Minutes of Saturdays DC meeting with Supporters clubs The Development Committee are delighted to publish the minutes from their meeting with the Supporters Clubs held on Saturday the 13th of July at the Forfar West End Club. The meeting was extremely encouraging with the supporters clubs commending the DC for their positive approach and desire to bring together the supporters groups and put trust back into the trust. Minutes of the meeting between the Development Committee and representatives of Dundee F.C. Supporters Clubs, held on Saturday 13th July, 2013 at Forfar West End JFC Social Club. 1.Peter Campbell of the Development Committee opened the meeting by welcoming the members who attended and then went on to explain how the Development Committee was formed. He also explained that all members of the Development Committee were volunteers with no affiliations to the current board of DCFSS. He then asked for further volunteers to assist the Development Committee in its work. Finally Peter told the meeting that all members of the Development Committee would be standing for election to the board of DFCSS at the upcoming SGM. 2.Peter then gave a brief bio of his experience before asking each member of the Development Committee in turn to say a few words about their experiences. 3.Stephen Tosh then explained the work undertaken so far by the Development Committee and about the meetings held with DBBT, Steve Martin of FPS, a representative of DFCSS and a proposed meeting with Bill Colvin the next time he was in Dundee. 4.Ross Day then explained the goals of the Development Committee, including the purchase of Dens Park from John Bennett, the current owner. 5. Mike Jeffries then talked about the feedback received so far from Peter Marr (DBBT), Scott Lockie (Exiled Dees), Scott Glenday, Ian Crighton (DFC Finance Director) and Bill Colvin. 6.Question and Answer Session. a.Chris Campbell, Billy Steel Dark Blues, asked what the fundamental problems were with the Trust (DFCSS), DFCSCA (DSA) and DBBT working together. Ross Day replied that between the groups there is a lot of ill feeling and personality differences that had created barriers to progress, however he was pleased that the DBBT had indicated a great willingness to get round the table with all parties and look for a one group solution to have all Dundee fans working together without the internal barriers and it is hoped that the DFCSCA will follow suit. He also explained that in event of the FPS investment being approved, that the current shareholding of DFCSS and DBBT would drop significantly when new shares were issued and such a cohesive approach was in the interests of everyone. Peter Campbell then commented that the forthcoming SGM was a milestone for the Development Committee as they intended to stand for election, along with other supporters, from other groups, to fill the DFCSS board. He went on to say that the changes envisaged would not take place overnight but could take up to a year to achieve. b.Charlie Donaldson, Blairgowrie Supporters Club, applauded the work done so far but wondered if the time could be better spent doing things for the club and couldn’t the same aims be achieved by getting all interested parties into a room and thrashing out a solution. Peter Campbell explained that the current board of DFCSS does not have a quorum so no work can be undertaken by them and this had led to complete inertia in the DFCSS. He also said that the Development Committee had volunteered two candidates to be co-opted on to the board but this has been turned down. c.Roy Canning, Billy Steel Dark Blues, stated that members were holding back putting money into sponsorship and asked if the Development Committee would stand for election at the SGM as a group or as individuals. They also said that the DSA had lost its identity due to lack of Fundraising?. DC reiterated its intention to stand as a group, and if elected, could then outvote anyone with an agenda. d.Jim Innes of Forfar Dark Blues then offered some insight into how to ‘spin’ what the Development Committee were doing. The committee welcomed this and Peter Campbell agreed to invite him to a future Development Committee meeting. e.Perth Dees asked if there was a model that DFCSS could follow from another club? Ross Day explained that with the current model, it was very difficult to achieve consensus between the various groups. He mentioned that the committee were looking into many options including setting up a Community Interest Company (CIC) that would safeguard the interests of the fans by tying the assets into the CIC so they could only be used for the good of the community however until they had agreement from all parties to work together it would be difficult to have a fans structure that suited everyone. f.There followed a short discussion about DFCTV and where the proceeds went. It was explained that an agreement between the club and DFCSS was in place however as part of the Development Committee’s modernisation goals this would be something that, if elected, would be looked into. Ross Day suggested that as an example if all proceeds after running costs were used to buy back Dens Park this may see a greater number of people subscribing to DFCTV which would then benefit both the trust, who run the DFCTV and the club who own the rights to it. 7.There being no further questions, Peter Campbell closed the meeting at 14:20 by thanking all those present for attending. Regards, Kevin Keerie.
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