Update to One Group to Lead them all.

A post where i develop some further ideas from the original post....

Please read original post first, you can find t here: One group post

I have had a few questions from a couple of different Fans who are members of existing groups and some of no group from different Clubs about this.

So please be aware this is not directed at any particular group or any particular Club.

Much though we like to think "our" Club is different from all the rest in my experience the reality is the only real difference between one Club and another revolves around scale.

It is difficult sometimes to see through any agenda that someone might ask you a question with, so i will try and avoid any judgement of anyone or any group so if you feel judged or that I am judging it is not my intention.

At the end of the day Fans love their Clubs and anyone who puts in time as a volunteer to coordinate a sensible Group be it a Supporters Bus, an overseas Supporters Club a Supporters Trust, or any other of the myriad types of group we create around our Clubs should be applauded.

It can be a truly thankless task, and those that have stuck at it should all get medals IMHO.

However that is not to say that the good reason why something was set up cannot over time drift and become factious and difficult and even alienating or divisive to other Fans who are members of no groups or Fans who are members of other groups.

Please note most Fans are members of no Group at all other than just being Fans of the team they support, this is important because we often end up forgetting just what a minority of Fans it is that are group members, or regular users of Fans Forums and Social media. the bulk of all of the supporters in Scottish Football are a very silent majority

(N.B I use the term member from the point of view of the person concerned. The reality is most Groups of Fans cannot actually use the term in its Legal meaning as they have no Memorandums and Articles of Association that define the term membership. But frankly if someone thinks of themselves as a member of a group be it a bus or an Internet forum or a Fan based Sunday Football team then that is good enough for me in this article)

So with all that said can I suggest some fundamental questions, to draw us to a conclusion.

Do you care about Fanownership of your Club?

Do you agree that Fanownership is much more easily if as many people as possible participate?

Do you therefore agree that any impediment that would stop people participating (rightly or wrongly) in the greater interests of achieving Fanwonerhsip should be removed?

Do you agree that in the interests of your Club should be paramount rather than the interest of individuals or groups?

Do you have any Fans Groups who again rightly or wrongly create division within your fan base?

Frankly if you answer Yes to the above then i refer you back to the previous blog entry noted at the start of this post and suggest that for Fanownership to truly stand the best chance and engage equally with as many people as possible then the best chance of doing this is the creating of a Single issue new group to make it happen.

I will write another post on the technicalities of doing this so that all are treated as equally as possible.

So to summarize give folk no reason not to participate other than that they don't believe that the Fans Controlling the Governance of the Club are best placed to ensure its future.

If they don't believe in themselves then at least you do.

@rchrdtknsn