- All candidates should be retroactively subject to the volunteers code of conduct

I had a great time at the Sofi Stadium for Mexico 2 - 1 Panama it was a much closer game than I expected and was great to be able to have a lager or two whilst watching the game.

Bit of a nightmare result eh Scottish?

It is hard to take cost control seriouslywhen 20 to 30 thousand is being wilfully thrown away.

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DO, probably a better option for young children. I think senior concession attend most matches. For children, more likely to miss evening matches during term time, and when matches are moved to lunchtime as clashes with other activities.

Good question Scottie

MAGS - I suggested that a few months' ago - for ALL concessionary seats. Was not a wildly popular suggestion - especially for OAP STs. I still think it has legs - especially if we are pushing capacity for every home game.

Martin, we have given free DT membership for another year why, is this to inflate the membership or inflate egos, what difference other than losing revenue did free membership make this season, has attendances increased at meetings has those loging on to Discord increased, will be interesting to see next seasons ticket prices, ST prices as mentioned needs to be seriously looked at to increase revenue.

I still think that there's not a silver bullet that works that well. We have to consider new income streams for the Cappagh, ticket prices and membership fees, amongst others. Maybe some cost cutting to the back office too.

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Perhaps a child seat debenture type system could be introduced. Seat is reserved but if ticket not bought for a match, seat will be released for sale with other debentures. Can still buy a season ticket on the seat when student age/adult.

Thinking about a canal analogy - i pay about £1500 each year to the Canal & River Trust for membership and.my license to use the canals. Why don't DT members put their money where their mouths are and contribute a reasonable amount in membership fees for the benefit of having control. 1000 members contributing £1500 pa in membership fees each would be £1.5m. At least that would show some commitment to their collectivist dream/nightmare.

40 hours in total 7-8 a day

Re kids - it might be better to select 3 or 4 matches per season where we expect a low away support and create a kids for a fiver offer. The guy who sits behind me has an adult season ticket, bought one of his 9-10 year old son and then bought another child season ticket in case his son brings a mate. Well - why not at the price we are selling them at? I think their seats are empty 60% of matches and even then they are sometimes occupied by adults!

Always an interesting debate but this is yet another futile attempt to square a circle. Many of us are used to working for stable, profitable businesses and expect that kind of assurance/guarantee. The problem is football is a highly competitive and risky business in which it is impossible to provide the guarantees we seek. All we can do is make the best decisions we can based on our current situation and that includes selling equity if we need to.

JG - 40 hours of cruising each day? Id it a canal boat or a TARDIS?

On my canal boat on my way to Walsall. About 40 hours of cruising each day. Left early yesterday morning - should be in Walsall by Friday evening. Currently at some locks in Nantwich.

Spartan - it was a good idea in the CCL when we were not a capacity but once we hit the Conference South it was costing us money. Your point about it being good to start with but not now is totally valid.

50.1% is not a solution as it.will mot fix any structural or operating issues. All it will do is maybe allow a short term, one off, investment of cash to buy a few shares and then, once they are sold, cannot be sold again and what is left is worth less because you do not have complete control. It is a smokescreen. Whatever cash the sale down to 50.1% generates will not be enough to pay off our bondholders due in 2027.

Alan

Fair enough Akan. 🤣

Spartan, each dog I had bet on turned out to be a donkey...

With regards to very low admission prices for kids, I think it was a very good idea to begin with so that it would help grow our future fanbase (which seems to have worked). That was ok for the first 5-10 years perhaps, but I think we have gone well past the time when we should have increased it to a sensible level.

OI, on the unwaged concession we ask for a benefits letter or explanatory email to qualify.