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Post by foley on Nov 25, 2014 10:08:48 GMT
The original question states quite clearly what funds have been raised since the start of THIS season. The figures that have been copied from the YA web site do not make that clear. So the question has still not been answered. As is stated the YA has no elected officials, Why not? The post by Mark. Sennett clearly states the split on profits, it does however fail to mention the woman's football donations? ricky, feel free to verbally abuse me as it certainly makes my case even stronger. Eric. FYI I will not be purchasing any raffle tickets. OK, I tended to back you on the question re the transparency of the money and the need to more clearly understand what is happening to the money. However now the vast majority of questions appear to have been answered. Rather than thanking people for answering this and continuing in a civilised manner, you are ploughing on with further questions (tbh there were not that regular updates from the 12th man re the funds, but I am not sure that anybody questioned this as much) You seem to have an agenda. Why have a go at other posters (most of whom, have no agenda or are not involved personally)? You are probably in a minority of one and are coming across as a rather odd person. For goodness sake the club (including Ashton who you appear to have a lot of time for), needs the fans to be together without all of this sniping. Why don't you speak to Mr Ashton and go through your reservations with him? Oh and I have purchased some raffle tickets and hope that most other supporters do the same.
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Post by Maurice Earp on Nov 25, 2014 15:55:46 GMT
Aug 23, 2014 at 8:13pm finlandia said: Who is in charge? What is the mandate? What are the aims? Who controls the cash? Who approves the spend? Who are the elected officials? Sorry, not giving a penny unless I know the above There were no elected officials on the 12th man and there aren't on the YA. The bank signatories are myself, Joe Nicholls, Greig Box Turnbull. The decisions on spend for merchandise are made by myself, Charlie methven, joe nicholls, matt organ, greig box turnbull. The constitution will appear soon on the YA website. I handle all the cash and I bank it all. Aims are to raise funds for Oxford United Youth and Community Trust and for projects to improve the match day atmosphere (eg banners and displays). Split of profits is 80% to OUYCT and 20% to match day atmosphere. Breakdown of costs and income is on our website. This will soon be updated to include first 2 games takings. Read more: yellowsforum.co.uk/search/results?who_at_least_one=58&where_thread_title=Yellow+army&display_as=0#ixzz3K0qXCimBThe original question states quite clearly what funds have been raised since the start of THIS season. The figures that have been copied from the YA web site do not make that clear. So the question has still not been answered. As is stated the YA has no elected officials, Why not? The post by Mark. Sennett clearly states the split on profits, it does however fail to mention the woman's football donations? ricky, feel free to verbally abuse me as it certainly makes my case even stronger. Eric. FYI I will not be purchasing any raffle tickets. Is not the women's football element of OUFC effectively part of the YCT? Last time I checked, Les Taylor was the manager, they trained at the Academy and they benefit directly from the Girls section of the Academy. The YCT effectively provides all these services to the WSL team. On the rest, not sure what your point is. Let alone how it is being made stronger (though I guess it's starting from a low base). A good amount of money is being raised (more than last season by the 12th Man), the YA is actively engaged with the club's management that you profess to adore. If you've got a problem with the set-up, why not address it with Mark Ashton? Otherwise, insulting people like langansshinpads, john lennon et al will not win you many fans on here. Your proud boast not to have bought any tickets for the Xmas raffle is deeply odd.
I think that that is a perfect summing up of njones Charlie - deeply odd.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 16:18:35 GMT
Aug 23, 2014 at 8:13pm finlandia said: Who is in charge? What is the mandate? What are the aims? Who controls the cash? Who approves the spend? Who are the elected officials? Sorry, not giving a penny unless I know the above Below is a copy of a post by Mark Sennett in reply to finlandia. There were no elected officials on the 12th man and there aren't on the YA. The bank signatories are myself, Joe Nicholls, Greig Box Turnbull. The decisions on spend for merchandise are made by myself, Charlie methven, joe nicholls, matt organ, greig box turnbull. The constitution will appear soon on the YA website. I handle all the cash and I bank it all. Aims are to raise funds for Oxford United Youth and Community Trust and for projects to improve the match day atmosphere (eg banners and displays). Split of profits is 80% to OUYCT and 20% to match day atmosphere. Breakdown of costs and income is on our website. This will soon be updated to include first 2 games takings. Read more: yellowsforum.co.uk/search/results?who_at_least_one=58&where_thread_title=Yellow+army&display_as=0#ixzz3K0qXCimBThe original question states quite clearly what funds have been raised since the start of THIS season. The figures that have been copied from the YA web site do not make that clear. So the question has still not been answered. As is stated the YA has no elected officials, Why not? The post by Mark. Sennett clearly states the split on profits, it does however fail to mention the woman's football donations? ricky, feel free to verbally abuse me as it certainly makes my case even stronger. Eric. FYI I will not be purchasing any raffle tickets. Not sure where I've verbally abused you but if you are now presenting the philosophy or argument that verbal abuse strengthens the opposing point of view, then I think we can safely say you've nailed the case for the Yellow Army, John lennon, etc
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Post by essexyellows on Nov 25, 2014 19:44:26 GMT
Well the "accounts" are good enough for me, as is dropping the £1 door fee.
