Charlton Athletic has launched its Advisory Board (CAB) as part of a new framework for the club to engage with its supporters and other stakeholders.
Charlton aspires to become 'the most cohesive and sustainable community-driven club in the UK competing at an elite level'. The club has spent recent months meeting with relevant stakeholders to determine a new fan engagement strategy that will give all supporters - both existing and new - the opportunity to play their part in the club's future and growth.
It will have a key role in protecting the proud heritage of the football club, shaping its fan engagement and using its advanced community development strategy to widen and diversify the fanbase.
The strategy, which has included consultation with the Football Supporters’ Association, incorporates:
An Advisory Board, to include elected supporters and other key independent stakeholders
Fan Advocate Role (formerly known as Fan Adviser), representing fans on day-to-day operational matters
Bi-annual online Fan Meetings with Charlton Athletic Directors, allowing every fan the opportunity to put their questions direct to the club's decision-makers
Bi-annual Supporter Forum meetings to give fan representatives the opportunity to feedback on operational opportunities for improvement and development - next event Thursday, November 14th at The Valley led by the Fan Advocates
Working groups to be set up, with club and supporter representatives to drive forward key projects e.g. the recently established Club Shop Merchandise Working Group
Supporters can continue to liaise with the club on day-to-day matters through Charlton’s Supporter Liaison Officer Lisa Squires or by emailing fans@cafc.co.uk
Supporters can continue to liaise with the club on day-to-day matters through Charlton’s Supporter Liaison Officer Lisa Squires or by emailing fans@cafc.co.uk
Does that mean that the Bi-annual Supporter Forum meetings are instead of the Fans Forum. And led by the Fan Advocates - does that mean instead of the likes of Methven and Rodwell? Seems like a backward step (if so).
Does that mean that the Bi-annual Supporter Forum meetings are instead of the Fans Forum. And led by the Fan Advocates - does that mean instead of the likes of Methven and Rodwell? Seems like a backward step (if so).
Does that mean that the Bi-annual Supporter Forum meetings are instead of the Fans Forum. And led by the Fan Advocates - does that mean instead of the likes of Methven and Rodwell? Seems like a backward step (if so).
Utter tosh & complete waste of money if you ask me.
I was one of the first members of the Fans' Forum & apart from sitting opposite "Our Kat" at every meeting, it was a decent enough vehicle for communication between supporters & our club.
How convoluted does it need to be ? And surely this cunning plan hasn't cost an arm & a leg to develop !
Why the heck does any "excess money" get spent on reinventing the wheel when catering for "average" fans at The Valley is so dire, Crossbars ( I refuse to use its latest monniker! ) is an inadequate venue for the number of fans seeking to use it on a matchday ( especially now loads of tables & chairs have been removed ! Know your clientele ....the majority need to sit down !) and hence, in general, facilities for the masses leave much to be desired.
It doesn't take numerous communication strains to find out what the life blood of our football club wants !
Success on the pitch will inevitably be followed by more punters attending matches & buying food & drink ...as long as they can be accommodated in the area provided & the product is decent.
For a long time there’s not been any real strategic discussions between the fans and the club, many years really. Whether this deals with that only time will tell.
These sorts of things are always going to have silly names and “mission statements”. The only real metric of success is whether it improves communication between club and fans, that’s something that’s really been missing for many years. Let’s give it a shot, and if it doesn’t work then slag it off.
These sorts of things are always going to have silly names and “mission statements”. The only real metric of success is whether it improves communication between club and fans, that’s something that’s really been missing for many years. Let’s give it a shot, and if it doesn’t work then slag it off.
I suppose it’s testament to the amount of times people have seen these things before mate. Lots of buzzwords and positive language, leading to not particularly much difference to whatever has been repackaged from before.
This advisory board was announced in January, it’s now October still looks some way off till it’s up and running. Whether it then becomes a tick box or anything meaningful, time will tell.
You’ve also got to factor that about 90% of fans don’t give a stuff about this sort of stuff
These sorts of things are always going to have silly names and “mission statements”. The only real metric of success is whether it improves communication between club and fans, that’s something that’s really been missing for many years. Let’s give it a shot, and if it doesn’t work then slag it off.
we are much more efficient nowadays, and can slag something off rotten within seconds of it being announced, none of that timewasting trying it.
