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Doug mentioned it a few weeks ago before any of us knew what was about to explode - and a few people have posted offerings on another thread. Let's keep it to one thread where we can all see what is being offered by the good people of Accy Web.

I propose that any gatherings of monies should be put into OSC fund and then DEBTS CAN BE PAID DIRECTLY FROM THE OSC TO THE CREDITOR. The alternative to this would be that any monies could be JOINTLY USED TO PURCHASE SHARES if any share issue materialises.

I've not got much spare money but I'll kick it off with £100 ...... anybody else?


please post only if you are chipping in - if you are not interested please use another thread to discredit it (mods can you please keep this thread free of littering?)

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Ok Rob,Ill pitch in but cant tie myself to a specific amount atm. However please accept this pledge as one that I will honour.

Pete

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I too, will put in money, I can't be specific about the amount, depending on when it's needed. I pledge between £100 and a grand.

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If the time and need arises, I will pledge a donation

It may be worth considering having a tete a tete, reference current OSC Funds and whether some of that could be be set aside and used if needed?

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Sorry to be vague, but I will when the time arises, cough up as much as I can afford.....



P.S. Cheers Macca

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forgot to add - you could make your payments payable to Accrington Stanely Supporters Club if you wanna pay by cheque (can be posted to me) or you could pay by paypal if you are a little further afield.

thanks so far people.

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Well I'm not a true Stanley fan, as most of you know, but put me down for £100, can't see the club go under twice in my lifetime

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Put me down too.who should i send money too via paypal as i'm in cleethorpes.

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I'm in for a £100.00 at this point Rob, I'll keep hold of my other stated amount until there's a share issue. Not being selfish but I want share to pass on when I kark it, just for there historical value.

Can you run a general Total as we go on......

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Tried to PM you about where to send a cheque Macc and who to make it payable to, for some reason it won't let me send it. Can you please let me know.

Thanks

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I too will put my hand into my pocket. Unsure how much Rob,between 50 -100 pounds.
..........what a shock....... :(

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payable to Accrington Stanley Supporters Club, but hang fire on it yet - as and when folks. Let's see what we can have pledged first and then how to go about distributing it.

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Yep, will pledge £100, mate.

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Stanley Ultras are fully behind a push for a Supporters Trust for ASFC. I haven't looked into the why's & where for's but I have proposed we have a meeting in the coming week(s) for all interested parties to come together. Grabbing money into a pot is no good, folk could be paying in forever.

What we need is a fan or fan(s) on the board, just to make sure the club is being transparent.

I will pledge money BUT only into a Supporters Trust or similar

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I think the way to go is along the road of a share issue to put the money in. At least that way we would have something to show for the input because so far I pay into the Stanley Legends and get next to nothing that was promised and I have a programme subscription and don't get them unless I come down which is usually a dozen times a season if the Rangers aren't playing that day and Is a 300 mile round trip by public transport. I buy what I can in the store which is very limited and had I got a reply from Rob I would have bought a season ticket at the reduced prices as it would have almost covered the games I can make. I keep coming back despite how the club deals with me but prior to today I was close to cancelling it all. If it is done right I will match your £100 Macca but gonnae get the club to send me my Chesterfield programme:)

Willie Miller makes sense!!!! (Did I really say that Jase, watp)

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please, please keep all other postings to the other thread - lets just leave pledges in here - it will get mucky trying to sort through if there are other discussions ongoing.


thanks to Spud for a pledge of £500 subject to t&c's

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Just seen the fishy news. As a '62 club veteran, I'll pledge a £100 to the chosen route Macca. Agree with other posts that the management's silent treatment needs to end as do the ego's that have rejected offers of help when patently they couldn't cope.

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minimum of £1300 pledged so far, that's not a bad start. thanks everybody so far

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Hey chaps , I have deleted some extraneous posts as the original poster wants to keep this strictly for pledges. Please adhere to that or you will find your posts going awol. Feel free to vent your spleens elsewhere, I am sure we all have much to vent!:rolleyes:

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I will pledge only into a supporters trust or similar...

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lisened to earick on bbc on web he needs to look at him self all him to blame just put is and in is pocket and pay up. he blames all but as he said he singes the money book . wel as i sad before sack him if he cant run the books then **** off .

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so, the Supporters 'Trust or similar' is practically off the ground.

Have we any further offers of donations?

Big or small, cash or otherwise - we are going to need every little bit. It sounds a lot that we have an opening pledge of £250,000 BUT THIS HAS TO GO FURTHER. Once other people start to see the fund growing then they will be willing to contribute. The Stanley fans have to do it though.

