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Minutes of Our Annual General Meeting. Stadium Development And Please Take Care of our Environment Recycle this Newsletter when no longer required Members of Supporters Direct, and Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service. Sponsored by ‘CHARTERS’ and ‘OAKHAM ALES’ NEWSLETTER No 34 April 2011 Minutes of our Annual General Meeting. Stadium Development and The Trust‟s „Safe Standing‟ Campaign „FREE‟ Trust Membership! when you join the „Gold Bond‟ Scheme. Pete Lane‟s memories of Posh‟s First League Season „Crightons‟ of Peterborough, and Peterborough Chauffer Services, join our Members Discount Scheme. The Posh Supporters‟ Trust Limited. Website: www.theposhtrust.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] THE POSH SUPPORTERS‟ TRUST Registered in England and Wales with the Financial Services Authority as an Industrial & Provident Society. Registration number: 29533R. Member of The Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service. Chairman Adrian Woolley -- ViceChair Barry Bennett, -- Secretary John Henson, Treasurer Geoff Callen – Directors Richard Bellamy, Ray Cole, Paul Froggitt, Tony Griffin, Keith Jennings, Paul Little, Walter Moore, James Wapples . Consultant Peter Lloyd. The Posh Supporters‟ Trust, is a democratic not-for-profit organisation of supporters, committed to strengthening the voice of supporters in the decision-making process at Peterborough United Football Club. We seek to improve the links between the club and the community it serves, and help the club to grow to the highest level. OUR AIMS To bring Peterborough United Football Club, Posh fans and the local community closer together. To help disadvantaged and deserving fans to go to a match for free under the "Smile Ticket" scheme. To help the football club by increasing the Posh fan base through our "New Posh Fans Initiative." To support football related activities locally through sponsorship and donations whenever possible. To have a substantial membership in order to represent the views of fans at meetings with the football club and to promote their interests. To have a Supporters' Trust representative on the board of the football club representing the interests of all fans. To build up funds to support our activities and create a reserve to help the club in the longer term in the event of a crisis. Help Us to Help You! Become a member – subscription details on the back pages. Make a donation to the Trust. (pay-pal facility on website www.theposhtrust.co.uk) Join the Gold Bond Weekly Draw! And receive your Membership for FREE! Use your membership card at the local businesses that provide excellent discounts to members (listed in this newsletter). Shop at Westgate Department Stores, AHF Home Furnishing Superstores and Westgate Optical, asking for the dividend to be credited to the Trust’s share number 473432. Visit and support our Stall on the concourse on match days! Browse our merchandise including various books and magazines. Join or re-new your membership, and take part in the various competitions we will feature. Offer your services to the Trust, if you have any professional or other skills, e g in fund-raising, accountancy, business management, the law etc. Make use of our on-line shopping facility, buy.at/theposhtrust. We thank all those who continue to support the Trust, however they do it. Published by The Posh Supporters’ Trust, 193 Oakdale Ave, Stanground, Peterboro. PE2 8TH. Printed by Printing Matters, Unit 12c, Brookside Industrial Estate, Sawtry, Cambs. PE28 5SB CHAIRMANS MESSAGE Dear fellow fan, Welcome to our latest newsletter. I thought I would start my Chairman’s report with a small introduction. My name is Adrian Woolley (Ady), born in Peterborough in 1965. I attended the Kings School and I am a Director at the Fane Clinic, a Podiatry, Sports Injury and Chiropody service based in the City. My Grandfather, Father, myself and now my six year old daughter have all been avid supporters of The Posh over the years and my daughter and I currently have a season ticket s in the family stand. At the time of writing, Posh have just beaten Dagenham & Redbridge 0-2 away, and currently sit in fourth place with six games left in the season. We face Huddersfield away on Saturday in a crucial 6 pointer Lets hope by the time you read this we have enough wins in the bag to be playing championship football next season. I was given the honour of taking on the role of Chairman of The Posh Supporters Trust last year and would like to take this opportunity to thank the hard working Board of Directors for their support and commitment with a particular thank you going to Barry Bennett, who passed over the reins to me. The last few months have seen us working on numerous projects, some of which are mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter. My