Correct

Timing could be bad if we end up with female CEO Bigger fish to fry i think

Just to update as I appreciate things quiet on Coalition front. We are talking daily surrounding next steps. Its critically important we choose our moments as things go up and down across the supporter base dependent on that days news. I'm reliably informed Suhail returning to Ewood has not strengthened his position, quite the opposite. He's a man under immense pressure and potential replacements (I know not the best news) are already being considered. TRUSTED ADVISOR ,A term I strategically used twice during the FF meeting, is no longer a term that can be used as a fact, hence I used it!!!. The supporter silence publicly don't mean we are having the summer off. As recently elected Co-Chair of the trust, in conjunction with my Action Group Chair responsibilities, there is also some work to do here too, whilst I remain active in the Coalition too. WATR Needs to grow its credibility, something Ive been honest with the board from the start. Its going to take some hard graft, but I believe we've the board members to do this. Close season always a tough time for media pressure, but using this time wisely for the road in front of us all is critically important. Nothing has changed regarding the Coalitions position, As ive maintained the Coalition dont stop group activities, and as Action group lead I'm pressing on as I always do taking out things brick by brick, strategically This of course means less members of the coalition are involved with some things occurring purely to keep the hatches locked and prevent indirect leaks.

Delay now on Club side, FF finished their updates some days ago.

To be clear , the club to the best of my knowledge ain't holding the minutes up. They were signed off quickly. The accuracy of them is being discussed with the forum members. Ive been told , they've never asked for edits and nothing in the meeting was explicitly stated to not be minuted.

Its more complex than this, club has to submit fan engagement plan forwards. Whilst if they choose to go bare minimum it needs to be a democratic voice.

See that as extremely unlikely, though two groups im in will likely do so

I believe they are completely breaching the EFL rules on fan engagement if this becomes the only vehicle

Trust me, I'm extremely frustrated by the rules, but will respect them. Falling out with our fellow supporters is the last thing we need given how hard we've worked to bring the coalition together based on mutual respect. However what I do promise. If the minutes dont reflect what was said then I will be first to break ranks and clear them up. Ive always stood for transparency (I dont know any other way,) This is the supporters club being dismantled and I will always stand by my pledge to members of supporters groups I represent to always act honestly and with the utmost integrity. I've asked tonight where we are up to on mutually agreed minutes amongst the supporter attendees and no doubt will be emailed back once that communication is read. I was asked to attend by the club as the only ewood comms open , and against my own judgement chose to go. I got some points across but as you'd possibly appreciate one meeting was never going to be enough to discuss 15 years of complete incompetence

The delay is not club related, minutes were drafted quickly and approved by club. Some of the points have been asked to be looked at again from attendees, on their first viewing of the approved minutes, so in essence the initial delay is duets this. So no conspiracy theory or minutes being altered by club at this stage.

Lol, I got home 21.40, though did speak after the forum to a couple of people, so in theory I was there for over 3 hours

Importantly Suhail was there, Let's see the minutes and take it from there. Not ideal as I dont operate this way, but important to respect the FF code of practice

I attended FF tonight with a number of coalition members, The minutes need to come out which will be respected regarding content, However the FF meeting occurring does not halt the supporters movement in terms of the coalition. Will digest overnight today's meeting, but they are rattled and rightfully so should be. We dont let up, and continue moving forwards.

Many of the points here raised in a 3 hour FF, Will respect the rules regarding the minutes coming out, but I can confidently say, points were put across, redirected if answer not forthcoming and pushed again until an answer of some kind was given.

We had our first post AGM meeting last Sunday, which was pretty much electing chair and a welcome to the new board members. I'm under no illusion, we've a mammoth task on here. I'm attending the FF for first time Monday as an Action group representative, and Duncan will be there on behalf of WATR. As a member of the Coalition for the AG. This week I was engaged with the local MP who shared the agenda for the items to go to vote in Parliament for the independent regulator. This is comms the coalition have been having regularly over the last 6 weeks. With my new role within WATR, I also engaged with @oldjamfan1on these motions who has been working with the FSF regarding input into this bill. In terms of the direction of the WATR, Duncan and I did catch this week following the first meeting and determining the roles and responsibilities of our fellow board members is high on the agenda as we look to implement a clear strategy internally to allow us all to be the best version of ourselves, whilst everyone involved brings their unique skill sets to create a credible entity which focuses on delivering on its members driven mandate, which is being reviewed and will require member consultation.

I'm aware of 3 enquiries , one American, one Austrian and one Brazilian. All 3 approaches were sent to India and the response was. "Stop sending these approaches, we are not selling the club" To add some further info, 2 went on to buy other clubs but have been as bad if not worse than Venkys. I can't share who these bidders were due to breaking a significant confidence. These may be different to the ones the trust refer to, but these are 100% factual

The statements went across 27 different sets of eyes, and were reviewed by each of them too. They were then reviewed by two journalist before finally being released. The media has ran with every statement issued word for word.

