WHUST Meeting - 15th May

WHUST General Meeting

The WHUST board is delighted to invite you to our first ordinary general meeting. The event will be held via Zoom on Monday 15 May at 6.30 and will last one hour.

No motions have been proposed by the board or members so this meeting is open to supporters and potential members. Please pass on this invitation to as many of your fellow Hammers fans as you can.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Agenda

1. Welcome

2. Introductions

3. The White Paper: A sustainable future - reforming club football governance. Ashley Brown, head of supporter engagement and governance at the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) will provide an update, followed by a Q&A.

4. Fan engagement at West Ham United: The WHUST board will provide an update, followed by a Q&A.

5. Intrepid Irons: An introduction to the new women’s supporters’ group for West Ham fans. Check them out on Twitter and Instagram.

6. Focus of the trust for next season: Members are invited to tell the board the issues you would like us to focus on for the coming season.

Questions for the FSA

The WHUST board has sent the following questions to Ashley Brown at the FSA. However, if you have additional questions you would like us to put to him before the meeting, please let us have them by email to info@whust.org. There will still be opportunities to ask questions on the night.

1. When do you think the Independent Regulator for English Football (IREF) will go live?
                     - timetable for legislation?
                     - would an election stop progress?

2. What do you see as the main benefits for fans from IREF?
                     - when and how will they see these improvements?

3. What is the FSA doing to progress and promote IREF?
                     - what are key risks?
                     - what are the main issues FSA are still fighting for?
                     - how can trusts help?

4. Can you tell us about ideas for a Shadow Regulator
                     - how is the FSA involved?
                     - how can trust’s get involved?
                     - any insight into when a Shadow Regulator might be stood-up?

5. What is FSA’s sense of views about IREF
                     - of Premier League?
                     - of individual Premier League Clubs?

6. Our club is particularly unengaging. Currently there is very little WHUST can do about this. Any views on what should be "red lines” for engagement? Any views on how IREF will make a difference? How might differences of opinion be escalated and resolved
                     - via FSA?
                     - via IREF?

Attending the general meeting

All those wishing to attend the general meeting will need to register first. It should take no more than 30 seconds. You will then receive a confirmation email.

Register here

This is an open meeting and all Hammers fans are invited. Please spread the word.

You can read more about WHUST and the work we do on behalf of fans on OUR WORK pages

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