›› News - January 2007
31st January 2007 - The Community Mutual have released the following statement:
Following a meeting to discuss the position of Chairmanship of the Community
Mutual it was agreed by all to adopt the stance that in future the Chair of
the CM should not be held by a serving main board member.
"The CM have therefore asked Rob Trent as Vice Chair to take over as temporary
chairman for the foreseeable future. The CM would like to thank Derek Borthwick
for all his hard work whilst serving as Chairman.
Derek Borthwick will continue as a full board member and is currently working
tirelessly on projects as he has done in the past. It should be stated that
Derek Borthwick fully agrees with this decision."
"On the Consortium issues and the Media reports involving other interested
parties, the CM wish to confirm their stance of talking to any person/s expessing
an interest in investing in the Football Club. "
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STATEMENT
In light of recent personal views expressed in various media reports, the CM
board want to clarify their position regarding the consortium. At this time
the CM have not agreed to back or reject the new consortium deal, and wish
to make it clear that personal comments do not reflect the CM position. Ernie
Battey and David Musker from the CM have been in many discussions with the
Consortium as we seek to understand all the relevant aspects to their proposals.
One of the basic principles of the formation of the CM was to protect the club
in situations like these and we take this responsibility very seriously. We
welcome the chance to meet with any investors as we appreciate that investment
is necessary for the club and its future. However any investor/s wishing to
take a controlling interest in the club would have to satisfy the CM membership
as to a number of fundamental issues. Clearly those issues would include a
sound financial plan, constitutional matters, representation on any new board
and of the course the use of the golden share.
To date we are still in discussions with the consortium and as stated previously
we would need all these issues resolved before we could give our firm backing
to any parties.
The CM will shortly announce the date of its Special General Meeting (SGM)
with its members at which we would hope to be in a position to answer any questions
posed by its members and to vote on any recommendation.
We want as many of our members to participate in the decision making process
as possible. It is vital therefore that if you think that your email address,
or your home contact details, have changed in any way, please let us know as
quickly as possible by emailing afcbcm@afcb.co.uk, or alternatively you can
write to:
AFCBCM
1123 Christchurch Road
Boscombe East
Bournemouth BH7 6BQ
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