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One is a share buying plan the other a plan to plug the £65k a month loss.
SUFC for & owned by the fans (ultimate aim)
UNITY
Strength in numbers.If the fans own the club, the fans control the club and its destiny.
The Trust should have a single goal – to purchase as many shares as possible.
Subscriptions would be the major method to raise funds.
Fundraising projects / schemes / events would add to this.
A lifetime membership for £10 will not ensure that SUFC is here for the entirety of your life.
The only people who care about SUFC are the fans.
The fans need to own the club.
£100 life membership / signing up fee.
Subscriptions – monthly DD
Bronze member = £10 a month
Silver member = £20 a month
Gold member = £40 a month
Platinum member = £100 a month
Rhodium member = subscriber sets their level, starting at £200 a month to whatever they decide upon.The benifits are the same at whatever level you chose to subscribe at.
The benefit is – that there will be a SUFC in 10 years, 20 years, 50 years, 100 years time!
IRON LEGION – FOR WE ARE MANY!
Pair the Iron Legion idea (trust share purchasing) with this:
Is the following too simple?
£65k / 4 = £16.25k a week.
5000 Iron Trust Guardians or Scunthorpe Utd Guardians
£16.25k / 5000 = £3.25 a week subscription.
Add an extra 25p to the weekly subscription and it generates an additional £65k a year.
That £65k could be used to employ 2 Guardians on the board.
One could be a full time Iron Trust administrator at the ground dealing with all subscriptions & queries.
The other could perhaps do the social media side of the operation and free young James up… or even do some scouting. We’ve loads of people connected to the club with an ‘A’ licence who could do it.
Pay them both £30k, a desk / office at GP and each a Guardians place on the board.
The spare £5k would be for teas/coffees & biccies.
£14 a month subscription ensures you continue to have a club to watch each week.
Executive Patrons
We may be struggling to find the multi millionaires who could solve our problems.
However, there are still plenty of very rich people out there.
Could we find 50 Executive Patrons who wouldn’t miss or balk at donating £1k a month?
Instal a new Executive Patrons seating area and put them a ‘package’ together.
Some may even just be happy to donate and have their names up in lights, social media, around the stadium, program etc.
That’d be another £50k a month.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.