The CFU board is due to meet on 14th January on the agenda will be:
· Arrangements for co-opting directors to the CFU board and operations board – following the meeting there will be an announcement that will provide details who which portfolio each director is leading on (more…)
At the AGM in November the board again made a commitment to try and improve communications and one of the ways of doing this is to provide a summary of the issues discussed at each board meeting. It is not possible to publish the minutes in full due to the commercial sensitivity of some issues.
In addition to the announcements that have already been made in relation to board appointments these are issues that were discussed in December:
The latest Seals Lottery draw has taken place with the random number selector ‘button’ being pressed by club office volunteer Mario Buratti, witnessed by club General Manager Tony Allan, Office Volunteer Keith Helsby and Director Brian Burns
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…)
Grenville Millington, Chairman of City Fans United and Chester Football Club, has today advised fellow Directors that he has reluctantly decided to resign from his position, and the board of City Fans United, with immediate effect due to full time work commitments.
Don’t forget to pick up your tickets for this season’s Christmas Raffle which has £1000 as the first prize.
The draw for the raffle is on December 28 and you could pick up an unexpected late Christmas present (some prizes listed below) at the same time as raising much needed funds for the club. Tickets can be collected from the shop/bar/ticket office on match day, the ticket office during the week and from shop.chesterfc.com
The latest Seals Lottery draw has taken place with the random number selector ‘button’ being pressed by club office volunteer Keith Helsby, witnessed by CFU Board Secretary Marion Needham, Haidee McHugh of the Accounts Office and Director Brian Burns…Winners were :-
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.
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.