There may have been confidential matters discussed but I hope this is not the case. A bulletin containing salient points should be possible and would be appreciated.

Not particularly great that the Club wants to involve the fans and keep them in the loop, but then has a Starchamber of select fans who've told the rest of us nothing. There needs to be some kind of minutes provided online so that all fans can see and then make suggestions to the twelve disciples. Who hopefully would then put other fans points forward. At the moment, it's the twelve fans own ideas and opinions being expressed and we know nothing of the validity of them, or if they are representative.

All I've seen so far, is people patting themselves on the back on Twitter.

I think having minutes would be a great idea for all the fans, i know someone who is on the board of members i will put this forward Butcher!

If there are no structures in place for fans to feed ideas in to the Board Members, or the Board Members to feed back to the fan base what has happened at the Board Meetings, then it can't possibly be a representative fans Board. Perhaps a List of Board Members would be useful as a starting point.

Perhaps a statement of just what the aims of the board are would be a good starting point?

Chairmen always had YES men on their board

If you all know hitman handle then message him..

I don't.

Besides, the point was, to have a 'ways and means' of interacting with the Club via the fans reps. Nobody even knows who they all are. Let alone having something in place so that we can see what is up for discussion and make any valid points.

If any of the twelve are reading this, you might want to start by starting a Twitter account just for discussions between other fans and those selected. You also might want to get whoever does(n't) update the the main website with 'An Introduction to the fans reps' with links to the Twitter account I mentioned and/or an email address for people to send in ideas. You might want to get them to set-up a registration where people can register their email addresses to get updates and goings-on with regards to upcoming and previous meetings. I'm sure the Club could just let you use the current emailing list and do a blanket email to all registered Salford fans to keep them in the loop.

There's a start for you...

Butcher why are you not on the board!
P's I know Hitman so this message will be put forward.

Someone sent me a screen grab of a picture taken from anti social media and I have to admit I didn't really recognise anyone, would have thought Shirley was a cert along with KOTS and maybe one or two others. There lies the potential flaw in asking people to send in one paragraph, if you have the best idea but can't condense it properly then your idea is wasted.

If there is anyone from here who has been selected then maybe a good idea would be too say you are and then invite (I know the amount or cack you'll get amongst the real ideas) messages either too a sticky on here or via PM.

Give us a chance it was first meeting and an introduction for me too a new venture , I'm as surprised as any for being picked and I know not everyone will no who I am but you will of seen me at home and away games, and I'm not a yes woman......and it will be 15 members in total and I'm sure all names will be available...oh yes and there are Gingers at rugby...that's a clue to my identity.

A woman and ginger

GT has two profiles shocker

i use the same twitter name as this forum, if mr butcher or mr michigan want to message me with any issue
thats not a problem. also will be outside the fans bar sunday as normal, why not ask me then?

Do you have a name badge on with Skudlooking on it?

Makes it a tad tricky, can you imagine excuse me Ma'am are you Skudlooking? slap

lol thought you may have looked at my twitter pic,
should i turn up sunday with a rose an a copy of the times??? lol

Twitter! - vile and the beginning of the end of Western Civilisation - Antisocial media.

A Triffid and a copy of the Beano might be more appropriate.

I rarely post here, so a lot of you might not know me, and I've not made a song and dance about being selected to sit on the fans advisory panel.

However, in the spirit of transparency, here goes......

My name is Rob and I work in education in Leeds. Prior to this I was a sports journalist and still have work published sporadically as a freelance writer. I've also been involved with establishing and running three community rugby league clubs. I applied for the advisory panel as I thought I might be able to provide some insight based on the three areas listed above.

I'm happy to act as a conduit for feedback for other fans and am happy to communicate via PM or email. Alternatively, feel free to collar me in the fans bar.

Cheers

Rob

the Posters who ran the fanzine frequent and created forum are regarded as elitist ' the Turkey lot ' .

the Fans who set up Forever Reds , an independent supporters friendly society, has always been on hand for fans advice but for some reason has always been looked on by some with suspicion.

Now we have Marwan's 12 Disciples , again suspicion looms ,

All without question have the best interests of the club at heart , and all do their bit in various ways to promote the club but nobody trusts 'em.

funny lot us Salford fans ...

Hence the reason I'd planned to keep quiet about my involvement rather than treating it as a 'badge of honour.' However, given some of the comments regarding lack of clarity on here and elsewhere I thought it best to identify myself.

There's a good chat about what the group did on the latest Devil in the Detail podcast. With one of the members who is a podcast regular and with Martin Vickers.

The guy from DitD said he'd happily raise issues if people email them and MV said they don't want to create a big bureaucracy but they're looking to refresh the members every year or so and at ways to increase fans access to them and more generally about taking fans views into account more. So I'd suggest patience, it's early days yet

And thanks for the offer wayward fan

Well at the moment it looks like a Secret Society Feedback to the rest of the fans non existent. The M Koukash Klan (theres a new one for Bingo).

I know for a fact that Shirley - quite wrongly imo - was not selected and neither I believe was KOTS. MK sent me a mail to apply which I then did. You know what - I sent Vickers 3 mails yet still not one reply. Apart from being damned rude its just plain ignorant isnt it?

The meeting was a chance for the fans board to meet each other there is no secret or hiding anything involved, as i said on the ditd podcast and posted on here if anyone wants to forward issues i am happy to look at them.

Regarding the choice of members WE as a group did not make the choice we simply emailed like everyone else.

Again if anyone wants to speak to me or know who i am drop me a dm, i will be outside the fans bar before the game sunday!

Shirley not being selected (I assume she applied) is a real shocker, if anyone knows any fan more Red Devils through and through than Shirley I'd be surprised. The fact that she took Theo into her family home when he first moved over here shows that perfectly.

I got a well worded perfectly nice email when I wasn't selected and I harbour no grudges at not being selected, I assume that my fellow fans want what I would do - the best for the team going forward.