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    Boardroom Banter - Sept 2003

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    Welcome to this Issue of Boardroom Banter. The Club's attempt to keep you, the fans, informed about what is going on at Caledonian Stadium.

    MONTHLY OPEN LETTER TO FANS Issue 12 - September 2003

    Since our last posting we have experienced both the highs and lows of football as you oft times do.

    We were defeated by Queens Park in the CIS Cup, reached the final of the Bells Cup and are currently sitting joint top in the First Division on points

    Whilst we were all disappointed with the performance against Queens Park we can assure you that nobody took the defeat more to heart than our players and management team.

    Our early exit from this Cup is a financial blow to the Club but must be kept in perspective. There are many positive things taking place within the Club at present and we must learn to accept that we will get some negatives and reversals as we move forward.

    We should not loose sight of the fact that in footballing terms we are still in our infancy, though we have, in our short history, set very high standards and are now there to be shot at by the Clubs in the lower divisions that we have passed by during our rise through the Divisions.

    Club Shop

    We have been delighted with the use being made of the Club Shop and are currently awaiting delivery of many more stock items which we hope will be onsite for the home game against St Mirren.

    If there are items that we do not stock that you would like to see on offer please let the operators in the shop know and we will endeavour to supply them.

    As you will have noticed in the local press we took some criticism for what was a minor oversight re the planning issue. This has now been dealt with and planning had been applied for prior to the “mischief making story” in the press.

    We thank you for your support in this matter as the vast majority of comments on the website and our supporters in general were very positive.

    Youth and Community

    Since Danny MacDonald rejoined the team some 10 weeks ago our progress on this front has been excellent and we will ask Danny to appraise the Supporters of where we are and our ultimate goals next month as we await the outcome of some very important funding issues in the coming weeks.

    The ICT Youth and Community Golf Day was held a Culcabock Golf Club on 5th September and was an excellent day all round.

    The cash raised on the day was way beyond what was expected and will be put to very good use by Danny and his team.

    We thank all the organising committee for their endeavours on behalf of the Club.

    During the month we have also seen the strengthening of Danny’s team with Miss Fiona MacWilliam joining the Club from our near neighbours in Dingwall and we welcome her on board. We are sure she will be a great asset to the Club as we drive our Youth and Community Programme forward.

    Points from the Website

    The team photo and individual photos will be passed to Scott as soon as they are available, hopefully within the next week.

    10 Things to Do - MessageBoard Thread

    We found this to be a very interesting posting and worthy of comment numbering is as per ICTChris's posting.

    1. Build a new stand opposite the main stand, with a family section. Comment - Not beyond the realms of possibility if the Club were to stay at our present location. Discussions on this subject are still ongoing even though they are not in the public domain.
    2. Rebuild the terracing behind the goals to make it steeper and right up against the pitch, with proper crush barriers. Comment - Any rebuilding of the terracing unfortunately would take a lot of money and whilst we may wish to do so it is not feasible at present.
    3. Buy a city centre premises to double up as a pub/club and shop. Comment - The city centre pub/club/shop was looked into some years ago and a business plan drawn up but unfortunately at that time the funding was not available. On this theme we would point out that we do have a pub/club – the ICT Social Club albeit not in the City Centre but this could be one to revisit if the correct location and premises came on the market and funding were to become available but this is the ICT Social Club a point perhaps overlooked by some, and should be treated as such.
    4. Launch a brand new range of quality merchandise sold at reasonable prices and bought in quantities which ensure we dont' run out constantly. Comment - New merchandise as stated previously is now in hand.
    5. Employ stewards who actually know how to clear a car park (and abolish the car parking charge). Comment - The car parking situation at the ground is currently under review as are many other things. With regard to the charges we feel that £1 is not extortionate and is certainly a lot cheaper than many other grounds we could mention.
    6. Ensure that ICT employ qualified youth coaches under the supervision of Danny MacDonald to coach youngsters and utilise the Highland Youth Academy (which is ours as well as County's). Comment - We do have a pool of extremely well qualified coaches under Danny’s guidance and look to add to this in the future.
    7. Establish an U-18 team in the best league available. Comment - Our reserve team in essence is our under 19 team plus 1st team fringe players or players coming back from injury but the majority are under 18 (see JR comments below).
    8. Guarantee John Robertson money for players wages and transfers within a set and understood boundary. Comment - This is exactly what is in place and both the Management Team and the Board are happy with the situation.
    9. Set up a link between ourselves and a European club (probably a Scandanavian club, given the climate) to exchange ideas, coaches and young players. Comment - Due to Danny’s contacts with coaches worldwide this suggestion, again, is within reach as we are currently investigating links with teams in Europe, America and Canada (this will no doubt please Scott).
    10. Change the strip to red and blue stripes. Comment - We are currently in discussion with Errea re a new home strip for next season. Points 11 to 16 on the next posting would possibly be on our wish list if we had the funding available, unfortunately we do not.  
    11. Tarmac the car park
    12. Set up loads of free busses running from Smithton/Culloden/Holm Mills/ kimylies/etc. all running to the stadium for the match
    13. Make some TV ads.
    14. Rebuild the main stand so the top corners have seating, and lower the roof
    15. Rebuild the bridge end, making it much larger, and so it has it's own turnstiles and serveries
    16. Stick up some electronic scoreboards

    In conclusion we thank you for your continued support and look forward to an exciting day on October 26th and hopefully another history making day for ICTFC.

    The Board




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