main objectives as Chairman are three fold, to increase awareness of what the trust is and its objectives, to significantly increase our membership and to continue to work hand in hand with the Football Club on increasing our fan base. Over the coming months, we will be re-launching the trust and you will be able to meet some of us and discuss what our role is. The current trust stall on the concourse under the main stand will be revamped as a membership stall, where we hope to start to increase our numbers from. There will be many exciting reasons to join and we hope to meet many of you to discuss the benefits of membership. Finally, I am delighted to welcome 2 new businesses into our Membership Discount scheme. saving Trust Members even more £££££££’s on production of a valid membership card, and also supporting the local businesses. 1. Crightons of Peterborough will give you 20% off MOT’s all garage services (see advertisement on page 7 and detail on page 14) 2. Peterborough Chauffer Services offer a 10% discount on your luxury travel requirements. Full details inside this newsletter on page 15. Enjoy the rest of the season and „Up The Posh‟. Regards in Sport Ady THE POSH SUPPORTERS LIMITED MINUTES OF THE 8th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Held 19 October 2010 at The Cherry Tree Present: Trust Board:- Adrian Woolley (AW) , Barry Bennett (BB), Geoff Callen (GC), John Henson (JH), Keith Jennings (KJ), Paul Little (PL), Walter Moore (WM) Paul Froggitt (PF), Ray Cole (RC). New Board Candidates, Tony Griffin and James Wapples. Plus 13 members. Apologies Received:- Bob Symns, Peter Lloyd, Brian Seaton, Ady Hargreaves, Richard Bellamy. Welcome Barry Bennett welcomed the members to the meeting and introduced the board members addressing the AGM.: Himself as chairman, John Henson as Secretary, and Geoff Callen as Treasurer. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 21October 2009 The minutes in respect of the meeting were accepted as a true record and signed by BB. Chairman’s Report Officially I am the Vice Chairman of the Trust, and due to the vacant seat, I have occupied the position of Chairman for the last 12 months. Being a hands-on type of person, I have enjoyed and fulfilled the role to the best of my ability, however as I said last year, I have been involved with supporters groups for 14 years now, and most of my Ideas and enthusiasm has been exhausted. The Trust needs a Younger forward looking Chairman, to bring a fresh approach to ensure that we remain focussed on the Trust movement, the principles of community involvement, and to remain alert to influence the future direction of our football club. Subject to your approval, I believe we have the right person to do that, nominated here tonight. For the last 12 months we have remained alert and active to the Aims of the Trust. We have attended monthly meetings with the club, to debate and issues that effect the match day experience, and the development plans of the football club. We continue to offer Free tickets to disadvantaged and deserving fans, with our Smile Ticket Scheme. We have implemented 2 New Posh Fans Initiatives this year. The first on 6 March, in the Stanground area, and the 2nd in October in Yaxley. This year alone we have introduced almost 1750 New Fans to London Road and hope that they will come again and again. We have continued to build our funds and hold a substantial bank balance to add credibility to our organisation. In September last year, PISA launched a Campaign to get the City Council to speed up the drawn out issue of finding a new location for the Club. The Trust joined forces with the club and actively applied pressure upon the Council to eliminate the prospect of having No Ground come 2013 when the Colin Hill lease expired. The Trust and PISA also played a vital role, to encourage the Council to Purchase London Rd when the opportunity arose. The Trust Press Officer, Paul Froggitt has been, and will continue to be very active in meeting Club and Council officials, to talk about the stadium developments and to identify and influence plans and ensure the Supporters View is considered at all times. So all in all, Your Trust has had a very busy and successful year. This has been achieved by Your Board and I would like to thank each one of them for their efforts. A Special Mention to Walter Moore, who has once again added a substantial amount to our funds through The Gold Bond Scheme. Also a special thanks to Ann and Jess here at The Cherry Tree, as well as Charters, Oakham Ales and Printing Matters for their regular sponsorship, to our Accountant, Tony Millen for once again Auditing our Accounts free of charge, and finally to PISA for their solidarity and support of the Trust throughout the year.
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