george2 wrote:
Not entirely true. The 23 other votes were proxy votes. The open meeting following there was an indicative vote as to whether people were happy with the actions of the trust. This was in regards to forward planning of any phoenix club as a backup plan should NVFC fail. This meeting was attended by 100-150 people in total. The indicative vote was unanimous.
Just because people aren't members does not mean they do not support the actions of the trust.

george2 wrote:
Urm the OSC have not got any members, so why have they been given the weight to influence this new project?

It was actually over 100 (ask Pez) that voted on the proposal to make preparations for a new club but ONLY IF NVFC 2007 Ltd folded, get your facts right Bruce and stop listening to rumours and propaganda that is obviously filtering from Rushe and NVN to discredit and alienate the Trust.

By the way this proposal was forced when Rushe told everyone at a previous meeting that he could not fund the club next season. He also laughed off numerous CCJ's attached to NVFC and NVD and called the Trust membership a 'Third Party'

markust wrote:
I think that even NVN must accept that the Supporters Trust has an important voice as otherwise why take the time and trouble to post his 'news' on this forum. I still take the view that the Supporters Trust is the only body that the fans should listen to and who represent the best interests of the fans, including the silent majority. I will be guided by the advice and recommendations of the Supporters Trust as to whether or not to give my support this 'project' as and when they have had time to fully consider this latest development.

Check the date NVN, your April fools is a day late.

Your plan sounds great on paper, but this is the real world here. If we were competing in the BSP with gates of 1000, financialy stable and weren't hemorrhaging money - maybe then your plan would work!

Is this just more smoke and mirrors to take peoples attention from the more pressing matters at hand currently?

Also, Jim wants us to pay to run his football club and pay for a stadium and still have no say in how the clubs run?

I think that the so called 'assistance fund' will not work. I cannot see than many fans contributing significant amounts of money to help Jim Rushe keep 100% control of the club, I think that Jim Rushe is going to have to keep on funding the running of the club himself. The only problem is how is he going to do this without much fiancial support? He has admitted that he cannot afford to run the club next season and yet he has so point blank refused to work with the Supporters Trust. What makes him think that the idea of an 'assistance fund' will now be supported by the majority of the fans? How many fans are even going to carry on suporting the club by travelling to every 'home' match in Stafford next season.

The idea of a 'building fund' is nothing new. The idea of ground ownership outside of the control of the club is nothing new. I had suggested this at first open supporters meeting when Jim Rushe was there to answer questions. I had hoped that Jim Rushe would agree to work with the Supporters Trust on this idea. However, he seems to be dead set against working with the Supporters Trust for whatever reason. I think the building plan is too ambitious, but good luck to Jim Rushe if he can pull this off and get a new stadium built in such a short period. This is going to be his only hope of saving his club as it currently exists.

What I want to know is where is the new ground going to be located? Will in be centrally in the Northwich area - perhaps Moss Farm? Why do we need a 7000 capacity stadium when less than 500 fans regualarly turn up to watch the Vics?