I think they gave us the option of taking £2m? Not sure though. But I guess they might consider doing similar in January if regulatory approvals is looking positive.

I don't know the last time AFCW PLC communicated with me other than the annual AGM email? I've no idea if they even have any other up to date contact details as if at some point dividends are going to be paid they can't just use an email address.

Are we not already sitting on £2m from SSC?

Let's hope they answer all your questions fully DD. My experience of things being wrapped in a Q&A is they cherry pick the questions to answer and conveniently forget to those that may be uncomfortable. As for others using Google AI to get background on these investors or this deal, Omar Mir has a background in AI so he would be well placed to influence the results of such searches, especially as Google AI just regurgitates anything it finds published on the Internet, however ridiculous it might be. Don't base any decisions on what you read via AI.

Best wishes to Terry for a speedy and complete recovery

That’s a very good point Airsy.

Hash - minimum three months, not up to iirc

Terry Skiverton news[Link]

There's no way my voting link will work but, just for old time's sake, I did try it

One thing with the regulator timeline (in the event of a yes vote), is that it will leave us in limbo with not knowing what funds are available in the January window for any new players and also for potentially offering new contracts to players out of contract at the end of the season (Johnson, Cornick, Hippo, McDonnell, Stevens, Browne, Seddon, Smith, Ogs, Sasu, McCoy-Splatt)

Nick agreed. If he is always banging on about philanthropy etc it would be quite a hit to his reputation if he was to just screw us over like that.

I don't appear to have received the pack in my in-box or spam

There is definitely a risk attached to the sale- that SSC stop funding us in the future (either because Dr Mir gets bored of owning the club or because he runs out of cash) but (1) this is a potential risk in the future (5 years) vs the much greater risk of administration within a year if we were to vote no (2) if SSC wanted to stop funding us they are much more likely to sell their stake than just walk away (as doing the latter would effectively lose their whole investment for nothing). Really nothing is risk free but the balance of risks has to favour a yes vote. I do share the view that Dr Mir seems a bit of an unknown to be so rich but I think that there are probably a lot of very rich, very low-profile people in the tech industry and, as I said yesterday, I doubt he would have been given an official role in the King’s Trust without undergoing some pretty intense vetting (well beyond anything we could do)

Dundonald, i think they said regulator could take up to 3 months even?

surveymonkey uses PHP so they may well be installing the fix. They should have let the DT know and the DT should have let us know but it may not be the club/DTB entirely at fault

Good whad podcast from Lee. Be very interested in the SoWs podcast take on all this 🤣

I am a shareholder, but not a DT member. Elsewhere, shareholders are consulted on issues such as this. It appears not so in this case. DT members either pay an annual fee, or get free membership with a season ticket, in other words they rent the right to vote. When do long term shareholders get consulted and, if they're not, what's the point of having shares? They have no financial value, so must have some use.

My voting link works, but I'm sleeping on it for a few more days

ML: Difficult to tell, partly because it depends on how long it takes the EFL and Regulator to approve.

Out of interest, if the vote is “yes” how quickly will the deal take place

"Yep voting link also not working." - Why can't they just get these things right first time??

Election timetable has been emailed out this afternoon.

I think the process is that the answers go into an FAQ page rather than them responding just to me.

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Very good questions DD. I hope you receive equally well considered and thorough answers, which you are able to share on here.