Trust AGM

The Trust AGM was held on Tuesday 24th June and Jim Rushe attended for an open question and answer session afterwards. Copies of the minutes will be sent to members this week.

Highlights from Jim's part of the evening as follows:
Share Issues were discussed and a "loan share" option was put forward as a possible opportunity. Jim Rushe explained that he currently held 100% of the shares in the football club but stressed that he was not in the game to build a business empire but for the love of being involved in football.

Asked about the proposed purchase of the stadium he re-iterated an intention to purchase the ground and facilities. At the current time Mr Connett continues to own the ground and as well as the club paying him a substantial rent they have service charges of around £1,500 per game to find. While the current situation remains in place Mr Connett also receives all monies from Manchester United's Reserve team involvement at the ground. One benefit from this is a revamped playing surface that has been paid for, in part, by Manchester United. Jim Rushe confirmed that United were to continue to play their reserve team fixtures there this coming season.

When asked about Vics full time status he told the forum that around 70% of the current squad were deemed full time. On the playing front he confirmed that the manager had asked for money to buy an individual player but said, purely personally, he did not believe at this current time that it was appropriate for the club to be paying out transfer fees. The club has applied to the Mid Cheshire League to enter a reserve team that will be run under his auspices and that he will finance.

When asked about the new initiative by the Conference to inspect its member clubs books he said he felt certain that this would provide no problems for Vics football club.

Trust Board Membership
Following the AGM, the current members of the board are:

Peter Grimes
Paul Stockton
Brian Edge
Andy Woolley
David Moilliet
John Coats
Peter Wilson
Howard Roberts
Margaret Nixon

A huge 'Thank You' to Mark Ollier for all his hard work and support over the past two years.

Up to three further board members can be co-opted by the Board, and this will be discussed at a committee meeting in the next couple of weeks.

Changes to the Trust Website

Following discussions with the Club, we have agreed how we can provide support to the Club's website in the coming season. As well as maintaining the Trust page, Pete Wilson will be providing match reports directly to the Club's site. Previous match reports for the current and previous seasons will be available via a link to the Trust Site.

We also maintain a section which provides directions to our opponents, including a route finder function (via Google Maps). This can be seen at the following Link and it is intended that a similar link will be available from the Vics website.

We will no longer maintain the fixtures and results page on ourt site, but will provide a league table for use from both websites.

Together with the Club, we hope to provide an improved service to Vics fans.