Yes we are aware 😉

Just a recap Two and a half months ago we had No Coalition. We had Jack a brfcs poster reaching out and hitting a brick wall to try and get something moving. His passion and drive was something I felt I could get involved with and many others felt the same and also joined to form a powerful voice. Fast forward to present day. Every supporter group bar one and we are trying to get this one is part of the Coalition. Our first action was applying pressure on Suhail, Waggott and Gestede with the total vote of no confidence. This lead to the three coming out into the open and one has now gone. The pressure on the other two will remain. The global press our now covering our story and desire for the removal of the Raos and their band of merry men. Our story is going back into parliament and we've now got the MPs backing the Coalition. We've so much going on across a near 30 person panel it's quite extraordinary in such a short space of time. Things evolve by the minute and it's hard graft, extremely hard graft as our family time and in some cases taking days of work is being totally used up to force a better future. We are still in our infancy and many things need to be agreed, formulated and developed. We have no funds , just hard grafting people trying to make a positive difference for something we commonly share, our club. Given the democratic make up (we don't need politics) we have to balance everything and get a majority buy in on all things. No one person leads the coalition, it's a collective group of people. Anybody can get involved and shape it's future. There really is no blue print for the journey we are on. Other clubs supporters actually use previous Rovers supporter actions for their blueprints. I think we've come a long way in a short space of time, but have a long way to go. Its going to have it's bumps on the way, as we are all human. We are all just football supporters equal to the next and don't have all the answers.

That's not what I've said, I said my personal thoughts (we all have different) is we need to remove things systematically. Toppling the king becomes easier by toppling the pawns. We have to be realistic of what we can or cannot influence. Piece by piece, is in my opinion the correct approach. Unless someone can come up with a viable plan how we remove the owners first? I don't believe a single person in the coalition wants the Raos to own this club, me included. That's our opinion, Removing them is an almighty challenge which requires deeper thoughts and a strategy that reaches the finish line with the desired outcome and hopefully better owners. On your edited part "enough is enough" is exactly where we are. We do not believe communication is worth a dime, However we want to maintain the moral high ground of being amenable. (We knew the club would avoid all communication, we banked on it) it's now one less bullet for them to crucify the supporters in their rebuttals. Playing the game is exactly where we want to be, completely in control of our path without giving freebies to the club to beat us

No, they've gone underground too, I know they are reading comms, but gone silent

We fully understand the legislation, have members who have been part of building the structure for the said legislation. Everything we do, we review the legal side and are extremely thorough and strategic to mitigate against the balls falling on the wrong side of the net. The Coalition is made up of a lot of people, differing opinions/skill sets and does not stifle or prevent the group's involved carrying out their own objectives or remits. Individual group activities have not ceased or paused by being part of a collective panel. Respecting each groups objectives and opinions has been paramount and remains top of the agenda in terms of how the Coalition operates. Selling the club would be one outcome many desire. However from a personal point of view stability, strong competent leadership at Board Level and the removal of those whose do the club harm is at the forefront of my mind. We may get new owners and a continued circus entrusted with running the club. We need to shut the circus down, and seek a hierarchy that functions with integrity , whilst are accountable for their actions. If our current owners cannot implement the positive changes required for the club to rebuild then ultimately they need to go. I'm a firm believer that we should never shut a door completely, but by the same sentiment, never be afraid to open a new one. We need to eat the elephant piece by piece. In terms of new owners one objective of the Coalition (baring in mind resource levels), is to make Rovers a credible purchase, developing what can be achieved, how and utilising data and market research to increase the attractiveness to potential buyers/investors. As I've tried to maintain throughout in my posts, I'm trying to be as transparent as I can without literally handing on a plate to the club what our current activities are. The club continues to ignore individual supporter group/ supporter emails, with them going unanswered regarding SLT engagement. Whilst their generic response to the Coalition, was they'll speak to the Fans Forum in July. The Coalition website is due to go live which has been worked on by a working group within the team and hopefully it can be another vehicle to communicate what's being done by all the volunteers involved. I note your points about the supporter engagement with the club, it's 100% been getting discussed weekly by the panel, at the moment the club has put a brick wall up.

Open supporters meeting on the agenda (possibly July) and MPs to bring things up in Parliament once again. Tim Farron and Adnan Hussein already had a couple of meetings, are on same page and very much supporting the coalition and seeking answers. Possible documentary on the agenda (can't say too much more on this). Press efforts continue to share wide and far.

A number of things, For obvious reasons this won't be put on a message board until we've had our responses

Just an update, Coalition have received a response, and as predicted from Lindsay Talbot who has been appointed as point of contact for all supporter queries. To cut a long story short they are stating they will meet the fans forum in July to settle differences, despite 80% of the coalition panels groups not members of the Fans forum. They are avoiding at this stage engagement, backtracking on the CEO and their public statements. Of course this is as predicted, and it plays into the coalitions hands in terms of media traction. I've now emailed the club on behalf of the Action Group Members also now separately. Part of the group's constitution is to remain democratic and for transparency in meetings with the club. Including none edited minutes. I'm also going to contact the FSF and ESA. Along with the EFL in my capacity of AG. Though it's also likely the coalition may do so also. It's currently being discussed.