Can we have a thread for people interested in starting up HISA (or a similar organisation under a different name) please? Leave your mark if you want to be involved in some way and only if you are serious about commiting some time and effort.

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I'm in.

dont know what it is???

1k posts up!

I need to know some info on it 1st

Dont know how much time I can give - but will do what I can

I am in.

But ........................

HISA is dead in the water

it needs to be a new start

I'd be intrested , don't know what we could achieve (don't think club would talk to us) but well worth a try to get the supporters view across.

Can someone (with a bit more experience than me

) just give a brief overview of what the organisation would be about and what sort of commitment people would be required to give in order to be involved?

i second that motion mr spok lol...i wanna know what it is

You need a constitution, writtten rules and a regular say monthly meeting at first for the committee, more as and when. There are people involved with this site who could offer the new ISA a helping hand with advice.


At least one AGM, I would say you would need a few more during the year as well to keep fans informed. Some sort of xmas bash to bring into it the social side, where RU is good is it has a massive social side lacking in RL.

A steering commitee is needed to sort most of this out and put it to an open meeting of all those interested.

Raising interest in the whole effort is not going to be easy, but not impossible given the local media.

A lot of the background paperwork already exists although it may need tweaking slightly, accounts set up etc, getting the basics running again shouldnt be to hard. Creating and sustaining membership I suspect, from past experience, will be.

mainly as Ian said above.

The only 'basic commitment' was to attend a monthly committe meeting, a lot of other stuff can be done over the phone/email etc

Apart from that it it down to how much time people want to put in and what they want they organisation to achieve.

is it just to air peoples views?

Would they want to do other things like fans forums, arrange fund raising events, coach trips, Non rugby trips, fun days, race nights, attend club dinners.


If there does seem the interest then i can call an AGM / Open Meeting at Charleston or wherever ?? (anyone can attend), with a favoured date of Thursday 9th July - to give us time to publicise it

I'd suggest getting the meeting set and hammering out what people want then, and take things from there.

That sounds like a plan

Is it worth contacting the club first to see if they would recognise a NEW independant fans group? Or is it a case of building a membership in order to put pressure on the club to recognise us?

Bingo!!

I'd join, but I couldn't really do much. I'm 16, so I can't drive, and therefore I wouldn't be able to get to the meetings, which kinda stumps me.

No ............................

we need to be independant, its upto them to recognise the group and that will only come time.

I would not want the club involved in setting it up in anyway.

9th July is OK for me as I am off then



Publicising needs co ordinating, the media could be helpful and the clubs bi weekly KCFM slot could be used to advertise without too much bother.

I would be intrested and help in anyway i can.I have more time on my hands at the moment than i can handle.

Oh I wasn't suggesting that, it was more a question of if they would entertain the possiblity of at least recognising an Independant supporters group. Without any sort of dialogue from the club I would imagine it will be very difficult to not only start the group but to maintain an interest in it.

you never heard of a Bus

I can just picture Rule choking as he reads out the email

I suppose i could send an official letter in via FC voices

I can propose that it goes on the agenda for the 27th June meeting if thats ok with everyone and Robbo?