As an aside, it would be good if every reader of this forum could contact their employers (especially if local) to see if there is any assistance that could be offered. This could be help with printing, rafffle prizes, posters in the window, willingness to book a table at a Sportsmans dinner (staff night out?). Anything at all. Please PM with any details even its just a willing contact.

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We have agreed the same as last year for the OSC, but as we have just made 1 redundant, and put 4 on a three day week, that will probably be it I think, I could offer my own labour services periodically to save spending to a degree, but Im afraid that is the best I can do at the minute. Our personal funds wont allow anything, because we have used them to keep our staff in jobs for the last (very quiet) 3 months, along with other costs to enhance the business, pre credit crunch.

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I mentioned something last week and was told we are not dealing with that Whalley bloke again, I will try a different angle next week.

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I will subscribe £100 to support the equivalent value in new ASFC Ordinary Shares with full voting rights being issued to the new Supporters' Company.

I would expect one or more directors of the new Supporters' Company to be accepted onto the ASFC Board as part of the overall process.

Presumably the new company is to be a company limited by shares rather than by guarantee. I assume the contributors would become members of the new company and if the former contributors would I suppose get issued with shares in the new company pro rata their contributions.

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eh?

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Have you been on the beer tonight?:D

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Think hes been getting speech therapy from Stanley Unwin:D

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My post earlier meant I will be putting my £100 in when the Supporters' Company is being issued with shares giving them a voice in the club and have got a place on the board.

I also said we should get shares in the Supporters' Company in recognition of our membership and contributions to it in lieu of the usual annually renewable membership card.

Being accused by Rob of writing gibberish I responded in the style of the master Professor Sir Stanley Unwin.

YouTube - Stanley Unwin Baffles the Carry On Team

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I got you on all that Haggis.

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thanks fer t'translation Haggis - the tech speak was a bit o'er me head!

shares would be issued at a nominal cost i would imagine. the first post read to me as though you were asking whether you would receive shares according to the amount you put in - which would be no. one member, one vote etc

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How do you pay the money Macc if you've pledged support

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as soon as we have the company, directors and bank account up and running I'll try to get a paypal account sorted for further afielders. Failing that a cheque made out in the name of ........, or cash, postal order etc. I'll PM my address to those concerned and they can send anything to me. I'll post running totals as we go.

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I have drafted up a few ideas for the site - could do with a nod to go ahead with a version 0.1 ie make sure I'm not doing something timmins has already done :)

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you have a PM

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crack on for me bud, im busy with work at the minute so ain't had chance to do anything, i will leave it in your capable hands,

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What about doing a coast to coast challenge or perhaps Accrington to Torquay for next season's away fixture in a tuk-tuk?

Sponsored so it would raise money, could have a seperate competition to win prizes for the exact mileage covered and raise money with that as well?

Plan the route to cover local radio stations and other media outlets to highlight what was being undertook and for what reason, set up the sponsored part through just giving so then the more that hear about the more people can donate, could maybe even have a daily blog for people to follow the progress of the trek:)

Would take perhaps a fair bit of planning particulary in locating a tuk-tuk or something similar, but in terms of Google Page Ranking and raising money could be a Winner:)

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Nice idea Google Page Ranking, I'm sat here with about 6 diferent ideas on sponsored events for the new fund, 1 of which involves the torquay fixture too!! just waiting for the first fundraising meeting to air the suggestions coz not sure how viable some of them are.

Keep em coming Google Page Ranking we're gonna need a shed load of ideas for this.

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Latest from Rob Heys:

Heys hails Accrington supporters - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

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I've been thinking about ASSF, as it will rely on donations, would it not be able to be classified as a charity. If so then all the donations should be eligible for tax relief. I think the government will hand the 20% tax paid by the donator, to the fund.

Nobody seems to have brought this up, so maybe something to consider.

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Just wondered about this fund, is there an account set up yet for people to donate into??? :)

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Is there any update on the fighting fund yet

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Just an update on the F.F. / A.S.S.F. There is an "Open Meeting" at Stanley in the club house, Friday night 14th August 7.00 P.M. Please be there if you can. :):)

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I'm even on some of them pics on kipax page !!!!

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that'll be the game where Harrogate threatened to throw us out for singing cos some old lady or baby was asleep in the office behind us!

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on some of the black and white ones you were playing :D

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:D :D cheers for that, mr t kindly asked if I wanted to do the half time draw one week as I'm still the youngest player but I declined I didn't want the clayton end singing you f@@ b@@@@@d :D:D:D

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lol

it wouldn't be as bad as what they sang at me when i did the crossbar challenge!

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She actually said come out the tea hut & said of our singing "Do you mind ... there is a baby trying to sleep in here...."

:D

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Quality :D