That will be because Andrew Simpson was present at the meeting.
And he loves us.
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Once again we manage to turn an appeal for wittoners willing to help
Into a topic about the other lot, not surprised were in the shite!
Sorry jap, but where are the other lot mentioned?
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Devastated that Mark is resigning. Not sure hé can easily be replaced unless their name begins with Abdul or Mohamed!
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Sad news that our chairman is going but we just have to move on ! The club belongs to the fans and maybe its an opportunity to do something different ? for sure we will need new blood in the club, if they have money to help great if not then we have to do the best we all can to raise funds but more importantly live within our means UTA
What this Club needs is a chairman who has Witton running through his veins and can genuinely motivate the supporters. Someone in the Tom Stelfox mould.
Any suggestions ?
There are quite a few but it would be unfair to name names. Also don’t think it is the right time nor is a public forum the place to be discussing such an important issue for the club personally. Just my opinion.
Maybe its time for a “closed meeting” for shareholders, the board , active volunteers and ex fans who are curently not involved to return and think about a new way forward managed in a way that lead to open discussion and ideas and come up with a plan to drive the club forward, we have had dark times, splits and open rancour ! Now is the time to reshape ourselves and move on to a new era ! personally I dont see a new Tom Stelfox around but working together we can reform the club and look to move on UTA
I see at least two “Tom Stelfox” types within our club, the question is do they have the time and inclination to be the Chairman? I agree, we should have a closed meeting for Shareholders only as they have money invested in the club. Not sure it should be open to ALL supporters, that lets in Riff Raff like me! (Only joking, but I do think it should be Shareholders only.)
Personally think this is good news for the club, it’s the time now that the stay away supporters can be brought back to the club. We have lost some real stalwarts and excellent volunteers over various decisions in the last few years, let’s just hope they are up for coming back.
Thats what I was hoping for also, all that can be done is to set up the meeting in the correct way - closed eg no press or known non Witton fans and it be chaired by a respected Wittoner who can pull the meeting together and get everyone on board ! the alternative is to continue as we are with a new Chairman selected by the active shareholders who are all Wittoners anyway.
It is certainly a good time to have the suggested meeting in any case. UTA
I’d love to see Phil Chad or Jim Powell take the role on, both true Wittoners.
Two names I was thinking of in my post earlier.
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I think the next chairman whoever it may be needs to look more at getting the local successful businesses on side like the Hut Group, The Thors, The Cygnets, Roberts Bakery, Oakmere Garages those type of people. I think we’ve tended to alienate them a little bit in the past. I’d like to see Witton organise a Business seminar one evening and invite these people along as it would be good to network share successes and learn from mistakes and I’m sure these business would appreciate it being on neutral ground. Ok even if they don’t want to sponsor us or put loads of money in the club then maybe several times a season they might like to come down have some corporate hospitality and maybe sponsor a game or two The main thing is we’d have friends out there in the local business community. Its all about everyone helping each other.
Great idea.
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