Help the Hatters Update 69
Help the
Hatters have been in existence since 2008, when Jim Gannon was in his first
term as County Manager. We were delighted to support Jim then, and are equally
minded now that, happily, he is back with us “ to complete the job” as he would
no doubt opine.
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| Jim Gannon in 2014 at our Car Boot Sale. |
Last night
saw Help the Hatters meet to set out their goals for the near future, and the
packed room in the Fingerpost pub was alive with enthusiasm to get stuck in and
help the Club and its Manager to the fullest extent.
To this end
John Fitzpatrick gave a rallying call, first running over the history of 2008
onwards through to the present day, calling on all County fans to unite in
assisting Jim to lift the Club from its current parlous position in the football
pyramid.
Phil Brennan
then advised the meeting that the Non League Magazine, would now ensure that £2
of the £3 purchase price would go to Help the Hatters. So…..this excellent
magazine will continue to be on sale at the Bungalow on match days, so please
support it…..and Help the Hatters by buying a copy from us!
At this
point let me confirm that this account is not a set of minutes from the
meeting, but an account of……..a flavour of what went on and was decided.
Minutes will follow later, courtesy of Angela Moore.
Mike Hopper
gave an optimistic Treasurers Report that led the meeting on to discussing the
Players Fund. It was unanimously agreed that we would continue supporting this
initiative. It was noted in this respect that a move was afoot via
for another big push to boost the fund. In this regard it was noted that
Steve Gibbon was actively producing publicity material to back any campaign up.
We agreed that any `big push’ would be supported, but our preference was to be
circumspect as to when we passed moneys over to the Club. With Jim now in the
Manager’s seat however, it was felt that this would not present a problem.
Working
Parties
It was
agreed that these be started earlier than we would normally go for, maybe
staging some WP’s before the seasons end, to ensure stuff gets done.
The Bungalow.
It was
agreed that we would have WP’s to ensure work already done is maintained
adequately. In addition it was noted that the Bungalow Club membership was now
open, thus we need to ensure we encourage County fans to join the Bung as
members, to give us some say in the future running of the place. The £7 annual
sub includes free Bung parking ( at £3 a game!) and is definitely affordable.
Car Boot
Sales
These are a
vital source of income to Help the Hatters, albeit one that is labour
intensive. An appeal was made for volunteers to help at the Car Boots, and in
this respect the following dates were provisionally agreed upon….25 March/ 2
May/ 30 May.
A `Meet the
Manager’ event was agreed upon, to be held at the Bung possibly mid February,
which would give fans a chance to meet Jim Gannon. This would be additional to
the Clubs `Fans Forum’ on 28 January.
Dave
Marchbank on behalf of the Supporters Cooperative, thanked Help the Hatters for
their help with the highly successful http://hattershalf.co.uk/ confirming the
intention to stage the race again this year.
On 12 March,
after the home game with Gloucester, the Supporters Coop would like to hold a `
Quiz Night’ at the Bung, in support of the Guardian Account. Support was given
to this idea.
So….there
you have it……just a brief sketch of Help the Hatters plans.
Want to join
us……help out ?
Then let me
know by emailing hedgegrower@gmail.com
and I will add you to Help the Hatters mailing list.
Ian Brown
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