These sorts of things are always going to have silly names and “mission statements”. The only real metric of success is whether it improves communication between club and fans, that’s something that’s really been missing for many years. Let’s give it a shot, and if it doesn’t work then slag it off.
we are much more efficient nowadays, and can slag something off rotten within seconds of it being announced, none of that timewasting trying it.
It looks like the structure is similar to the fans forum structure. Which in itself was obscure and questionable and never seemed to have any kind of regularity or credible conduits for fans.
I think this ‘advisory board’ is going to be as toothless as the fans forum, and is probably being established so the club can declare they’re doing something about fan engagement.
On the other hand the Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust is part of the wider movement in football of supporters trusts, membership does cost £5 which indicates a slight ‘money where your mouth is’ aspect of things, the Trust has a formal constitution, accounts, annual elections and is democratic in structure, we get a weekly newsletter, surveys, and a sense of competent serious people trying to help the club.
I suppose there may be reasons, but I can’t for the life of me understand why the need for the complicated malarkey proposed, and the club probably only needs to interact with the supporters trust on a serious formal basis.
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Charlton Athletic has launched its Advisory Board (CAB) as part of a new framework for the club to engage with its supporters and other stakeholders.
Charlton aspires to become 'the most cohesive and sustainable community-driven club in the UK competing at an elite level'. The club has spent recent months meeting with relevant stakeholders to determine a new fan engagement strategy that will give all supporters - both existing and new - the opportunity to play their part in the club's future and growth.
It will have a key role in protecting the proud heritage of the football club, shaping its fan engagement and using its advanced community development strategy to widen and diversify the fanbase.
The strategy, which has included consultation with the Football Supporters’ Association, incorporates:
- Supporters can continue to liaise with the club on day-to-day matters through Charlton’s Supporter Liaison Officer Lisa Squires or by emailing fans@cafc.co.uk
So who is the Supporters Liason officer ?For supporters' queries, please email the club's Supporter Liaison Officer Emma Stamford on emma.stamford@cafc.co.uk.
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It can mean either but the once every two years is seen by many as incorrect. In this case it means twice a year.
Biannual” means occurring twice in one year, and “biennial” means happening once every two years.
"Club Shop Merchandise Working Group" ??? FFS give me a break.
‘and we won’t stop there, the fans forum is so last year, but an advisory group…’.
you can thank us in the premier league
'the most cohesive and community-driven club in the UK competing at an elite level'.
It means rewenge.
I was one of the first members of the Fans' Forum & apart from sitting opposite "Our Kat" at every meeting, it was a decent enough vehicle for communication between supporters & our club.
How convoluted does it need to be ? And surely this cunning plan hasn't cost an arm & a leg to develop !
Why the heck does any "excess money" get spent on reinventing the wheel when catering for "average" fans at The Valley is so dire, Crossbars ( I refuse to use its latest monniker! ) is an inadequate venue for the number of fans seeking to use it on a matchday ( especially now loads of tables & chairs have been removed ! Know your clientele ....the majority need to sit down !) and hence, in general, facilities for the masses leave much to be desired.
It doesn't take numerous communication strains to find out what the life blood of our football club wants !
Success on the pitch will inevitably be followed by more punters attending matches & buying food & drink ...as long as they can be accommodated in the area provided & the product is decent.
And the result?
A good, maybe even great matchday experience.
Simples.
For a long time there’s not been any real strategic discussions between the fans and the club, many years really. Whether this deals with that only time will tell.
Which in itself was obscure and questionable and never seemed to have any kind of regularity or credible conduits for fans.
I think this ‘advisory board’ is going to be as toothless as the fans forum, and is probably being established so the club can declare they’re doing something about fan engagement.
On the other hand the Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust is part of the wider movement in football of supporters trusts, membership does cost £5 which indicates a slight ‘money where your mouth is’ aspect of things, the Trust has a formal constitution, accounts, annual elections and is democratic in structure, we get a weekly newsletter, surveys, and a sense of competent serious people trying to help the club.
I suppose there may be reasons, but I can’t for the life of me understand why the need for the complicated malarkey proposed, and the club probably only needs to interact with the supporters trust on a serious formal basis.