Posted by Nahsville Claret on 24/11/2004, 14:26:04, in reply to "Re: Our club" --Previous Message--
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Peter, I for one will be praying forn a Trophy win. Good luck to all, Alf
: Loads and loads going on.
: Remember this is a new board and has varying
: views on how to move forward on quite a few
: issues. I have been watching and ingesting
: the valid points on this forum and have
: sympathy with much of what is being said.
: This Board is finding its feet, agreeing
: remits and areas of responsibility, etc. As 4
: of us run our own businesses it can sometimes
: be difficult, all 4 of us are all used to
: making decisions, and running with them. This
: is not the case here, as 'major' decisions
: need to be discussed and agreed which can
: sometimes elongate the process. I think we
: are finding this a little frustrating to
: varying degrees.
: On the communication flow, this has also
: proved to be a little more difficult than
: before. When I was Chairman before, I ran the
: club, to all intents and purposes, and made
: decisions and ran with them. I would go onto
: this forum and tell everyone, often before I
: told the rest of the Board. This isnt the
: way anymore, and rightly so. We are sharing
: the financial burden equally and others are
: doing a disproportionate amount of the work
: in getting us back into the borough, namely
: Paul and Stuart and it would not be the
: correct thing for me to act the way I used
: to.
: Both Stuart and Paul have had very
: constructive meetings with the council and
: have another couple next week. Hopefully we
: can put this one to bed, and set out a start
: date shortly afterwards.
: The players have now been paid up-to-date,
: but we have made a few errors, some have been
: overpaid, some underpaid, but that will be
: sorted out quickly.
: Not going to be talking about the playing
: front, etc, as not sure if whether that would
: have a positive or negative effect. We
: desperately need to get a result on Saturday,
: worth approx £5000, and potential for more,
: as we win £3000 plus gate monies for next
: round.
: I have got to get back to work now, but will
: be updating you periodically. If anyone wants
: to ask a direct question please do so, and I
: will answer best as I can
:
: --Previous Message--
: Just like to add my comments on the last few
: days, having only caught up with
: developments. There's no doubt that some
: postings in the last week have been
: inflammatory, malicious, libellous and
: downright insulting. I understand the reason
: that we can't see them is because they were
: so bad that they had to be removed straight
: away - just look at the problem the moderator
: of the Conference South board has had in
: recent weeks with all the Hornchurch stuff -
: and this clearly a neccessity in todays day
: and age.
: I've touched base with Gary and the only
: reasons he has stopped posting are the fact
: that there have been racist, libellous and
: vicious assaults on individuals (all from
: anonymous posters) on this board that he was,
: in most
: cases, able to delete almost immediately.
: Only a handful were directed at Gary but, for
: example, several of the racist messages would
: almost certainly have led to further action
: if the 'injured party' had seen them.
: Gary is equally frustrated at the groundswell
: of opinion that was against the removal of
: certain messages and that perhaps if others
: were the target of this abuse, they wouldn't
: be so quick to condemn the deletions. He's
: also adamant that he won't return to this
: messageboard until posters have to register
: to use it.
: Some people are still in the dark ages and, I
: firmly believe, ARE hiding behind a keyboard
: with the sole intentions of mischief making.
: Coupled with personal insults about all and
: sundry, it appears that it was open season on
: a few 'high profile figures' for a while. You
: must understand, the postings were that bad -
: come on, you know who you are/ we all know
: the sort of stuff around.
: I know Gary very well, and he will do
: absolutely anything for the sake of this
: club: his enthusiasm in difficult times is
: really unbelievable and I personally can't
: imagine ANYONE who could've stepped into his
: role(s) in the last few years with the same
: verve and effort. Peter, too, has served this
: club in more ways than so many (me included)
: will ever know, and helped to swell the clubs
: coffers to a hell of an extent, and these
: guys really don't deserve the stick they are
: getting from the ill informed minority.
: People need to be aware that what they have
: done was for a VALID reason - these are
: lifelong fans (Romford doesn't count !) we
: are talking about.
: To those who enjoy the thrill of cheap shots,
: to our challenged 'friend' south of the
: river, to those City 'fans' who don't know
: Gary or Peter - why don't we all regroup and
: resurrect the Brotherhood of the Claret,
: fight of the evil hordes that want to
: undermine us and get to know those that do
: SOOOOO much for us and this club. F*ck me,
: I'm a Leeds fan, so bring on the abuse !
: We are all so close to watching our club, at
: home, in Chelmsford. We have the best board
: humanly possible, with quality all the way
: through, we've all been through a lot in the
: last decade and seen some real scumbags at
: this club. In the spirit of fellowship for
: City, why not draw a line under the unsavoury
: stuff, and support your club ?
: I can't make Saturday after all that -
: daughter's 7th birthday party at 'Wacky
: Warehouse - but I'll be on the mobile blower
: to my mate Gary. Looking forward to
: Wealdstone, though.....
: Big love to you all !
: :
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