Minutes of Meeting with Martyn Starnes 28/01/16
1. The Chair informed Mr. Starnes that the decision by Plymouth City Council on the AFT’s application for Asset of Community Status was due in the next few days. The CEO confirmed that PAFC had heard nothing official from PCC as yet.
2. The Chair told the CEO that a motion had been passed at the AFT’s recent AGM asking the Club to review it’s policy of charging an additional £2 for entrance on match days.
3. The CEO and Chair discussed the problems aired by fans with reference to purchasing tickets over the phone. Martyn explained that the club were currently looking at why some calls appear to leapfrog those already queuing, while at the same time looking to reduce the number of people who can be held in a queue at any one time.
4. With reference to both issues 2. and 3. the CEO stressed that every pound was still crucial to the Club. Not only were they still paying off historic debt, but also PAFC received little more than £11 income on average for each ticket sold.
5. The chair asked the CEO if a date could be fixed for the second open fans’ forum of the season and Martyn agreed to take this to the next PAFC Board meeting.
6. When asked about progress towards the erection of a replacement Far Post Club, Martyn explained that PAFC were in the process of submitting an application for planning permission to PCC.
1. The Chair informed Mr. Starnes that the decision by Plymouth City Council on the AFT’s application for Asset of Community Status was due in the next few days. The CEO confirmed that PAFC had heard nothing official from PCC as yet.
2. The Chair told the CEO that a motion had been passed at the AFT’s recent AGM asking the Club to review it’s policy of charging an additional £2 for entrance on match days.
3. The CEO and Chair discussed the problems aired by fans with reference to purchasing tickets over the phone. Martyn explained that the club were currently looking at why some calls appear to leapfrog those already queuing, while at the same time looking to reduce the number of people who can be held in a queue at any one time.
4. With reference to both issues 2. and 3. the CEO stressed that every pound was still crucial to the Club. Not only were they still paying off historic debt, but also PAFC received little more than £11 income on average for each ticket sold.
5. The chair asked the CEO if a date could be fixed for the second open fans’ forum of the season and Martyn agreed to take this to the next PAFC Board meeting.
6. When asked about progress towards the erection of a replacement Far Post Club, Martyn explained that PAFC were in the process of submitting an application for planning permission to PCC.