Norpig wrote:I remember paying a tenner when it started as we were in the mire, i even logged on to hear the chat that was streamed from the stadium with people from the Pompey Trust as they seemed to be doing well and had a representative on the board i think?
Since then though it has become irrelevant, am i still classed as a member even though i haven't paid my subs for years?
Yes you are!
One pound of the £10 you initially paid with entitled you to life membership and unless you specifically write to them that you want to terminate this life membership, you remain so.
You therefore are counted as one of their 3,500 or so membership they report they have.
As you can see the membership figure is therefore completely meaningless and there's probably about 8 or 10 people who actually are active in the ST - the same sort of number that are active here on Nuts - and we certainly don't claim to be the 'Voice of the Fans'.
I told you all from the very beginning that the ST was NOT a true organisation as it purports itself to be but merely a small group of people with a clear agenda to get themselves some personal say in the ownership and/or running of the club.
I was given absolute dogs abuse for stating what was clearly obvious to me, I've given guidance to organisations like this in the past - and repeatedly pointed out how the ST did not comply with its own Articles of Association.
You and in particular Bonce gave me a lot of grief about doing so - claiming I was obsessed but I knew what I was talking about and time has proved me absolutely right on this.
I've no axe to grind with a properly organised and run ST but this wasn't, annual AGM's were not held for example.
Anyway as a group of mates with one being very poorly, I can fully understand them not holding a meeting - but in a properly run and organised organisation with 3,500 'real' members, the AGM would be held even if it was the Chairman or Accountant who had been taken ill. Elections are held even when candidates have been taken seriously ill.
As I've said above I wish the person well and a speedy recovery.