Foxes Trust Reform - show your support!

[Vlad the Fox]

I think you are all massively getting the wrong end of the stick...

 

"He is one of a team and I don’t believe should be singled out for a collective failure"

 

They aren't complaining about fans going after Rudkin, they are saying we shouldn't be going after just him, but the whole lot of them, this is a call to arms by the trust, the reporter is calling for us to riot. Never thought they had it in them. 

 

That's how I read it anyway. 

 

 

Edited 29 August by Vlad the Fox

[Wymsey]

Is the Foxes Trust effective in what it does/strives for?

 

It's a bit disappointing that they have failed to answer some good questions on here, to be honest.

 

If they're meant to respect supporters and to get them on the Trust's side, they aren't doing that really with not answering some on here.

Edited 29 August by Wymsey

[Foxes Trust Reform]

We’ve been quiet for a couple of months now. But our campaign to reform the Foxes Trust has not stopped…

 

Since we last shared an update, we have been attempting to find a cordial way forward in achieving reform of the Foxes Trust. To ensure we were doing things the right way, and giving the existing Trust board every opportunity to work with us, we spoke to the Football Supporters Association on a couple of occasions. They encouraged us to try and avoid a Special General Meeting if possible and we respected that advice.

 

We reached out to every board member at the Trust we’d not had the chance to meet to see if they would speak with us and hear what we had to say. Of the six we reached out to, three were willing to meet. The others either didn’t reply, missed our meeting (but didn’t ask for a new time) or replied to decline our invitation. The ones we have met have been receptive to us and our ideas (which gave us great encouragement and hope) but we continually then hit brick walls when asking for those conversations to progress to actual action and change.
 

Our latest request to the Trust - submitted on 19th August - was for them to pull their AGM forward so that we could see change democratically at the top of the Trust before the end of 2024 (with the AGM currently slated for February 2025). That request was rejected, as was the opportunity to meet and discuss a path forward.

 

This is all following the four requests we’d previously made to the Trust which saw little to no progress and the opportunity to provide input at board level being denied (despite the board having the opportunity to co-opt two people to board should they so wish).

 

As a reform campaign, we feel we’ve exhausted all options available to us outside of a Special General Meeting. A request for that Special General Meeting, along with a resolution to change the board, will be submitted before the end of this week.

 

[Foxes_Trust]

The members we have met previously in regards to the above, also made the following requests on August 19th

 

3) The chance to re-consider our involvement with the Trust’s working groups

 

We responded positively with ... Yes, having completed the Skills Assessment, we are happy for the two of you to take up the offer of Board Subgroup roles as previously made. With the main initial survey now completed and results about to be released, and the Fan Engagement Framework/Fans Advisory Board plans now launched, our priority would be to add one of you to the Comms Subgroup where there is plenty to do and is by far the most active subgroup week by week.

If you do agree to join the Board Subgroups, we would also encourage you to attend the FSA training sessions ahead of the elections

 

So far this re-confirmed offer has not been taken up, which still baffles the Trust board and all the new Board Subgroup members who took up the offer originally in May, all of whom have contributed positively to the Trust since that time. with many of them undergoing the FSA Training.

 

4) How the Trust can operate in a more agile manner

 

We have asked initially for some more details via e-mail and we can then determine the most appropriate people from the main board/sub-groups to then meet and discuss further, but so far there has been a refusal to provide any written details, which we feel is a perfectly reasonable request, rather than involving board members who aren't involved in the relevant processes.

[RYM]

19 hours ago, Foxes_Trust said:

The members we have met previously in regards to the above, also made the following requests on August 19th

 

3) The chance to re-consider our involvement with the Trust’s working groups

 

We responded positively with ... Yes, having completed the Skills Assessment, we are happy for the two of you to take up the offer of Board Subgroup roles as previously made. With the main initial survey now completed and results about to be released, and the Fan Engagement Framework/Fans Advisory Board plans now launched, our priority would be to add one of you to the Comms Subgroup where there is plenty to do and is by far the most active subgroup week by week.

