Little General 80 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 If I hadn't put my name forward there would have been no election in the disabled category and the disabled would have been represented by the current Chairman of the Rangers Disabled Supporters Club who to put it mildly has not set the heather on fire in that regards, it was my fellow disabled fans fed up with what's been going on who persuaded me to stand. Regarding JCD I imagine it would depend how many and who stood in the same category, a 50% success rate for election from 2 of the same family is a fair return is it not? I never knew there was one. You would have thought they would have had some sort of website. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) This is surely the best and most official? Aye its "official" all right if you mean that it was brought into being by the board of directors. Isn't it the case that the Assembly buy its very nature excluded the 75%-80% of fans who do not belong to any group and in any event at best it is limbo? Numerous people on here of varying opinions have said it has outserved its usefulness. This appears at least to be an attempt to capture as many different kinds of supporters as possible whether or not they are members of supporters clubs or things like the RST and RF which exist for a different purpose. Most importantly it is democratically elected. I'm sure that all any member of the new Board would ask is to give it a fair chance before you shoot it down. Democratically elected!! You taking the piss here? it was brought in by the club. the club selected the selectors, the selectors selected the "fans board". It could not be further away from democracy, which was the intention all along. Edited September 24, 2014 by Zappa 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sorry about the size of lettering on previous post, cannot seem to be able to change it. Not shouting, honest. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The Vanguard Bears display their usual rationale of how all matters Rangers should be judged: How fucking pathetic can it get? Can you give a link to that quote you just posted? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sorry about the size of lettering on previous post, cannot seem to be able to change it. Not shouting, honest. I've just fixed it for you. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Aye its "official" all right if you mean that it was brought into being by the board of directors. Democratically elected!! You taking the piss here? it was brought in by the club. the club selected the selectors, the selectors selected the "fans board". It could not be further away from democracy, which was the intention all along. Yes the Club brought it into being, and yes the club selected the Nomination Committee; but NO "the selectors did not select the "fans board". You might want to debate the categories and they might be adjusted in future since there were a large number of candidates in some categories and only two in some others. I believe there were "hundreds" of applicants so if there hand't been some form of pre-selection the ballot paper would have been as long as this thread. Rev McQuarrie told me that each application was reviewed individually but if you have evidence of malfeasance then I suggest you bring it forward. There were anything from 2 to 5 candidates in each category, a total of 35 I think in all; and there was a two week democratic election and the count was by a firm independent of Rangers FC; what else do you want? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairdyy 0 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The successful candidates and the supporter category they represent are…. Female Fans - Alison Clark-Dick Families - Christine Murdoch Overseas Fans - Gary Gillan Fans in Glasgow/Govan Community - William Gillan Disabled fans – William Paterson Ethnic Minorities – Zia Islam Under 18s – William Findlay Ibrox match ticket purchasers – Robert Callaghan Corporate fans – Thomas Clements Fans who attend away games – Alan Harris Rangers Official Members – Tom Johnstone Season Ticket Holders – Alan Fraser 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy 0 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Christine Murdoch is a minister (that the right term for a female practising religion?) and says grace before the RST dinner each year. She got my vote too. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hildy 0 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It's another sham, just like the Assembly. It is the perfect tool to split and undermine the support and distract it from more meaningful issues. Kiddy-on democracy, pretend membership and needless categories to engineer a situation which makes it ripe for manipulation. With the current dubious club ownership, this group being 'official' makes it a no-go area. I wonder how much this latest sham is costing Rangers. The Assembly cost around £35,000 per annum when it was first set up. I'd join the SNP before being part of this - and it'll be a cold day in hell before I do that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy 0 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It's another sham, just like the Assembly. It is the perfect tool to split and undermine the support and distract it from more meaningful issues. Kiddy-on democracy, pretend membership and needless categories to engineer a situation which makes it ripe for manipulation. With the current dubious club ownership, this group being 'official' makes it a no-go area. I wonder how much this latest sham is costing Rangers. The Assembly cost around £35,000 per annum when it was first set up. I'd join the SNP before being part of this - and it'll be a cold day in hell before I do that. Although I agree with the sentiment, dismissing it completely won't help. One of my gripes over the years when I was in the RST was bears saying we should do this, that or the other thing but wouldn't join. Moaning from the sidelines gets us nowhere and that is why I joined. Once contact details are established I can then look to challenge my reps...or congratulate on a job well done. However, if King is eventually allowed to buy big and take over I can't see this fans board lasting in its current form. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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