What Would I do ??

I`m not going to get into why we are where we are as there is enough documented over the last week (and more), but one issue that I see that needs to get resolved now that we are in a precarious position is actually how much will people put together to try and save your club ?

I don`t believe that anyone has actually asked the fan-base how much they would invest in a share issue. We could go into the ins-and-outs of a share issue, but at this moment, in my opinion, it is a donation to help save the club BUT it would be in return for a set number of shares and some sort of control at the club.

I have created the form below to allow you to indicate whether you would be willing to help save DAFC, all along I thought the share issue might give the fans enough of a leverage to get the club to change direction and I still believe that to be the case.

What I want to know is if it comes to the crunch how much would you be willing to invest in a share issue (or whatever name we wish to give) to ensure the survival of your club? The point of this excercise is to determine, perhaps as a last resort, how much money can be raised by individual fans themselves as a group and then to determine if it would be enough to save DAFC. Obviously the people on the Steering Group are the ones to rely on but in my mind money is the key issue at this time.

I don`t want people bickering and fighting about this, if you don`t like it then I really don`t need to know, all I`m interested in is for people that want to save the club to step forward and see if there is anything we can do. I have done this off my own back without prompting by anybody, the idea may well be flawed or not work but its something I think we need to work out.

I have no idea of timescales and financial issues but I really would like to know in 48 hours whether there is anything in my proposal and what questions we need to ask. At that stage I would take my findings and amounts promised and discuss with the steering group (and PST) and take it from there. Are the BOD and TPC still talking, I don`t know.

This is a serious intimation and I do not wish to see flippant or unnecessary suggestions forwarded (as I am sure there will be having noted the amount of abuse directed at myself in particular), people can make up their own mind if this is "Masterton and his followers" or whether its a real proposal to try and kick-start club survival. I have been on holiday recently (planned since Aug 2012) and not been following closely enough events at home due to the time difference. if you don`t think this is a good idea then I`d welcome constructive comments.


The information I am looking for is your Name, Address, Amount of shares you would have purchased as well as any comments you may have. This information is stored in a local database and will only be used to determine the viability of moving forward, I will be in touch again if there is any progress with this plan. At this point in time I do not know if the PST or any other group have any contingency plans.

Ii am currently 8 hours ahead of UK time and I guess could do with this being reviewed by people with better communication skills, but I will update as I get any feedback.

p.s. loads of questions coming in and all very good and relevant. Thanks to all who have sumitted and commented, no matter how big or small you are doing your bit to save the club !

p.p.s. I see there seems to be some concrete activity happening over the weekend. This seems like good news and it also appears it will provide more financial information in the short term, something you all want to see (and so do I!). You are all wanting to ensure there is some form of plan, well I believe the information and details you have supplied will help the ongoing situation. I will not be collecting money (I did not intend to just in case there is any confusion) but when the time comes I will ensure that the intent you guys have provided will go to the right people. Even if you are dithering there is nothing to stop you submitting details and adding your proviso in the comments field. Thank You.

Update Sat 23rd march 2013. Thankjs everybody for subitting details. I think we all are waiting to see th eoutcome before proceeding, so that we have something concrete to go on. Personally, I don`t have any information on how things will pan out but I do hope something can be done, even at this last hour.

The form is down the page a bit, please fill in as soon as you can. (please don`t put the £ sign in, thanks)