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Message From The Chairman
The Chairman's statement concerning the forum on the official website.
Having logged on to the Fans' Forum this afternoon I was shocked and appalled at a certain entry by Tony28. As it has been pointed out we are working really hard to get this club turned around and it doesn't help when people like him, and yes I am singling you out Tony28, post offensive topic's on this site.I have taken the decision to suspend the Forum for a period of time so that we can review it and decide if we really need it or to bring it back in a new format having more control over who uses it.
And before you start shouting about your rights as supporters and the rights to post topic's about the club, let me remind you that we provide the Forum to discuss our club, but also with consideration to people who might wander on to it.
For you so called "supporters" of this club who time after time try your very best to diminish this club by posting what can only be called mindless drivel, let me remind you about what we are trying to do here and why.
We are trying hard to get this club back on the straight and narrow and repair bridges that have been destroyed over the last 5 years! Why should I and my fellow Directors go out there and try to sell this club as a community club and sit in a meeting with potential sponsor only to find that when we logged on earlier today a topic that was posted was totally out of line!
I am sitting here, still angry, and having discussed this with a few of my fellow Directors we have enough to be going on with and we just do not need this, we are looking for support and patience not to kick us when we are down.
I really enjoy the Forum and I always welcome feedback good or bad but please don't abuse this facility, just think about what you say before you post it and help us promote this club as a club that is a welcoming club.
If anybody wants to discuss this with me I will be at the game tomorrow and on Monday so please come up and have a chat, preferably using your true name.
I will be meeting with those who run the website along with my fellow directors over the next few days and will then make a decision sometime next week as to how we take the Forum forward.
Mark Harrison
Chairman
