The summer is over and the season begins on Sunday.
Monthly Branch Meeting
The last meeting was the AGM (write up soon- less heavily redacted speech from Mr Rowson) and as we will be coming back from Bristol on Sunday, the next monthly branch meeting will be Sunday 11th August, 8pm, the Londesborough Club, Bower Road, Harrogate. Anyone who hasn’t paid their subs and isn’t coming to Bristol can bring their pennies and completed forms along with them on the night please. Please try to attend your branch meeting, as it is the best way to book on for away games and keep up to date with what’s going on.
Memberships
The Membership Secretary is alive and kicking, and currently heavily burdened with processing the renewal forms. He thanks everyone who has included a stamped addressed envelope for the returns. Most of you will receive your membership cards and free (branch has paid for them) Leeds United Supporters Club centenary wallet in the post in the next few days. Anyone who hasn’t yet received a renewal form will be able to fill one in on the bus on Sunday otherwise please get in touch , usual channels.
Away Games
As usual we will order tickets for away games for people who cannot order their own on ticket sale day and have a valid Leeds United customer number. We CANNOT guarantee that we will get all the tickets required, as it is wholly dictated by Leeds United’s selling arrangements and the reliability of T’internet connection. The only way to ensure you get a ticket is to order your own. If anyone wants any home tickets ordering, please can you get in touch as soon as, as again, if the team are doing well, home tickets will be in short supply.
The departure details have been posted on facebook for Bristol.
Salford have only given us 1400 or so tickets, so after deducting the ASTs, it only leaves a paltry amount for us plebs. Alternative transport arrangements will have to decide after the appropriate discussions have taken place with any other interested parties.
A.O.B.
Social Media
The public facebook page was changed by facebook for whatever reason they did. We will try to change the name back to Harrogate Whites if they let us. Not completely sure what went on but either way, they have done it. The website continues to be put on the backburner behind facebook but at some point the pictures from the BBQ and preseason will be posted. All departure details will be posted on the CLOSED facebook group only, and you need to have filled in your membership form in order to be in that closed group.
Centenary Goods
We will be selling the bags, wristbands,glasses, car stickers etc. in earnest from now on. All in aid of our sponsorship of Ryan (see below) and the now obligatory end of season BBQ. We don’t have paypal, but you can request stuff to be brought to the monthly branch meetings or on the bus,
Ryan’s Sponsorship
It was agreed at the AGM that we go for the silver sponsorship package for Ryan this season, plus if we went for the Gold package our former secretary would have probably imploded. It would have got very messy. Hopefully we will get our official certificate in the post this year. This package includes invitational places at a training session at Thorp Arch and hospitality tickets to a home game (date/time etc. to be confirmed by the Club) as well as a shirt. We will look to raffle these off to raise funds for our (hopefully) future continued sponsorship of Ryan as he makes his mark on the first team this season. Any help with these raffles and any other fundraising activity is most welcome. I probably don’t need to remind you that the branch is a not for profit organisation, but like Leeds United we need to make ends meet and our outgoings must be balanced by other forms of income.
Lastly, anyone who can help out on the website (uses wordpress), please get in contact. The website is viewed more often than we think and it is a worthwhile opportunity to publicise the branch and the LUSC as a whole.
