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There's "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development"....a registered charity which has made contributions averaging around £50k per year over the last few years (based on a cursory glance at companies house info). There's also "INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE TRUST LIMITED" (not to be mistaken with the Supporters Trust)...which also has charity status but, other than being the vehicle that holds 729500 shares in the club (and is currently controlled by members/associates of Muirfield Mills) contributes nothing directly to the club.

Reminder also that a supporters bus IS running for this game. Departs from the Social Club at 12:15pm (they are serving food from 11am) and then picks up from Railway Terrace at 12:30pm. There are still seats available to book online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bus-to-rcfc-v-ictfc-tickets-50140932880 Any unsold seats will be available on a walk-up basis on the day....but this will be strictly first come, first served.

I use the term "club" to cover all branches...First Team, Development Players, Youth & Community. Ultimately, every penny that goes to Community is a penny less the club needs to help with...so all a much and suchness.

This subject has come up at the club AGM on more than one occasion and, unless anything has changed, ALL income generated from hiring of the car parks for other activities went to the club.

Pretty certain we used to be silver, so would be interesting to know what's slipped (league you play in is not a direct factor) or if criteria has changed. Club won't be giving car parks to anyone...as they're not theirs to give.

In the last update we provided a bit of information on each on the ICT Supporters Trust board members (the “Who”) and I want to take the time in this one to cover off a bit of the “Why” by laying out the Purpose and Objectives of the organisation....followed by a run down on a few other matters. The following information is lifted from the Trust Rules, which you can download in full by clicking here. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PURPOSE The Society’s purpose is to be the vehicle through which a healthy, balanced and constructive relationship between the Club and its supporters and the communities it serves is encouraged and developed. The business of the Society is to be conducted for the benefit of the community served by the Club and not for the profit of its members. OBJECTIVES The Society’s objects are to benefit the community by: being the democratic and representative voice of the supporters of the Club and strengthening the bonds between the Club and the communities which it serves; achieving the greatest possible supporter and community influence in the running and ownership of the Club; promoting responsible and constructive community engagement by present and future members of the communities served by the Club and encouraging the Club to do the same; operating democratically, fairly, sustainably, transparently and with financial responsibility and encouraging the Club to do the same; being a positive, inclusive and representative organisation, open and accessible to all supporters of the Club regardless of their age, income, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality or religious or moral belief. For the most part, the above is pretty self explanatory and it's clear that the remit of a Supporters Trust runs way beyond what would be expected from a more traditional supporters club which operated very much for the benefit of it's members. As explained previously, the focus of the board on the run up to the AGM on the 6th December 2018 has, and will continue to be, getting the organisation back into a position to more actively pursue it's objectives. You will hear more from the board on that in due course as we'll be proposing some projects and gauging members opinion on where the trust priorities should lie. NEW MEMBERSHIP SYSTEM Jen Aitchison (Trust Secretary) has been working hard to review the options open to us for creating a more efficient and streamlined membership system. Past endeavours and a desire to avoid costs has, quite literally, resulted in an even larger cost because the organisation has lost contact with it’s members and ended up with lists which are out of date, incomplete or otherwise not particularly accessible or user friendly. For that reason we have taken the decision not to try re-inventing the wheel and spend a small amount of money on a system which is designed and developed by a third party. Aside from being more robust, it frees up a bit more of our time to spend on other projects. Existing members for whom we hold a valid email address should have received communication asking them to log in and confirm the details we hold. If you have not received that email, please contact us on [email protected] and we will look into it. We will be contacting everyone else by other means. We’re not quite ready to open up to new members just yet, but all the parts are in place and testing has been done. Once we get it connected to the new website we’ll be good to go with accepting new members. NEW LOGO Although we have decided to make sole use of the ICT Supporters Trust name, we won’t be using the previously associated logo. For the most part that is a practical decision as it was difficult (and expensive) to reproduce….but we also think it would good to have a fresh new logo and that our members could have some input into what it should be. Details on how you can do that will be provided in due course. WEBSITE, EMAIL & SOCIAL MEDIA There’s nothing ready to see on the website quite yet (all the work is going on in the background) but the new online home of the ICT Supporters Trust will be ict.supporterstrust.org and you can now contact us in regards to membership matters on [email protected] with immediate effect. Don’t panic, we’ll be redirecting old email addresses to the new one so we won’t miss/have missed anything sent to us via them recently….or over the next 12 months (at least). The sharp eyed among you will also have noticed that the name on our social media channels has already changed. If you already followed the Caley Jags Together accounts you will still be following us on the new name and if you don’t already follow us then the links are as follows…. Twitter : twitter.com/ICTSuppTrust Facebook : facebook.com/ICTSupportersTrust/ - The URL has changed here and we are waiting on Facebook changing the page title. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING As previously advised, the ICT Supporters Trust will be holding their AGM on Thursday 6th December 2018 (date and location to be advised). The process leading up to the AGM kicks off at the start of October and one of the requirements is for us to have an Election Management Group (EMG) in place at that time. As per our Election Policy the EMG members can not be serving board members (with the exception of the Secretary), persons standing for election or have a close association with anyone standing for election. We, the board, must appoint persons from among our members, with the exception of the EMG Chairman who must not be a member of the society. The EMG exists to ensure that the election is run in accordance with the Election Policy, to make the final decision as the eligibility of candidates, nominations and valid votes. They will also conduct the count. If this is something you are able to assist with, then please get in touch with us on [email protected] My thanks, once again, goes to the wider Supporters Trust Board for their ongoing diligence....and to our members for their ongoing support, patience and understanding. Best regards, Don Johnstone (aka CaleyD) Chairman - ICT Supporters Trust

I think you are forgetting that he had a magic hat!! Clearly someone stole it from it at some point, though!

Please note that, having spoken to the Social Club, we can confirm that the bus will depart from there at 12:15pm and then head to Railway terrace for pick ups at 12:30pm. I'm told that the Social Club will be serving breakfast from 11am for those who want a bit of food before they depart 🍳 Can also confirm that if there are any unsold seats on the bus, then these will be available on a first come/first served basis on the day.

I don't think we collapsed in the second half...well, not as is being suggested. We had a great first half and got the job done, then it looked more like us going into self preservation mode as we clearly have one or two players out there who were/are carrying knocks and niggles. Not sure what the excuse was for the officials, they were woeful.....bad, not bias.

Reminder that the survey ends tomorrow.

Got a good feeling about today.....3-0 for the Caley Jags is my prediction 👍

You've not allowed for the time difference...it was about 5 hours after.

Here is the rules on solidarity payments...so I would say we were due 0.5% of the total compensation paid. If it is £7 Million, then we'd be due £35k...if I'm reading it right.

We should take it to Claggan Park; and as a proper gesture of Community Spirit, allow them to keep all proceeds from the gate.

The escalated fast!!