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Quoted from ginnywings

If people thought that 110 grand was going to guarantee us automatic promotion, then they would have been better off keeping their money in their pocket. Being unfairly used as a stick to beat the club with IMO. I'm as disappointed as the next man at where we are but c'mon chaps, it's a years wages for a couple of decent players.

Maybe not Ginny, but out of respect for those who put so much time and effort into the fundraising, I think it would only be right to keep fans updated, rather than it just be swallowed up in the clubs budget.

I remember widespread agreement on here that people didn't want to know in case it put undue pressure on who it was used for.

Quoted from ginnywings

If people thought that 110 grand was going to guarantee us automatic promotion, then they would have been better off keeping their money in their pocket. Being unfairly used as a stick to beat the club with IMO. I'm as disappointed as the next man at where we are but c'mon chaps, it's a years wages for a couple of decent players.

Good post and looking at what the club has to play with it could well be that it was just absorbed into the budget for the existing squad and possibly a bit to bring in decent loans around the next window if we are in contention.  

I would imagine that at are level the senior pro's are possibly on between 30 - 40K max with a bonus structure and a bit extra if you captain the side etc.... A fair bot behind the Parkin's of this world.  

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Maybe not Ginny, but out of respect for those who put so much time and effort into the fundraising, I think it would only be right to keep fans updated, rather than it just be swallowed up in the clubs budget.

For the sake of clarity could you expand on who you mean by "those who put so much time and effort into the fundraising".
Thanks in advance

Quoted from barralad

For the sake of clarity could you expand on who you mean by "those who put so much time and effort into the fundraising".
Thanks in advance

Not you  

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Not you  

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Is there anything left uncommitted.

Quoted from barralad

For the sake of clarity could you expand on who you mean by "those who put so much time and effort into the fundraising".
Thanks in advance

Those of you who worked damned hard to deliver the whole campaign, raising, money, raising the profile of the club and delivering the auction items.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Those of you who worked damned hard to deliver the whole campaign, raising, money, raising the profile of the club and delivering the auction items.

Thanks for that. It was a genuine question. I didn't want my reply to be off the mark as it were. When the Trust Board decided to go with Operation Promotion it was always on the understanding with the fans and the club that any monies raised would specifically be used to boost the transfer funds available to Paul Hurst for the season 2015/16. In other words the club were left in no doubt that the money had to be used for the recruitment/retention of playing staff for this season-something that the club were happy to agree to. That was specified throughout the actual campaign to make it very clear what people were donating to. We also decided for the reason quoted by Rodley earlier in the thread that "Boost the Budget" shouldn't become "Recruit a Specific Player". In addition it was recognised that at our level large transfer fees are by and large a thing of the past if indeed they ever really existed. There were a lot of players out of contract at the end of last season who the club and fans alike wanted to see retained. Contrary to what some might think being on the Board of the Trust doesn't make me or other Board members privy to the financial dealings of GTFC. We have had to trust (no pun intended) that the money has been spent in those areas-something I have no problem in doing. It isn't difficult to see that you could apportion a fair amount of that money to the renewal of certain contracts as well as the recruitment of new players-some of whom had dropped a level to play for us. For those amongst us who can make head or tail of financial documents I suspect the only definitive answer will lie in the end of year accounts for the year which includes the Operation Promotion.
I've never made any secret of the fact that I joined the Board of the Mariner's Trust because I wanted to do my bit towards trying to ensure that in the future the fortunes (financial) of GTFC were not dependent on the generosity of an individual benefactor. Operation Promotion showed me and my colleagues that there is a love and affection for GTFC in the country at large that transcends any daft arguments that we have on this message board. The fans who gave freely of their money-some as I can testify from working for a while with the pledge sheets more than perhaps they should , my colleagues who worked incredibly hard during the exercise and have continued since and the people who gave freely of their time to promote things can be extremely proud of what has been achieved. I feel that looking at some of the players we have managed to attract that in a small way I've done something to ensure that they can turn out in the black and white stripes. I suspect I won't be the only one.

Quoted from barralad

Thanks for that. It was a genuine question. I didn't want my reply to be off the mark as it were. When the Trust Board decided to go with Operation Promotion it was always on the understanding with the fans and the club that any monies raised would specifically be used to boost the transfer funds available to Paul Hurst for the season 2015/16. In other words the club were left in no doubt that the money had to be used for the recruitment/retention of playing staff for this season-something that the club were happy to agree to. That was specified throughout the actual campaign to make it very clear what people were donating to. We also decided for the reason quoted by Rodley earlier in the thread that "Boost the Budget" shouldn't become "Recruit a Specific Player". In addition it was recognised that at our level large transfer fees are by and large a thing of the past if indeed they ever really existed. There were a lot of players out of contract at the end of last season who the club and fans alike wanted to see retained. Contrary to what some might think being on the Board of the Trust doesn't make me or other Board members privy to the financial dealings of GTFC. We have had to trust (no pun intended) that the money has been spent in those areas-something I have no problem in doing. It isn't difficult to see that you could apportion a fair amount of that money to the renewal of certain contracts as well as the recruitment of new players-some of whom had dropped a level to play for us. For those amongst us who can make head or tail of financial documents I suspect the only definitive answer will lie in the end of year accounts for the year which includes the Operation Promotion.
I've never made any secret of the fact that I joined the Board of the Mariner's Trust because I wanted to do my bit towards trying to ensure that in the future the fortunes (financial) of GTFC were not dependent on the generosity of an individual benefactor. Operation Promotion showed me and my colleagues that there is a love and affection for GTFC in the country at large that transcends any daft arguments that we have on this message board. The fans who gave freely of their money-some as I can testify from working for a while with the pledge sheets more than perhaps they should , my colleagues who worked incredibly hard during the exercise and have continued since and the people who gave freely of their time to promote things can be extremely proud of what has been achieved. I feel that looking at some of the players we have managed to attract that in a small way I've done something to ensure that they can turn out in the black and white stripes. I suspect I won't be the only one.

So having cleared all that up, can you and your colleagues ask the powers that be to pick the players that might deliver the prime objective!