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  1. Or 9 boardroom guests on Saturday
  2. Why? Div made the statement, I'm asking Div.
  3. Not in any way trying to stir things but what is the £100k+ Richard has put into the club?
  4. No shifting of goalposts from me. I've always said I'm not going to sign up, I've always said I have my doubts and i've said all along that I really want it to work out though. That's what we all want at the end of the day, whatever is best for St Mirren.
  5. Be interesting to see how many of the 640 fill out the direct debit form and how many of them are still members in 5 years time. I really really hope the CIC turns out to be brilliant for the club but I'm just not convinced it's the way to go.
  6. Which means there at least 1900 season ticket holders not supporting the CIC. I must admit, I'm a little concerned about the whole thing.
  7. poker night tonight. going to win all of saintgav and buck fast crews money!!!!

    1. faraway saint

      faraway saint

      Better tell Gav "snap" is a different game. :)

    2. Otto Repoman

      Otto Repoman

      What about 'the One's millions' and Michelle's TV fees..........?

  8. This would have terrible consequences to the playing surface. The summer is for recovery, loads of coring, vertidraining and top dressing. The pitch would be in terrible condition come the winter if this work wasn't done. Bowls are shite anyway
  9. No. I am all for the CIC taking over the club though.
  10. Dunno mate, was working in Inverness today so couldn't make it.
  11. Update from this evening....... Its £10 per month or you can save 20 quid by paying the year up front. Cheques for £100 to be made out to David G and posted to.............
  12. Currently how many seats on the board do the 48% have? Answer = 1
  13. Couldn't make the meeting but looking forward to the next one.
  14. I asked this question on the Q&A thread. What happens if they don't find someone to buy the shares or can't get the £1.2m back required? Didn't get a clear answer.
  15. Sorry if this has been asked before but what would happen to the 52% shares if the CIC did get into financial trouble after a few years? Would the shares be put up for sale? If there was no buyer would St Mirren effectively be owned and controlled by a bank?
  16. I would lower taxes, increase police numbers on the street, increase pay for nurses and bring back the death penalty. Vote David G !!!!!
  17. It's quite the opposite, a thread was created to lask as many questions as you want and now it has it's own sub-forum. What more do you want? You had one post deleted from the Q&A thread, the post wasn't a question directed to the 10000 hours team so it was deleted. We're trying to make it easier for the 10000 hours team to find questions in the forum giving you a better chance of getting an answer. Good move with the sub-forum Div. Spot on civil saint and there is nothing to stop people from discussing why certain questions have not yet been answered, if they wish to do so they can do it in the Club Buy Out discussion thread which is now 65 pages.
  18. We are not going to kid anyone on and say it is not a problem, less members = less money. Obvioulsy this is one of the first questions that the funders ask themselves also. However with the business plan presented to them and the dozens of meetings, tours and discussions they have satisfied themsleves so far that the risk of a drop off is low and they are prepared to put money into 10000hours CIC on that basis. We hope that the public meetings will allow you some comfort on the matter when we can go into some more detail 10000hours CIC
  19. Without as you say giving the identity. 10000hours are happy for it to be known that 75% of the Corporate and Community members required have made a commitment should the whole deal continue to fruition, and have the suitable individual support added to the 10000hours CIC, and that there are a number of other businesses and community organisations actively engaged in considering the proposition. 10000hours CIC
  20. We believe that it will grant you significant influence and we look forward to furnishing you with infomation at the public meetings.
  21. We would be delighted to hear from you regarding your own ideas. No one at 10000hours has claimed that their is only one way of doing this and if there are people wo can contribute ideas that can make a difference then we would be delighted to hear them. Please either post your ideas on here or mail to [email protected]. We would also like to hear of your experience at other Community Sports Clubs incase we can learn anything, which ones have you been involved with?
  22. If 10000hours does not get awarded either the total funding needed or the level of support required from individual, corporate and community members to fullfil the business plan then 10000hours will not complete the deal. Community interest Companies only work if the community is interested.
  23. Then allow us to try and help. It will be open before and after game for the CIC members. But will become an important part of the business plan for both the CIC and the club, and an important part of the plan for a number of the community members of 10000hours. It will be used a number of times a week not just on match days Please be assured that a significant number of the 10000hours team have both historic and current experience in the industry and that they are all very happy about the potential for the sort of flexible space that will be created within the void to make some very real profit. It will indeed require a significant amount of money to fit out this space. However firstly 10000hours CIC already has the development of this in hand should the deal conclude and secondly that while the opening times as a match day bar will be limited, the usage of a high quality flexible space is expected to be high. We do not agree with your analysis. If the facility is run correctly and efficiently then it will more than add up. It adds up at similar sporting venues and indeed at locations such as theatres and the SECC where only very small time windows are avaliable for sales. We don't recall publically comparing what goes on in the corporate with the proposed in the current "void" area. However there is good data on what the notional spend is in corporate (when inclusive) and there are occasions when the hospitality suite is run with a pay bar and certainly in the background all of this infomation has been used and we belive it is relevant. We agree, but do not think this is a fair comparision, as the venue is not trying to make it as a full time licensed premises. It is worth noting that the facility is large enough to hold 600 people standing 400 in theatre mode and 300 table seated. It will not only provide a great facility on match days, but a great hard working community facility and a fantastic extention to the existing club hospitality space enabling the club to cater over two large rooms (Banquet room and Party room) for weddings and christmas parties etc It will be no surpirse that we storngly disagee with you on this point. At the end of the day this is about a system of corporate funding and governance that allows the whole community to take control of the majority shareholding of St Mirren FC, and we think this can bring great benefits for the community, business and importantly for the individual fan the club. We do not think we have a monopoly on good ideas but we have come up with what we believe is one and so decided to roll our sleves up and have a go at making this happen, if the deal does not complete then yes a lot of people will have wasted a lot of time and energy that they have invested in this project but we will at least have tried......we hope we will be able, at some point to have you try with us. 10000hours CIC
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