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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 ?

Until we see the next set of accounts (and the ones for the forthcoming year), I'm not at all convinced that there has been any significant cost cutting at the club. We may be spending less on the football side of things, but it would also appear that we are spending a helluva lot more on the non-footballing side. On the footballing side...given the amount of change that has happened with the squad, I don't think we can draw comparison with what happened at the end of last season and what we should expect from the start of this season. That's not to say that we shouldn't have any hope and/or opinion on how things may play out, just that it should be based on what's there, not what was there. I think my feelings for events on the park for the upcoming campaign could be best described as nervous optimism!

If that's the case, why do they sit back and let the less talented ones do all the singing?

It's been a while since I looked at it, but ICTFC had one of the highest % of population figures for any club in Scotland. That's not to say that there's not room for growth, there always is, but what we can't afford to do is shift so much resource into chasing small margins that we end up neglecting and losing the existing fan base. In fact, when it comes to such matters, there's very good argument to be made in favour of almost solely concentrating on your existing fanbase and allowing their positive experience to work as the attraction to draw in new fans.

Gary is without doubt a leader...on and off the park. The type of player who will also, literally, put his body on the line for the team. If a squad lacking a bit of direction and self belief has been your problem, then you couldn't have asked for a better man than Gaz to have in the changing room. As if that wasn't enough, top bloke and total gent off the park....oh and he has his coaching badges....and is always willing to take time to talk with fans. You could do worse than give him the captain's arm band.

Not the first time that TB was offered a job out there.

As I have highlighted before. The accounts at the end of the last financial year showed a higher bank balance than was the case in the vast majority of previous years. This whole "the previous board left the club in a financial mess" line has no basis in fact. What's more, it is those previous board members (and associates) who provided the money to keep the wolves from the door last season.

I hope there's not a quota on green arrows!

Efficient....and it's all the info I have ?

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Constructive criticism welcome (and encouraged, IMO). It will take us a couple of weeks to get a handle on where everything is at, deal with the year end (which is end of this month...big thanks to Kath who is on top of that), sort the membership records and put new systems in place for administering those records and managing renewals and new applications going forward. A communication is being prepared that will provide a bit of insight into who the board are and what they each bring to the table for the benefit of the ICT Supporters Trust. I am, personally, encouraged by the energy and attitude being shown by a group who are determined to have the society knocked into shape and well and truly set back on the right track and in the right direction so we can present something everyone can be proud of at the AGM in December.

Charlton was good.

If only it worked like that ?

Unfortunately I won't be there as I'll be in the Outer Hebs, but hopefully get a good crowd. Unlikely to be a money spinner by the time we pay Aberdeen's Fee and matchday costs, but good opportunity for the coaches to see the team against (what should be) a higher level of opponent.

Hi Robert, there's a quick update over on this thread... we'll have information on membership (renewals and new sign ups) and other things available just as soon as we can ?

Why would Ryan want to sign Robbo?

This is just a very quick note to say that the new board of Caley Jags Together met for the first time last night (Tuesday) to appoint office bearers and take care of one or two bits of immediate business. Office Bearers are as follows.... Chairman : Don Johnstone (CaleyD) Vice Chairman : Peter Mutton (Doofers Dad) Secretary : Jen Aitchison (Jenaitchie) Treasurer : Kath Fraser (Ladyf) Other board members... Laura Grant (L_G) Ewan MacRae (Glover) Stewart Murdoch (MainStandJaggy) The following persons have accepted co-opted positions on the board... Lynne Macdonald (Old Caley Girl) Jen Aitchison (Jenaitchie) One of the items towards the top of our agenda is improved communication and we are looking at how best we do that in terms of website, social media (including CaleyThistleOnline.com), email, snail mail (where necessary) etc. If anyone has any questions or queries in the interim, please feel free to drop us an email : [email protected] or reply below. If you are speaking to any other fans/members who feel they should be receiving communications from Caley Jags Together, but are not, then please pass them the email address above and ask that they get in touch so we can check the contact details we have on record. As an organisation, Caley Jags Together has it's work cut out to regain the confidence of it's members and the wider ICTFC Community. The first steps have been taken to point things back in the right direction and we will be working hard in the coming months so that we can present a very different picture at our AGM which will be held towards the end of 2018. We will be sending out a communication with more detailed information on your new board, membership renewals and dates for the AGM in the next couple of weeks.

Given that this is his home city and his family live here....I'm going to step out on a limb and say that it's unlikley he's been spotted in Inverness.

Yes to scanning...but it will be scanned by a turnstile operator. Unmanned entry has caused a lot of clubs a lot of issues and most maintain a human presence at turnstiles as a result.