Trust Board Minutes
Meeting at the Saddlers Club on Tuesday 23 January at 6.30pm.
Present: Richard Hall, Bob Bates, Paul Jones, Adam Winnall, Phil Sturgess, David Roe, Steve Shaw.
RH reported on the previous evening's meeting with the Independent Saddlers Supporters Association. SS and RH met with Steve Stuart and Darren Fellows in order to explain what the Trust was attempting to do across the community. This was a positive meeting, the outcome of which was that the ISSA will produce a list of what they would like from the Trust. The WST Board will meet in order to discuss these issues and it is anticipated that WST Board members will attend an ISSA meeting to answer any questions.
RH and SS also met with Brian Instone of the Saddlers Club (SC) on 23 January. Again this was a useful meeting which allowed the WST members to ask whether:
RH will follow these links through with SS.
The WST has received support from one ex-manager and four former players, as well as the local media about running a sportsman's evening. The first such evening will take place in early March, hopefully at the SC (see above). The event will be free to life members of the WST with a nominal fee for individual members. The takings from the evening will be split between the WST and a local sporting charity. It is anticipated that the evening will start with a brief WST members meeting. The date and location will be circulated to members in a newsletter and via the press. AW, RH and SS to organise.
A newsletter will be produced in February to bring the members up to speed. Brian Lomax will contribute something about the national organisation, although we will make sure that all members receive the first national newsletter. BB, RH and DR to organise. The newsletter will highlight areas that the WST members can help with and call for involvement.
BB and PS reported that the share transfer was progressing and as soon as it had been completed they would commit 51 shares to the WST and move to transfer them. BB and PS to progress. RH noted that he would use the WFC Ltd. shareholders' list to contact all shareholders to explain what the WST aimed to achieve, and to ask for their support or their shares.
PS will work with other members to contact local pubs and clubs about becoming members of the Trust. PJ and SS noted that their companies were interested in sponsoring some of the WST's work.
RH noted that the WST had a good relationship with the Express and Star and that he had had a useful conversation with a reporter from the Evening Mail. Publicity has been good so far and it is important that this continues. RH and Chris Miller (webmaster) will continue to publicise the WST.
BB will talk to the Council about publicising the WST in the course of the next few months to its workers, and about becoming corporate members. We will also ask whether there is anything that the Council would like of the Trust.
The Trust Board are interested in organising a football tournament for schools. BB will investigate the logistics of running something like this and SS will examine possible external sponsorship.
RH will put together an email list of members in order to aid dissemination of the WST's work.