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Welcome to our first Trust Bulletin using our new system.
First of all, thank you and welcome to all our new Full Adult and Junior Members, and our Subscribers and Followers/Likers.
Your magnificent early support of the Trust particularly those who have taken the plunge and become full members, is much appreciated and will be vital to help us grow and become successful. The more we can demonstrate a committed membership the more positively we will be received.
News and Activities
Phase I - Target 500 membership drive, now complete: Network exceeds 1200 Addicks!
Beginning roughly at our re-endorsement meeting back in September, we set various targets to achieve in terms of building our network of subscribers and followers/likers on social networks, of 500 or more. We have in fact exceeded that target by quite some margin. Our total is now around the 1200 mark, with some 158 early birds now signed up as full members. This leaves 371 Subscribers, and many, many more following us on our Twitter and Facebook channels,
This stage was vital in building awareness that the trust was forming, and also meant that our launch was a great success. Combined with a 20 years back to the Valley event, it all went very well, thanks to the many fans and former players that helped out.
Trust Incorporation Complete
Another major achievement which happily coincided with our launch, was our incorporation as a Community Provident Society.
With all our infrastructure now in place, the only thing that remains at this stage is to have a succesful AGM, while continuing to listen to fans and continue to build our network.
This will be achieve by surveying the Addick in the street, via our in person and later online survey; and results can be seen in the first edition of CAS Trust news which is available on our website, and will be for future editions (for members).
Phase II - Target 2000 membership drive to AGM
We aim to double our network before we reach AGM time. This will allow us to have a strong Trust, with a more representative Board going forward.
We hope to achieve this by a number of methods including reaching out to the fan base through supporters groups, surveys, and our own networks.
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Survey #2 will hit the streets this Saturday (26th January) so look out for that - we hope to find out more from fans as well as inform them about what a Trust does.
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The 2nd edition of CAS Trust News will be available late February early March to help communicate our research and generate ideas and interest
Trust Activities
As mentioned we will be continuing our membership drive, and other areas we can start work on at this stage
We have begun some important Trust work recently:
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Beginning engagement with CAFC, we have written to Steve Bradshaw, new Chief of Operations at CAFC to introduce the Trust and request a meeting. Our intention is to build as positive a relationship with the Club as possible going forward.
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Fans Forum we were this week formally invited to attend which is excellent news, please email us anything you would like raised and we will see what can be done secretary@castrust.org
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Research into Football finance and sustainability part of every Trusts role is to look at this area particularly with the onset of Financial Fair Play, so we hope to cover this in our next newsletter. If you can offer any expertise on this area please do get in touch chair@castrust.org
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Further development our website to meet our needs, and those of our Members and Affiliates.
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Talking to Branches to establish how we can help them flourish - by providing core services and extra publicity, etc see our latest update.
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As well as answering questions about the Trust. For more details see our diary page.
What can you do?
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If not already signed up please register on our website www.castrust.org/join/member
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Phone a friend: last years initiative which saw current subscribers convert one or more of their friends to the cause was very successful so we are asking that all members try once more to do the same ideally to Full Member see the link below.
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If already a Subscriber upgrade your membership: by following the link above. Please see our article on why members are important.
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Support your local branch of CASC: by attending events, or start one if none exists, we will help you do this if you need us.
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Volunteer for CAS Trust: We still need people to perform all roles, so please get in touch if you can spare even an hour before match days chair@castrust.org
Member Benefits
As well as AGM rights there are a number of benefits that members will receive, news on this very soon. One of these includes logon to our members area on our advert free website.
There are a number of great features on the website including:
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Fans diary
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Hub for connecting to other CAFC related websites
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News digest of all CAFC news from various sources, not forgetting..
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Regular Trust News updates subscription service (coming soon)
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E-version of CAS Trust News (see below)
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Members Only Area, containing details of Trust activities, meetings and finances, newsletter, etc.
Also as a member
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£1 CAS Trust share: coming to you shortly
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Member e-certificate
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Free Entry to Trust events in the future
Thank you for your continued support
Barnie Razzell - interim chair
CAS Trust
www.castrust.org
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