I agree HCST did not exist.
The Trust want to join their world. Its why they are on the FWG and support legislation giving them a place on the Board.
If we don't get promoted we could lose another 8,000 supporters because of the membership scheme. Supporters we are unlikely to get back. Once that dawned on the club they backtracked. They are looking to square the circle and I suspect they are finding it difficult which is why OLM says a new announcement isn't imminent.
The club has to weigh up the costs of keeping the upper west open against the likely attendances, the amount they are losing through ticket fraud against the costs of effectively policing it against having a fixed rate. This against a background of paying for a premier league team in the championship with another £5 million cut from the parachute payments.
I expect the Trust to be offering to talk to the club about finding a solution. I would expect the Trust to do that after talking to those affected and not just its members. It is in the interest of Hull City to find a solution as soon as possible, the Trust could help achieve that. That's what I would expect a supporters' representative of the Board to do.
If Ehab isn't interested then there's not a lot the Trust can do apart from oppose the changes. But it would have tried and that would be enough for me.
In the meantime it would have recruited many more members by talking to them and trying to get a solution that they can live with.
At least we have that settled, there was no HCST.
Are you sure they want to join their world? I thought they wanted to get the best for their members and the wider supporting community and that, from experience, means not joining their world. That does not preclude them from taking up a limited board position, if ever one were offered and it certainly wouldn't prevent them attending the FWG - although my thoughts on that are known.
The membership scheme is to be announced, until it is no one knows jack. I don't know where you get 8,000 lost supporters from, or how you blame any losses purely on any new membership scheme. Are these the type of details you would expect to be discussed at some strange preemptive meeting? No new announcement is forthcoming, although one source, or another, has been predicting one for a while now, so it is difficult to judge major meetings and initiatives on this basis.
The pros and cons of the scheme have been discussed to death and not relevant to our discussion.
It is my understanding, from comment on here and elsewhere, that we will lose those players anyway, so what big payroll?
I believe the Trust has offered to talk to the club, on numerous occasions - I'm sure they will clear that one up; perhaps it might be more reasonable of you to expect the club to respond.
How on earth do you know they would have recruited many more members by talking to them? You are making stuff up to support your criticism and to try and put some nice romantic solution in place - the Allams do not talk to anyone, that is and always has been the problem. You seem to have learned very little from the duration of their ownership, their statements, interviews, actions, lies and manipulation.