Thanks for this and thanks to SMISA for sharing.
I would expect by now that TJF members and fans alike no longer have pipe dreams about picking the starting XI, identifying transfer targets, etc. I would expect 3BC to realize this as well. Question for our TJF leaders - do you think there’s at least THAT much shared understanding between us and 3BC? Do they understand we don’t intend to make these kinds of decisions? Or do they think we are, like, angry villagers with pitchforks coming to tear this apart?
Reading through it, I think St. Mirren’s version of “fan-owned but not fan-run” seems a reasonable model for Thistle. Maybe a few changes, such as number of appointees and such, should be tweaked for our specific situation but I like the framework. I thought the “catering to OF traveling support” (my words, not yours) bit was a very relevant example of the kind of collaboration that would be good for our version of this model.
I’d be interested in learning more about how they “phased in” this model - certainly it wasn’t a flip of a switch with an immediate, total, director regime change.
Thanks again for all your efforts. Appreciate the communication.