If you do agree to join the Board Subgroups, we would also encourage you to attend the FSA training sessions ahead of the elections

 

So far this re-confirmed offer has not been taken up, which still baffles the Trust board and all the new Board Subgroup members who took up the offer originally in May, all of whom have contributed positively to the Trust since that time. with many of them undergoing the FSA Training.

 

4) How the Trust can operate in a more agile manner

 

We have asked initially for some more details via e-mail and we can then determine the most appropriate people from the main board/sub-groups to then meet and discuss further, but so far there has been a refusal to provide any written details, which we feel is a perfectly reasonable request, rather than involving board members who aren't involved in the relevant processes.

It needs a shake up. It’s such a cosy club with one man pulling the strings, communicating at weird hours or not at all and a couple of others slightly frustrated behind. The rest are passengers, delighted to be involved.

 

If the trust board are confident in all they do then there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. If change comes, then that can bring new energy and fresh ideas and that’s a huge positive.

 

 

[Daggers]

19 hours ago, Foxes_Trust said:

The members we have met previously in regards to the above, also made the following requests on August 19th

 

3) The chance to re-consider our involvement with the Trust’s working groups

 

We responded positively with ... Yes, having completed the Skills Assessment, we are happy for the two of you to take up the offer of Board Subgroup roles as previously made. With the main initial survey now completed and results about to be released, and the Fan Engagement Framework/Fans Advisory Board plans now launched, our priority would be to add one of you to the Comms Subgroup where there is plenty to do and is by far the most active subgroup week by week.

If you do agree to join the Board Subgroups, we would also encourage you to attend the FSA training sessions ahead of the elections

 

So far this re-confirmed offer has not been taken up, which still baffles the Trust board and all the new Board Subgroup members who took up the offer originally in May, all of whom have contributed positively to the Trust since that time. with many of them undergoing the FSA Training.

 

4) How the Trust can operate in a more agile manner

 

We have asked initially for some more details via e-mail and we can then determine the most appropriate people from the main board/sub-groups to then meet and discuss further, but so far there has been a refusal to provide any written details, which we feel is a perfectly reasonable request, rather than involving board members who aren't involved in the relevant processes.

 

FT board options:

1. Embrace change, or

2. Stand down, or

3. Be a collection of fvckwits and choose to be publicly humiliated

 

It's not surprising Bason is choosing option 3.

 

 

[Knighton1976]

21 hours ago, Foxes_Trust said:

The members we have met previously in regards to the above, also made the following requests on August 19th

 

3) The chance to re-consider our involvement with the Trust’s working groups

 

We responded positively with ... Yes, having completed the Skills Assessment, we are happy for the two of you to take up the offer of Board Subgroup roles as previously made. With the main initial survey now completed and results about to be released, and the Fan Engagement Framework/Fans Advisory Board plans now launched, our priority would be to add one of you to the Comms Subgroup where there is plenty to do and is by far the most active subgroup week by week.

If you do agree to join the Board Subgroups, we would also encourage you to attend the FSA training sessions ahead of the elections

 

So far this re-confirmed offer has not been taken up, which still baffles the Trust board and all the new Board Subgroup members who took up the offer originally in May, all of whom have contributed positively to the Trust since that time. with many of them undergoing the FSA Training.

 

4) How the Trust can operate in a more agile manner

 

We have asked initially for some more details via e-mail and we can then determine the most appropriate people from the main board/sub-groups to then meet and discuss further, but so far there has been a refusal to provide any written details, which we feel is a perfectly reasonable request, rather than involving board members who aren't involved in the relevant processes.

Crikey, sounds like an organisation complex enough to run a medium size country. One question, if the Comms 'sub group' is busy on a weekly basis......where are the comms?

[Stadt]

The trust is ran like the club 

[sylofox]

On 12/09/2024 at 08:00, Stadt said:

The trust is ran like the club 

Yep

 

Just like our owners can I suggest a name change

 

Foxes We Don't Trust.

 

No false hope then.