MINUTES OF CFU TRUST BOARD ZOOM MEETING on MONDAY 11th JANUARY 2021

MINUTES OF CFU TRUST BOARD ZOOM MEETING on MONDAY 11th JANUARY 2021
 
The Trust Board met on Monday 11th January 2021 via Zoom. Those present were:
Martin Chapman (Chairman), Dave Matthew-Jones, Margaret Pearson, Frank Pearson (Secretary), Paul Moffatt, Colin Proctor, Nigel Browne, Terry Wilby, Carl Badcock, Robert Osbourn, Gina Heath, Alex Nix, Andrew Stephen and Ben Phillips.
 
The following is an abbreviated version of the minutes of the meeting.
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Welcome and apologies
Apologies were received from Leanne Huff.

Matters Arising

• Andrew Stephen and Ben Phillips were elected as Chair and Vice-chair
• Abbreviated Minutes to go on CFU website

1. Arrangements for AGM

• Must wait until accounts back from auditors and face-to-face meetings allowed
• Paperwork can go on website
• Need to elect new and returning Trust Board members
• FED election

 
Future relationship with CUSP

• Ben and Andrew have spoken to Ian Mather and Andrew to Paul Barry
• Many fans don’t see the difference between CUSP and CFU
• Role of FED vital
• Need to ensure we represent all fans

1. Reports

• Membership (Terry) 251 compared with 263 (2020).
• Treasurer (Paul)      Dec 20 Financial Report:

 
The CFU monies held at 30th Dec 20 were :

• Current account - £90,186.69 
• CFU Lottery Account - £25,986.64
• Other Accounts - £9290.2 
• Total Held £125,463.61

CFU Trading in Dec 20 recorded a £1,549.33 profit.
Overall we have made a trading loss of £10,100.84 since Sept 20.
 
No large Expenditures reported in Dec.

• Coconuts (Nigel and Gina.)  Collecting donations and programmes. Nigel continues to scan Light Blues. 50 years’ T shirts are back for sale on- line.
• Lottery (Nigel) The jackpot stands at £950. Recently there was a £300 weekly prize winner. The new  lottery website is up and running (thanks to Philip Saich).  There is a delay in setting up the scoreboards at the ground.
• SLO/FED (Dave)  Arranged Andrew and Ben meeting with Ian Mather
•  Alex introduced himself
• Ben is looking into having the Fan Zone at the front of the stadium and re-introducing Junior U’s
• Carl: We do need a Publicity Officer
• Dave reminded us of the You’re Never Alone project which the FSA have taken on board. Terry will to add details to his regular e-mail.

We need to signpost telephone contacts for where to find help (e.g. Chaplain, Stuart Wood and CUCT).

•   Dave: We could ring CFU members to check they are OK. He has found more than  20  names of supporters and players who have died over the past 12 months
•  Dave :We need to advertise the Food Bank.
• Ben: Can CFU have a page in the programme? That could include information about the Food Bank.

 Date of next meeting:  8th February 2021 by Zoom, Andrew to chair.
 
Martin was thanked for his chairing of the recent Trust Board meetings.