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Latest newsletter including a couple of "cost of living" items:
1. request from Cherwell Collective looking for help with picking surplus fruit to distribute to families in need and save waste.
2. reminder of vacancies for paid matchday roles, which also include match access
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Fans Forum extra questions
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Fan Forum Extra Time | Oxford United Football Club

Last week Oxford United held a fans forum at the Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House Hotel in Iffley, where fans were invited to ask questions to a panel that featured Chairman Grant Ferguson, CEO Tim Williams, Chief Strategy Officer Niall McWilliams, Head Coach Karl Robinson, Women’s Manager Liam...
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They'll have to be more transparent than that.

How much did they receive? How much were the flags they have bought? And how much have they put into the fund for the Arsenal match?

If they are asking people for money then people have a right to know what it has been spent on, especially when the last time anyone heard a peep out of them was when they asked for money previously only for the display to simply not happen and for them to disappear.
 
ZeroTheHero said:
They'll have to be more transparent than that.

How much did they receive? How much were the flags they have bought? And how much have they put into the fund for the Arsenal match?

If they are asking people for money then people have a right to know what it has been spent on, especially when the last time anyone heard a peep out of them was when they asked for money previously only for the display to simply not happen and for them to disappear.
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Hopefully that will all come out in their publishing of the income/expenditure for 2022 as they mentioned. They do have to win trust back which is harder than not losing it in the first place.
 
Marked Ox said:
Hopefully that will all come out in their publishing of the income/expenditure for 2022 as they mentioned. They do have to win trust back which is harder than not losing it in the first place.
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I agree - the problem is that they are asking for more *before* publishing those details.
 
With the old giallo / ultras group I at least knew by face or to speak to some of the people who were involved from games home and away so didn’t mind a couple of donations. Also they were I think DIY for displays and flags putting the hours in rather than spending money for someone else to make a flag.
 
thegrumpyporter said:
Abusing ticket office staff and ground staff if identified should result in a ban of some sort. Disgraceful behaviour.
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I does make you wonder what world some people live in, couldn’t the ticket office staff all get a hair dryer each and thaw the pitch out, I can’t believe the groundsman had to explain to people why the game was off.
 
A hair dryer for the staff? They consume 2 kilowatts. There is an energy crisis going on, or has it passed you by? Get into the real world.
 
thegrumpyporter said:
Abusing ticket office staff and ground staff if identified should result in a ban of some sort. Disgraceful behaviour.
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I’m sort of assuming the abusing of ground staff may have been reference to some of the conspiracy theorists on our very own lovely forum. If the club take note of some of the weirdos that post on here then they really shouldn’t!
 
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@OUSP Secretary , something that always annoys me is when the club puts things like this out to auction. What happens is the shirts go to the richest fans, everyone else has no chance. Can you bring this up with whoever organises this sort of thing, and in future see if at least some items can be put out to raffle at say £2 per ticket? At least all fans then have a (small) chance of owning a part of club history. It would have been easy to put aside 4 or so shirts as raffle and the rest to auction. It wouldn't surprise me if the raffle items ended up earning more money than the auction ones.
 
Our latest newsletter has our tips and all the links you need background information to put together a message to the Cabinet. Every email counts, if you havent already done so please get writing today.

Please share widely. #saveourstadium
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OUSP Secretary said:
Our latest newsletter has our tips and all the links you need background information to put together a message to the Cabinet. Every email counts, if you havent already done so please get writing today.

Please share widely. #saveourstadium
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Support our Stadium

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sent a(nother) email to all the cc cabinet members

already had a(n auto) reply from cllr Tim Bearder
 
positive and encouraging reply from Oxon CC chair received

she also sent me this link ....

news.oxfordshire.gov.uk

Cabinet to discuss stadium land proposals on 24 January

Recommendations will be made to Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet that officers should be authorised to start negotiations on outline legal and commercial terms relating to Oxford United FC’s proposal to lease land for the development of a new football stadium.Discussions to secure...
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I have emailed both my OCC representatives (Thame & Chinnor; a Conservative and a Green) with the message to relay to the cabinet members that interest in this project is not restricted by geography and that a sustainable and responsible development will be to the benefit of the population of the whole county and beyond.

Followed that up last week with a message that Oxford United represented the county live on national TV against Premier League giants Arsenal in the FA Cup and that the club did not let Oxfordshire down on that occasion and trusted that they, as county councillors, would return that commitment by giving the club their full backing in their efforts to provide a world class facility which the city and county of Oxford and it's residents can be rightly proud of.

Not had a peep back from either; not even an acknowledgement. I'd like to think they are acting behind the scenes, but as I rank politicians below ambulance chasing lawyers, telemarketers and car salesmen in my list of trusted and honourable occupations, I'm not expecting too much.
 
Essexyellows said:
When the actions of a tiny minority are used as a stick to beat everyone with we are in trouble............... more so when a minority, unaccountable, undemocratic organisation make the stick!
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They’re asking people to call out the individuals responsible, not calling for a blanket punishment on all. What’s wrong with what they’ve written?
 
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