Attendees
Dan MacLennan (Chair)
Matt Spooner (1921 Representative)
Billy Atkinson (Holdings Board)
Tony Wightman (Secretary)
Samantha Jones (Vice Chair)
Claire Winder
Kieran Bulman
Ross Parkinson
Apologies
Martin Robson
Riegan Thompson
Acceptance of previous Dec minutes
Approved
Matters Arising
N/A
Action tracker
Gambling Licence for Competitions, likely able to use Club one as a Shareholder, MS to confirm
Succession, MS working on this
Skills Audit, Chris leaving highlights potential weakness, if MR ill, IT is weak for example. If anyone wants to train in any area, speak up, organise and do it. Action specific, utilise sub-groups.
Club Matters by MS
Progressing a shortlist for capital expenditure
Commercial returns are paramount, away facilities
Foxys, fanzone
Sheepmount- looking for funding to help subsidise the facilities
Planning permission granted for cabins etc hoping for floodlit pitches
MS there is no obligation to hold a fans forum the info comes from the CUSG & CUST MS has requested interim from the leadership and ownership.
MS expanded on the requirements of forums which in the EFL is 2 per year, following member feedback MS spoke to TP & MT regarding the primary objective, which is getting out of this league
Holdings Board
BA No update
Subgroup updates
MS,in terms of the subgroups, do we need to reappoint for these groups for instance, travel should be part of this going forward
Relevance-Membership- COMMS
Governance
CW Spoke to NC regarding new rules which are signed off by the FSA
Members Meetings:
CW as TP if he would attend a meeting on Teams for a Q&A? MS it would likely be a Castle Sports director RP questions do come through the column
No further update as no meetings have taken place
Away travel
Gateshead game the most successful yet, with 3 full buses generating over £3700 in sales and £1090 in profit.
75% of bookings were non-members. Thanks to BA for helping out
To date, all buses have made a profit of at least £40, with a total profit of over £1400.
Two buses booked for Rochdale, with 33 booked and 69 seats remaining – before tickets go on sale.
The ticket office will include a link to our travel page on the website. We also hope to have an advert on the perimeter boards for the York game.
If all seats are sold, it’ll generate a profit of around £200
We are planning to run buses to Hartlepool, Halifax and Morecambe.
Irvings very happy with us, very pleased they took a chance on us.
They have said their drivers would be happy to steward a bus themselves if necessary as we’ve ‘proved ourselves’
We continue to have a really good mix of passengers – families, old/young etc. and have a small but growing band of regulars who have booked more than once.
All feedback up to now has been positive.
CW In terms of advertising are we paying for it?
MS We should spend some money on advertising, maybe tie it to Irvings?
CW The Bugle is sponsored by the trust, but has the link been put up for away travel. Can we ask RT to get the QR code put up around the screens at the club
Hospitality
CW & SJ Next 3 games are drawn
MS to take the photos of the recipients for the next couple of home games
No draw for the junior members
SJ to keep up with shirt sizes as we head to the end of season. We need to look at something for junior members when they win the shirt, maybe something in the newsletter.
Email Procedure
Who is reading emails and who is meant to be replying within 48 hours?
Membership
DM 1033
Financial/Cash in the bank
Bank is £13627.74 (Ringfenced £448 Defibs £2100 Audit fees – there will also be some coach money to set aside)
CW Members will need to have the final accounts and have them filed!
MS the question will be raised regarding the lateness of the accounts, we need to take some ownership of this.
We need a decision of when the end of year actually is!
CUSG Update
Any email coming to the trust regarding CUSG should go through CW. The latest CUSG meeting minutes from 9th of Jan https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/minutes-january-cusg-meeting-0
Note: The collaboration with the Northwest Ambulance NC stated this event was a trust event
AOB
DMwe will soon have a new gazebo for the fanzone, which will be more robust
DM does anybody have any objections to purchasing a new sign
MS nothing against that, it should be a mesh type for the wind etc.
RP also get a second one to go onto the back of the gazebo
MS I don’t think there will be any distortion
SJ where are we with getting a permanent structure?
Meeting ended– 20:35
Next meeting – Feb 11th 26 19:00
