Ive decided to end my involvement with the Fans Forum. Trust me when I say that the remaining members are a genuine bunch of people who are not sycophants as some people have suggested so unfairly. A lot of hard work is put into promoting the club and in my opinion goes unoticed and by some quarters within the club completely unrespected. Its clear that parts of the club are opposed to the Forum, and to be honest Im completely fed up with banging my head against a wall. Its been a difficult period in the life of Charlton Athletic and perhaps the timing of the inception of the group wasnt perfect. Id like to end by saying Ive enjoyed working with a great bunch of fans and the much maligned Steve Waggott and would like to wish them all the best in the future.
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I would have thought before I read that, that it would have been a dream thing to do. I am saddened by the route the Fans Forum has taken if I'm honest, if the club had let i be it could have been such a great thing to add to the football world.
I don't blame the individuals themselves as have no doubt they have worked hard but have possibly found it a bigger challenge than it first appeared - for a variety of reasons.
I'd never put myself up for something like that as would never have the time - or patience - to make a real go of it, so would never knock anyone who does. However, anyone who steps in now must do so for the right reasons and with fully open eyes if this isn't just going to fall away completely.
Good luck Tel, and thanks for trying.
I was very grateful for the efforts you put in on my behalf re the aborted "takeover meeting" when I had heard nothing from the Club.
In my opinion we should all be worrying when a dedicated bloke like you decides to jack it in.
real shame CAFC tel is a great man and a loyal fan your loss i am afraid
in the words on NSSJR
Proper Charlton
Just a thought.
We have lost a top, top guy who has a great knack of seeing the bigger picture and communicating in clear terms.
Maybe one lesson that can be learned from this sorry state of affairs is that fans' representatives, whether they be part of a Fans' Forum, a Supporters' Trust or whatever, need to realise that they must be able to deal with frustration, lack of urgency and downright intolerance - and use these negatives to trigger even greater commitment and positive effect if their efforts are to prove ultimately useful.
A timely lesson from a marvellous Charlton fan ahead of the Supporters' Trust meeting on Tuesday - sincere thanks for everything, Tel.
Hope that another overseas addick can be found to replace you.
When things start to go tits up then it's groups like the FF that tend to be 'in the way' as it were...
I'm sure that once we start to get things sorted at the top level organisations like the FF will once again be a welcome part of the agenda...
You've obviously got something to offer to the Addicks somewhere along the line, let's see what the future brings.
I doubt it. When the FF was announced as happening Steve Waggott stated that any one interested in joining should apply and all candidates were to apply and an election would be held. Once the applications were in the club announced there would be no election and all 6 who applied would be the forum.
Subsequently 2 members have left (prior to Tel) and the FF decided who the replacements were from new applicants.
We had our disagreements, but always with the clubs best interests at heart.