[ CLUB STATEMENT ] UPDATE & EGM Wednesday November 2nd 7:30pm HAYDEN RD

[Dazzler]

EGM location and time details to follow as per statement.

Text posted as club site was unresponsive to some.

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The Board is disappointed to advise supporters that, following Saturday’s match, Chris McCormack has resigned from the Club Board. At the time that Chris and Matt Ward were announced as Co-Chairs it was agreed that should one of them resign from the position, the other would follow and so, Matt has, in turn, also resigned his position of Co-Chair but remains on the Board as Treasurer for the time being.

In the last week, the Board has received resignations from Scott Stapley and, as noted in the recent manager statement, Richard Maxwell. The net effect, therefore, is that there are currently 5 Board members – David Bland, David Kalicki, Roger Paterson, Matt Ward and Stacey Hawkins. This means that the Board is currently not working within the terms of the constitution, which states that the Board should consist of no less than 6 members and no more than 12 (Rule 59).

Following the announcement of the new manager and comments received from members and supporters at the match on Saturday as well as those on both the Members’ and unofficial forums, the Club Board will, in accordance with Rule 32 of our constitution, convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society to be held on Wednesday, 2nd November – both time and location to be confirmed.

The business of the meeting will be to inform members of the current situation at the Club and to formulate a way forward for our football club. It is anticipated that the meeting will be chaired by an independent person chosen by the Board, in accordance with Rule 42 of the constitution.

Members can expect to receive an email in the coming days with full details and those members for whom we do not hold an email address will be advised by post.

In the meantime, the Board intends to publish, on the Members’ Area of the Club website, full un-redacted minutes of last week’s meeting at which the new first team manager was appointed. These will be published as soon as they are available.
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[Olly]

Wow, dark times indeed for the club, don't know where to start, a hell of a lot to unpack in that statement, but an EGM I think is needed and we really need as many members there as possible to come together and find a way out of this hole we are digging for ourselves, the future of the football club depends on it.

[Three of Diamonds]

It's always darkest before the dawn. I'm hoping we get some big name signings join the board from this place and really drive the club forward.

[NN10-Nige]

When it says...

following Saturday’s match, Chris McCormack has resigned from the Club Board.

Does that mean Saturday's result was part of the reason for the resignation?

So we appoint a manager, which should signal turning a corner but instead after his first official game - Chris McCormack resigns.

Resigning after the 5-0 spanking by a Hednesford side who were below us in the league would have seemed understandable.

But I'm surprised at this because losing to Redditch who have only lost 3 games in 12 and are in the top half was hardly unexpected, it certainly wasn't one of the worst performances we have seen this season, so to resign after that game seems unusual.

Maybe Chris wasn't keen on the events surrounding the appointment of Richard Maxwell.

[NN10-Nige]

Interesting comment from Joe.

[NN10-Nige]

Madness.

[fentiger79]

Clearly something has gone on here.

[BartonRaz]

Yes clearly something has gone on, but the end result is something the club needs at this point in time and something many have been calling for. A meeting.

Circumstances are dreadful but there's an opportunity here for real change at the club for the first time in a very long time.

[SouthRushdenJFC]

More leaks than Max Boyce's allotment it seems.

How would a member of the radio team know what was on the CCTv?

On a positive side you have the opportunity for up to seven new brains to lead the club with the added advantage of having people on the board who have a handle on the situation.

Had the board resigned en masse then I'm not sure any club could recover from that.

[BartonRaz]

More leaks than Max Boyce's allotment it seems.

Another major issue that needs addressing.