Jack
18-06-2015, 09:42 AM
Lend me your ears :hug:
A few of the guys at Working Together thought, with all these new shares kicking about, it might be a good idea to resurrect the Hibernian Shareholders Association (HSA, but I’ll get back to that). But first of all we thought it might be a good idea to see what our on-line Shareholders and supporters thought about that.
There are 4 of us in the group.
Rod, who is a former office bearer with the old HSA. He has been in touch with the other office bearers and they’re delighted the Association may be reborn.
Then there’s Kevin, a supporter director candidate who already does lots for the club; Auld Eric, Orkney Hibs among other Hibs interests and finally me – many of you will already have an opinion on what I am!
The original objectives of the Association were;
The objects of the Association are:
a)to provide a meeting place for persons keenly interested in the well-being and continued existence of Hibernian Football Club;
b)to stimulate support for Hibernian Football Club;
c)to represent the interests of shareholders in Hibernian Football Club, and to ensure that the Directors of The Club are made aware, from time to time of the views of the Association;
d)to promote such discussions as might be considered desirable or appropriate at any time on matters which affect the interests and well-being of Hibernian Football Club, and to offer suggestions and assistance to Hibernian Football Club Limited, and to persons or bodies connected with Hibernian Football Club.
The ‘continued existence of Hibernian Football Club’ was a very much in the minds of the Association in its heyday and it played an important role in saving our club during the Hands Off Hibs period.
We have already had exploratory talks with the club that have been very helpful. It has been suggested, among other things, that Association members could meet informally with directors and officials of the club in a Q&A session during the year.
We have had informal chats with HSL, who have indicated they would like to become members if this goes ahead.
It will be for the members of the Association to decide on everything including its representation and its activities; one that has been discussed has been fundraising actives for the benefit of the club, such as the very popular annual dinner they held in the dim and distant past.
There would be an annual subscription, suggested at £10 (was £5 in the early 1990s). This would allow the Association to provide membership cards and also stuff like mailings for those members not on-line.
If this goes ahead we feel it needs a new name. The initials 'HSA' are now well established with the Hibernian Supporters Association so as to avoid confusion it needs to change.
I liked the idea of something Hibernian I??? B??? Shareholders but I’m not bright enough to think of something catchy so in the meantime my 3 colleagues thought our working title should be the Association of Hibernian Shareholders, AHS (members of the Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea, :shhhsh!: I know what you're thinking :gun:).
Over to you folks, the floor is open.
What are your thoughts?
Firstly should an Association be reformed? If so ...
What should it be for, what should its ambitions be and all that sort of stuff.
Thank you.
Jack
A few of the guys at Working Together thought, with all these new shares kicking about, it might be a good idea to resurrect the Hibernian Shareholders Association (HSA, but I’ll get back to that). But first of all we thought it might be a good idea to see what our on-line Shareholders and supporters thought about that.
There are 4 of us in the group.
Rod, who is a former office bearer with the old HSA. He has been in touch with the other office bearers and they’re delighted the Association may be reborn.
Then there’s Kevin, a supporter director candidate who already does lots for the club; Auld Eric, Orkney Hibs among other Hibs interests and finally me – many of you will already have an opinion on what I am!
The original objectives of the Association were;
The objects of the Association are:
a)to provide a meeting place for persons keenly interested in the well-being and continued existence of Hibernian Football Club;
b)to stimulate support for Hibernian Football Club;
c)to represent the interests of shareholders in Hibernian Football Club, and to ensure that the Directors of The Club are made aware, from time to time of the views of the Association;
d)to promote such discussions as might be considered desirable or appropriate at any time on matters which affect the interests and well-being of Hibernian Football Club, and to offer suggestions and assistance to Hibernian Football Club Limited, and to persons or bodies connected with Hibernian Football Club.
The ‘continued existence of Hibernian Football Club’ was a very much in the minds of the Association in its heyday and it played an important role in saving our club during the Hands Off Hibs period.
We have already had exploratory talks with the club that have been very helpful. It has been suggested, among other things, that Association members could meet informally with directors and officials of the club in a Q&A session during the year.
We have had informal chats with HSL, who have indicated they would like to become members if this goes ahead.
It will be for the members of the Association to decide on everything including its representation and its activities; one that has been discussed has been fundraising actives for the benefit of the club, such as the very popular annual dinner they held in the dim and distant past.
There would be an annual subscription, suggested at £10 (was £5 in the early 1990s). This would allow the Association to provide membership cards and also stuff like mailings for those members not on-line.
If this goes ahead we feel it needs a new name. The initials 'HSA' are now well established with the Hibernian Supporters Association so as to avoid confusion it needs to change.
I liked the idea of something Hibernian I??? B??? Shareholders but I’m not bright enough to think of something catchy so in the meantime my 3 colleagues thought our working title should be the Association of Hibernian Shareholders, AHS (members of the Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea, :shhhsh!: I know what you're thinking :gun:).
Over to you folks, the floor is open.
What are your thoughts?
Firstly should an Association be reformed? If so ...
What should it be for, what should its ambitions be and all that sort of stuff.
Thank you.
Jack