Still think that a complete collective of volunteers under one "brand" would achieve more........ but I tip my hat to those that volunteer...its thankless & you are the ones putting your heads over the parapet.
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Post by charliesghost on Nov 26, 2014 16:17:31 GMT
Well the "accounts" are good enough for me, as is dropping the £1 door fee. Still think that a complete collective of volunteers under one "brand" would achieve more........ but I tip my hat to those that volunteer...its thankless & you are the ones putting your heads over the parapet. Essexyellow, totally agree about the 'one brand'. That was the entire concept of the Yellow Army: to have one totally non-exclusive group that anyone can join in and do as much or as little as they like. The 10 or so people who were then involved with the 12th Man Group - as opposed to those of us who had been involved at earlier times in 12th Man activity - resigned from the Yellow Army, saying that they wanted to continue independently. This was sad, because it meant that there would then be 2 separate fundraising groups competing for fans' attention and club executives' valuable time. Subsequently, after the then marketing manager decided that he wanted to deal with 1 group, those people involved in the 12th Man decided to cease their fundraising efforts and retire the 12th Man brand. That meant that the Yellow Army was again left as the sole fundraising brand. And, to be fair, it's good fun. We're always on the lookout for more people to join the effort, whether that be helping out Joe Nicholls in discussions with the club and fellow fans on matchday atmosphere (difficult when the team puts up performances like Wycombe and Wimbledon, but that's the way football is!) or raising money for the YCT thru either coming up with ideas or rattling the tin (so to speak). At the moment, langansshinpads and I are working on producing the book on the Manor; we and others are also working on the Xmas raffle, the annual charity walk, a post-match pub quiz etc... The hope is to raise £12,000 plus for this season, which will start once again to reach the properly meaningful levels achieved in the old days.
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Post by OxOfOz on Feb 1, 2015 10:06:22 GMT
Hi guys,
I'm new to the forum, first post actually! Live in Australia in regional Victoria, about 2hrs from the MCG for all you cricket fans :-)
Am a Newcastle United fan, me mam's side of our family are all geordies, but I follow all the leagues and have a bit of a soft spot for Oxford because my neighbour's family are U's fans.
The main reason for joining the Yellows Forum is because I've been playing the Square Pass predictor game and one of the admin guys (a friend of a my best mate) has asked if I could jump on here and chat with you lads about it. He pointed out the fact that I would be the best person to jump on here and discuss their website because as it turns out - to date I have donated the most to funds to Oxford United while playing the Predictor game... When I checked I was surprised to see that I had donated over £100 since OUFC signed up with the website last year, it was a pretty cool feeling :-)
Why Oxford United? I started donating to Oxford because I have absolutely no ambition to donate my funds to Newcastle United until I can celebrate the departure of Mike Ashley (greedy pig!)... And I figured that my donated funds would be of greater benefit to a smaller club. So when Square Pass announced that they had signed up with the U's I figured I'd start donating to them.
I think it's a good theory - getting to donate to a club while playing for £200 each week. The Predictor game is pretty fun and I've won the weekly prize a couple of times along the way too!
While the website has been small its been pretty neat to be a part of it, obviously better chance to win the cash but the admin are pretty personal and clearly very passionate about the game too. It'd be cool to see it go big and have the lower league clubs raise some decent cash.
According to the Oxford United mini-league on the website, there are only 5 fans who have donated more than £5 to Oxford United, are any of you guys on here?
