Message for Supporters Trust Members

[new2rovers]

Following on from last weeks supporters trust meeting, the supporters trust will be emailing all existing paid up members tomorrow with a link to complete a short questionnaire.

The questionnaire will have up to two questions in relation to the fan ownership initiative and a further few questions relating to contact information.  Members will have until midday on Wednesday 27th March in which to respond.

If a member needs to provide or indeed update their email address in advance of the questionnaire being sent, they can do so by emailing [e-mail].

Please note that members will be able to update or provide their email addresses until midnight this evening. Any email changes after this time may lead to the member not receiving the questionnaire.

Members should note that their email address or contact details will only be used for the purposes of Supporters Trust membership management and voting. Their data will not be transferred to any other party. Should a member wish to remove their consent for this processing, they can do so by emailing [e-mail].

[new2rovers]

As you may be aware the Supporters Trust recently canvassed members via a brief consultation on whether the Supporters Trust should be used as the avenue, as proposed by the fan ownership working group, to further explore the possibility of fan ownership. The members were canvassed on 26th March 2024.

Members received the following update a couple of hours ago.

Response to the consultation was 60% of members, thank you to those members who took time to respond. There was an equal split of respondents voting in favour of and not in favour of the Supporters Trust being used as the vehicle.

Overall, 30% of the membership agreed that the Supporters Trust should be used as the vehicle to explore increasing fan involvement.

The committee of the Supporters Trust met on 09th April 2024, the majority of which agreed that at this time, the results from the consultation did not constitute a majority, nor a clear mandate from the members that the Supporters Trust should be used as a vehicle to advance the discussion on fan ownership. The committee also agreed that in the interested of full transparency, the update should be also be shared with non-members.

Whilst the committee are communicating this decision and it may be disappointing to some of our members, we want to express our support and belief that increasing fan involvement through an increased shareholding is a positive move that we will look to support via progression under another entity.