The boards of the CFU and Community Trust met in December to discuss a number of important joint items.

The two boards meet periodically with the latest meeting taking place on December 17th. Here is a brief summary of the discussions;  (more…)

The City Fans United board are pleased to announce that Alan Povey has been elected as the new Chair of the CFU.

Alan was co opted onto the board last year to work as our community director. He was elected as a CFU director in October and took the same portfolio.

Alan, 33, is a retail manager for a large fashion brand and is married to Lyndsey and has a four-year-old son, Jacob.

He said: “I’ve supported the club for 30 years and to represent the CFU membership as chair is a wonderful honour.

“I hope to build on the hard work of previous board members and chairmen to improve the CFU.

“I would like to thank Simon Olorenshaw for all his hard work on the board.”

The current board membership is Jonny Hughes – vice chair, Brian Burns, Neil Bellis, Anne Salmon, Mike Day and Laurence Kirby.

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CFU members are reminded that the next formal CFU meeting is Thursday November 17th in the Blues Bar, starting at 7.30pm.

The agenda is as follows;

Welcome and apologies (Marion Needham)

Acceptance of the notes of the last formal meeting held on 18th August 2016 and any matters arising (Marion Needham)

Introduction of new chair of the CFU (Jonny Hughes)

Chair’s update

Strategic plan update (Brian Burns)

BREAK

Youth development (Brian Burns/Mike Day)

Communications (Neil Bellis)

Big City Survey (Marion Needham)

Q & A

Date of next meeting – informal 19th January 2016

Don’t forget if you can’t make the meeting there is a streaming service available. If you have already signed up then there is no need to do anything, an email will be sent out on the day. You can still sign up by emailing neil.bellis@chesterfc.com

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The board met for the first time since the AGM last night. A full summary of the meeting will be made available on the CFU site soon but the board thought they would announce the result of the elections to members as soon as possible.

Simon Olorenshaw was elected to continue as chairman, Laurence Kirby was elected to continue as treasurer and the board appointed Marion Needham to continue as secretary. The only change was that Jonny Hughes was elected as Vice Chairman and replaces Neil Bellis.

The board also reappointed Simon Olorenshaw, Anne Salmon, Brian Burns, Laurence Kirby and Ron Smith to Operations board.

The CFU board currently comprises of Simon Olorenshaw (chairman), Jonny Hughes (vice chairman), Laurence Kirby (treasurer), Neil Bellis, Brian Burns, Mike Day, Alan Povey and Anne Salmon.

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This year’s Big City Survey has been sent to CFU members.

The survey is a chance for the board to gather the views of members on a wide range of topics and for the members to offer up their ideas of how to take the club forward.

Please check your inboxes for the survey. If you can’t find it then follow this link – http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2960744/Big-City-Census-2016?

The deadline for responses is 5pm on Friday September 30th. The board will report back to the CFU membership with the results of the survey at a CFU meeting later in the year.

You must be a CFU member to complete the survey.  (more…)

The next CFU members meeting is this Thursday, September 22, at 7.30pm in the Blues Bar.

The meeting is an informal meeting and we will have club manager Jon McCarthy as the special guest.

There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions to the CFU board.

For those who can’t make it on the night there is a streaming service available. You must be a CFU member to take advantage. Please email neil.bellis@chesterfc.com for more information.  (more…)

An information evening for prospective City Fans United (CFU) directors will be held before the next CFU meeting to give potential board members an idea of what is involved.

Members of the current CFU board will be available for people thinking of standing for the CFU board on August 18th at 6.45pm, ahead of the formal CFU meeting at 7.30pm.

It is an opportunity for those thinking of standing to ask any questions they want as well as get information about the commitment involved in being a board member.

Applications for the CFU board are not yet open but you must be a current CFU member to be eligible to stand for the board. Details of what is required to stand will be sent to members around August 22nd.

If you cannot make the evening but are thinking about standing for the board then please contact marion.needham@chesterfc.com to make alternative arrangements. The closing date for applications to the CFU board is September 9th ahead of the AGM on October 7th.  (more…)