Two new co-opted board members have joined the CFU board at tonight’s meeting.

Alan Povey and Ed Jones were asked to join the board by chairman Simon Olorenshaw. Alan will take on the community portfolio with Ed taking on the fundraising portfolio.

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At the first full CFU board meeting since the AGM in November, the board have elected Simon Olorenshaw as the new Chairman of City Fans United.

Simon will combine the role with his job at Merseyrail where he is Head of Asset Management.

Simon was co-opted onto the CFU board last year, and was recently elected to the board at the AGM. Simon said: “As Chair I am there to support my fellow Directors, facilitate progress and ensure that we deliver on our commitments. It is not the traditional role of the Football Chairman who has the final say on everything within the football club.

“The football club is controlled by the Operations Board, which in turn is accountable to the CFU board.” He added: “I am also looking forward to building on the great work of the previous Chairmen.

“For me it is all around the three pillars of the first team, the youth and the community and it is ensuring we have the right level of support for all those areas. “I am honoured to be leading the CFU as we go into an exciting time.”

Simon led the board in recording thanks for the hard work of previous Chairman Grenville Millington and all other board members have who stood down over the past year.

Also at the meeting, Jim Keegan stood down from his role as Vice-Chairman but will continue to serve on both the Operations and CFU boards. Neil Bellis, who has served on the CFU board since 2014, was elected to the role of Vice-Chairman.

The board elected Laurence Kirby as the Treasurer of CFU and re-appointed Marion Needham as Secretary.

The board have discussed the co-opting of further members to both CFU and Operational boards. This will be reported back to members when these are finalised.

City Fans United are supporting a Supporters Direct report which is calling for community owned clubs to receive tax breaks.

The football club has been working with Supporters Direct for over six months to help them launch their report into community owned sports clubs at Parliament yesterday.

The report argues that democratically owned sports clubs could bring a big net benefit if they were given tax breaks. The proposal recommends creating a new tax status for democratically owned clubs that meet strict criteria, including reinvesting surpluses and protecting assets for community use. (more…)

CFU members who cannot make tomorrow night’s AGM are reminded that a streaming service is available to watch.

To take advantage of the new service please email Neil Bellis on neil.bellis@chesterfc.com before midday tomorrow (November 26). You must be a current CFU member to watch the stream.

Details about how to log on to the stream will be sent out around 2pm tomorrow.

Chester FC have become the first club in the country to live stream all of our members meetings.

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The Lookers Vauxhall Stadium is hosting an important Premier League International Cup match between Liverpool u21s and Benfica this Friday 20th November (k.o. 7pm). Chester FC  will receive much needed funds from staging this prestigious fixture including the gate money.  

However we have a home fixture v Woking on Saturday.

Liverpool FC have kindly offered the services of groundsmen to help prepare the pitch following the friday evening game, but we would also like to appeal for volunteers to stay after the game to help us get the stadium ready for our match next day.

Please meet in the East Stand after the final whistle. Refreshments will be provided.

 

The Governance team are looking for more volunteers to join their group to help them work through a major project.

The group are an established team of volunteers who ensure that Chester FC have all the required business processes and procedures in place that we need to be legally compliant and reduce unnecessary risk.

The group are currently reviewing all areas of business governance and are looking for help to complete this major project.

If you have a few hours per week to spare and would like to join a committed and friendly team, we would love to hear from you.

In particular we are looking for the following skills to compliment and assit our existing team: legal compliance, contractual/purchasing experience,  risk/contingency planning, health and safety, and human resources.

It’s hard work, but very rewarding, plus we have fun too! Of paramount importance is willingness and enthusiasm. If you feel you could make a difference and add value to our great team please contact Richard Lynes on the email address below: rich.lynes@gmail.com

Due to a bug in the camp resulting in the sickness of several CFU board members, regretfully tonight’s City Fans United meeting (2/11/15) has been cancelled.

We look forward to seeing all CFU members at our next scheduled meeting which is the AGM, to be held on Monday 26th November.