I do recommend checking it out, it's a fun site and you're helping raise cash for your club too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 14:26:19 GMT
Well the "accounts" are good enough for me, as is dropping the £1 door fee. Still think that a complete collective of volunteers under one "brand" would achieve more........ but I tip my hat to those that volunteer...its thankless & you are the ones putting your heads over the parapet. Essexyellow, totally agree about the 'one brand'. That was the entire concept of the Yellow Army: to have one totally non-exclusive group that anyone can join in and do as much or as little as they like. The 10 or so people who were then involved with the 12th Man Group - as opposed to those of us who had been involved at earlier times in 12th Man activity - resigned from the Yellow Army, saying that they wanted to continue independently. This was sad, because it meant that there would then be 2 separate fundraising groups competing for fans' attention and club executives' valuable time. At the moment, langansshinpads and I are working on producing the book on the Manor; we and others are also working on the Xmas raffle, the annual charity walk, a post-match pub quiz etc... The hope is to raise £12,000 plus for this season, which will start once again to reach the properly meaningful levels achieved in the old days. Charlie, you have history in this area and I for one have serious concerns with anything you are involved in. The fact is you and your buddy had one aim when the 12th man publicly stated that they found it very difficult to work with a certain person and decided to stay independent. You both went out of your way to push them out of the door and you shamelessly succeeded as you both had influence over the previously failed owner. Thank goodness we have owners who know what they are doing despite your poorly bailed attempt to undermined them at every opportunity.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 16:45:17 GMT
Essexyellow, totally agree about the 'one brand'. That was the entire concept of the Yellow Army: to have one totally non-exclusive group that anyone can join in and do as much or as little as they like. The 10 or so people who were then involved with the 12th Man Group - as opposed to those of us who had been involved at earlier times in 12th Man activity - resigned from the Yellow Army, saying that they wanted to continue independently. This was sad, because it meant that there would then be 2 separate fundraising groups competing for fans' attention and club executives' valuable time. At the moment, langansshinpads and I are working on producing the book on the Manor; we and others are also working on the Xmas raffle, the annual charity walk, a post-match pub quiz etc... The hope is to raise £12,000 plus for this season, which will start once again to reach the properly meaningful levels achieved in the old days. Charlie, you have history in this area and I for one have serious concerns with anything you are involved in. The fact is you and your buddy had one aim when the 12th man publicly stated that they found it very difficult to work with a certain person and decided to stay independent. You both went out of your way to push them out of the door and you shamelessly succeeded as you both had influence over the previously failed owner. Thank goodness we have owners who know what they are doing despite your poorly bailed attempt to undermined them at every opportunity. Charlie made that post over two months ago. You are a peculiar person Mr jones.
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Post by m on Feb 1, 2015 16:55:10 GMT
Thank goodness we have owners who know what they are doing despite your poorly bailed attempt to undermined them at every opportunity. If there's one thing I really can't stand it's a poorly bailed attempt to undermine someone. That really paints my junta.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 21:24:01 GMT
Essexyellow, totally agree about the 'one brand'. That was the entire concept of the Yellow Army: to have one totally non-exclusive group that anyone can join in and do as much or as little as they like. The 10 or so people who were then involved with the 12th Man Group - as opposed to those of us who had been involved at earlier times in 12th Man activity - resigned from the Yellow Army, saying that they wanted to continue independently. This was sad, because it meant that there would then be 2 separate fundraising groups competing for fans' attention and club executives' valuable time. At the moment, langansshinpads and I are working on producing the book on the Manor; we and others are also working on the Xmas raffle, the annual charity walk, a post-match pub quiz etc... The hope is to raise £12,000 plus for this season, which will start once again to reach the properly meaningful levels achieved in the old days. Charlie, you have history in this area and I for one have serious concerns with anything you are involved in. The fact is you and your buddy had one aim when the 12th man publicly stated that they found it very difficult to work with a certain person and decided to stay independent. You both went out of your way to push them out of the door and you shamelessly succeeded as you both had influence over the previously failed owner. Thank goodness we have owners who know what they are doing despite your poorly bailed attempt to undermined them at every opportunity. Lenagan is still involved with the club FYI Who did they force out? Trevor Lambert?
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Post by londonroader on Jul 18, 2015 21:06:25 GMT
After all the squabbling, any info on the funds in the YA account?
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Post by londonroader on Aug 15, 2015 1:49:54 GMT
I hear the account is a bit more flush now...
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