posting.. far better than you do thanks...

i already know who is organising the sportsmans dinner.. my point was how you are saying the club and the directors of the club are two different things.. i personally see them as the same

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Originally Posted by southernred (Post 680780)

To stress the point the Sportsman's Dinner is being run by the Directors (not the full time staff at the FES) I have never requested that the dinner be advertised on the site. Two reason's; firstly it would need contact details and I don't want the clubstaff dealing with enquiries and secondly I don't really want my personnal contact details broadcasting on the internet. The PM system has worked fine for me.
If anything this "treatment" of supporters is down to ME alone. Now I really feel it's rather unfair to level that at me!!!:eek:

With regards to the presentation, I am lead to believe that it will take place on the 25th of April, after the last home game v Chesterfield. I plan for the dinner to be held after this date:)

That's good to hear SR - wouldn;t want it to clash with an event that us ladies are allowed to attend :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by AccyMad (Post 680923)

That's good to hear SR - wouldn;t want it to clash with an event that us ladies are allowed to attend :rolleyes:

At least there not asking you to make butties for it hehe :)

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Originally Posted by K-P (Post 680939)

At least there not asking you to make butties for it hehe :)

Not yet anyways - maybe that's why it's been postponed, nobody's had time to ask about the sarnies :p

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Originally Posted by southernred (Post 680780)

To stress the point the Sportsman's Dinner is being run by the Directors (not the full time staff at the FES) I have never requested that the dinner be advertised on the site. Two reason's; firstly it would need contact details and I don't want the clubstaff dealing with enquiries and secondly I don't really want my personnal contact details broadcasting on the internet. The PM system has worked fine for me.
If anything this "treatment" of supporters is down to ME alone. Now I really feel it's rather unfair to level that at me!

Southernred draws a distinction between the (full time) Club and the unpaid / part-time Directors. It's a distinction I can accept because I have known most of the Directors for many years and appreciate the tireless work they have done to help get the Club were it is.

It is not a distinction which is so easily sold to those supporters who have been attracted to the club since promotions to the Conference and Football League. In any case the Club (i.e. the full-time employees) must have known that the sportsman's had been cancelled but no one took the trouble to post the info on the Fishy site. Leaving the announcement to be posted on an unofficial site which the Club has clearly disowned.

If the Club isn't going to bother posting announcements like that one, what exactly is the point of having the bloody thing in the first place?

I love Accrington Stanley and show that love by buying a season ticket, buying tickets for every raffle, attending every Sportsman's dinner, signing up to every rebranding of the weekly draw and maintaining a keen interest in all things Stanley. What do I get in return? I get a Gold Bond scheme sold to me on the basis that there will be Special Events and Prize Draws which never happen and a web site which seems to take a delight in not telling me things.

The love of a football club is like every other romance. It requires a bit of work from both parties and a bit of communication from both sides to keep it alive. It needs promises to be kept.

At the moment I just feel taken for granted.

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Originally Posted by Thin Monkey (Post 681163)

At the moment I just feel taken for granted.

join the club............

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very good Kipax, it works on so many levels :)

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What happend to this? Did it happen or not? Maybe in these current times it might a good "Fund raiser" and a way to get people together :idunno: Thoughts anybody???? :):) Or maybe we have too many other pressing things on at the moment?? HMRC for one....

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No,

It hasn't occured, several sensible reasons, credit crunch, success of our friends up the road, seat project etc.

It could be set up very quickly, key issue would be the sale of 120+ tickets at £30 per head.

Would suit me to put in late October, on a Friday night when the team are away on the Saturday.

Maybe somerthing "the fighting fund" could also get involved in??

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definitely - first project?

we need somebody who is experienced in these things - can you think of anyone Mr T?

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Originally Posted by Mr T (Post 719276)

I was thinking of the FF involvement/organisation thing, I think that one of the FF had the original idea :rolleyes:;):) We can wait until the 17th for the fixture's, then set the date....Will leave it in your capable hands..:)

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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 719279)

definitely - first project?

we need somebody who is experienced in these things - can you think of anyone Mr T?

Think you missed a smiley off Macca... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

:)

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I'll happily front it, all we need is ticket sales ( which for whatever reason I struggled to acheive) and "specialist" help from 3 people. These 3 are totally dedicated to the cause, I'm convinced there will be on issues.

Bums on seats are the only thing thats needed!!