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Tullochs take/get nothing from any car park rentals.

More than reservations given that he's not long since had hip surgery. Still can't believe we signed someone with a long term, recurring injury on a 3 year deal....and used Jake Mulraney as a bargaining chip to allow us to do so!

Probably too many big words!

Was it not in Betfred? If not, my mistake.

Jake Mulraney bagged his first competitive goal for Hearts yesterday. Think I may have said already that I think letting him go will prove to be a big mistake...for us!

@Scotty and I might have a little project in the pipeline that could cater for this. Will check with him when he gets back from holiday.

I think I'm right in saying that both pre-merger clubs suffered a loss of official records due to fire (not at the same time)?

We are very close to launching our revamped new membership and renewal process/system, so if you are happy to wait a couple of weeks then this will allow you to sign-up online, in person at a home match or via a postal form. We can send you a form right now, but you would still have to go through the renewal process as we will be using that as our baseline and introduction for everyone to the new member setup. If you want a for now, then message me privately and I will arrange to get one to you.

Ummm...."full" time? ?

Is that because there's a hole in your bucket?

Yet, here you are, unable to keep away ?

As promised in the last communication; information on the new ICT Supporters Society Board Members, an update on where we are at with the Membership Renewal Process and a date set for the Society's AGM. https://mailchi.mp/c4fe6a5c512a/ict-supporters-society-board-member-introductions

It's Coming Home, It's Coming Home....

...and if we did have a crowd, no idea where we'd have parked them as the circus are using the carparks!

When it comes to swearing (and many other things) I'm a great believer in educating the next generation in it's proper, appropriate use and not hiding it from them...and them from it. So long as it's not excessive and/or used in an abusive manner, what's the harm?

Another birthday...did you not have one last year as well? Hope it was a good one. Going by the list at https://caleythistleonline.com/staff/ there's 10 moderators....many of whom never seem to lift a finger. There's people on that list who haven't posted in months (even years). I know it can be a thankless task and there's rarely any thanks for trying to keep things in some semblance of order, but if people aren't willing to do the work, then they should hand back the badge and/or be moved along.

I know that you already know that...but if you would like me to tell people, then ok. In terms of relevance to ICTFC, she is the very capable head of the club accounts department.

Ross is a great guy with a lot of time for the club. Like Liam Dalgarno, he's the kind of guy who you could fully expect to find yourself standing next to at a game and comes with a lot of business clout. The "Community Charity Board" as referred to above is a registered company, ICT Community Development, which holds charitable status and they have been on the go since 2004. They raise and invest 10's of thousands of pounds every year which are invested into the ICTFC Community Department...among other things. Current board members are Charlie Christie, Evelyn Brown, Kenneth Cameron and (James) Ross Morrison. Donald Park, Grassa and Danny Macdonald were also among the original directors.

How about the Admin/Mods read the site rules and start applying them? It's like watchin a parent who tells a child over and over to be good or there will be consequences....but there's never actually any action/consequences. As always, Scotty will have to come in and sort shit out because Mods don't want to get their hands dirty. The forum is suffering big time because of it.

I have no beef with the current board...why would I? What I do have are growing concerns over the way the club is being run. I don't get this argument that somehow the club did Gary a favour by forcing him out the door! Are we to believe that he wasn't capable of making a decision on his future for himself and the club were partaking in a bit of tough love?

Not a new thing, Terry had this in place and others did it before him (although I think it may have been done out at Lossie first of all).

I'm not entirely sure what point you are trying to make here. You tried to attach an accusation of "devious and subversive" digs to the CJT board via a users individual thoughts/opinions and then take that further by suggesting that CJT were somehow partaking in a public outcry. Those accused moved to clarify that you were wrong to do so....and why. How you make the leap from that to the post quoted above is quite beyond me. As I said, the CJT Board have formed no collective view on anything other than how we bring the organisations own affairs into order. Therefore, there's no thoughts on improvement to Club and Supporter relations to be interfered with at this time.

All players had wages cut upon relegation (contractual)...said to have been 20%.

1. Pure speculation and nothing more than a line to salve the conscience and allows us to square away the loss in our own heads, IMO. A natural human coping mechanism. 2. Again, speculation. Robbo talked about a need to reduce the budget, but in the very next breath stated that wages saved would pay for other players. That's just shuffling around the budget, not removing anything from it. 3. Imagine if ANY player gets injured? A couple of bad injuries can not only ruin a season on the park, it can result in the need to find a sizeable chunk of money off it as well.....treatments, possible loan replacements etc. Gary is no more or less of a risk in that regard than anyone else....in fact, history shows that he makes a speedy recovery from injury. 4. Robbo told us if he was still here he would be playing as he had no doubts about his ability...are you suggesting that was a lie? If so, then what are we to believe on anything? 5. Only if you let it...as the person primarily responsible for the club's social media from the day it started using it until mid February this year I kinda have first hand knowledge of it. Interestingly, the club have not responded to a single question or query on Social Media for over 4 months (that I can find)....so, ZERO engagement for a board who said it would be a priority. It's challenging, it doesn't always play out as expected and I certainly don't believe the club always got it right prior to that....however, if you do NOTHING then there's only going to be one outcome! 6. I think what people are saying here is that they want better, relevant communication directly with fans. Forcing a player out the door by using the press is NOT being transparent and the consensus among fans seems to have been that this is one of the things which SHOULD have been dealt with behind closed doors...unless using the press to apply pressure to the situation was part of the plan? Bit of speculation of my own, but I've not seen Gary thank the club for their handling of the situation and praising them for letting him go and get a better deal!! (see point 1) 7. If not for the previous "regime" (you know, the apparent bad guys in all this!) putting in further substantial investment in the last 12 months then going part-time could have been the least of our worries. If the current board were on top of things, would they have needed to rely on that? Promises of improved communication, honesty and transparency....would a board on top of things be failing to deliver on just about every promise made? Shambles or not a shambles....what does the evidence at hand support? 8. Or in the case of the current board, 'business' decisions which fail to ensure the club can adhere to what it can afford and fund....and then need others to step in and bail them out. (Just to be clear....all of the above are the personal views of Don Johnstone the individual)

I think Glover (Ewan) and Old Caley Girl (Lynne) make the point fairly clear that whilst both are members of the ICT Supporters Society (CJT) Board, that does not preclude them from having thoughts/opinions of their own and expressing them as they see fit. If and when any CJT Board Member is communicating information on behalf of the organisation they will make that clear...e.g. I clearly make this post in my capacity as Society Chairman...no other posts made by them should be viewed as representative of CJT. The organisation has a Board Members Conduct Policy and nothing mentioned in this thread would put them anywhere close to being in breach of that, but if you want to complain (and put your name to it) then you can contact me via the DM system on this forum or email [email protected]. If you include your real name and membership number (if known) to allow us to properly record the complaint, that would be extremely helpful. Having only been in place for 10 days, and with a mountain of work to do in order to get the society itself back in order, I can assure you that we have not formed any collective view (critical or otherwise) on the club or any other aspect of the ICTFC Community at large. I'm all for a bit of constructive criticism and I have said elsewhere that I actively encourage it...however, please try and give us a chance to at least draw our first breath before trying to stick the boot in...many thanks ?