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                <p align="center" class="boldtext style1"><strong>Minutes of the Bairns Trust Meeting<BR>
17th September 2007  at Falkirk Stadium</strong></p>
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              <p align="justify"><strong>Present:</strong> (17). S Jackson, B Guthrie, P Jack, J Gardiner, M McIntyre, L Wilson, S Wilson, B Anderson, M Paterson.J Dick, J  Jamieson, R Paterson, T Smith, I Sneddon, G Williamson, + 2 others.</p>
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                <p><strong>1) Chairperson's opening remarks.</strong></p>
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              <p align="justify">Meeting was  hosted by Chairperson S Jackson.<br>
                Minutes were  taken by Treasurer P Jack following the resignation of Secretary.</p>
              <p>Copies of the  agenda were available. </p>
              <p>Chairman welcomed  all to the meeting.</p>
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                <p><strong>2) Apologies.</strong> - T Paterson, R Stirling, Jnr.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
                <p><strong>3) Minutes of previous meeting.</strong> <strong></strong></p>
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              <p align="justify">Following the  formal resignation last month of Secretary, Minutes presented for approval of  last two meetings. Copies were available.<br>
                Mon 18/06/07 &ndash;  Proposed by B Guthrie. Seconded by M McIntyre.<br>
                Mon 20/08/07 &ndash;  Proposed by M McIntyre. Seconded by J Gardiner.</p>
              <p>Boardroom  Experience:</p>
              <p align="justify">Winner and  reserves unable to attend for Sat 22/09/07 v Motherwell so supplementary draw  made from meeting attendees. 4 entrants:<br>
                G Williamson, J  Dick, R Paterson, + 1 other. Winner J Dick. </p>
              <p align="justify"><strong>4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Secretary's Report.</strong> - Covered by Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer in absence of a Secretary.</p>
              <p align="justify">Vacancy to be  advertised in this week's Falkirk Herald seeking a Secretary.<br>
                Latest  Supporter's Direct magazine received and made available to attendees for  perusal.<br>
                Supporter's  Direct letter received offering upto &pound;1,000 50:50 matched grant aid funding.<br>
                Supporter's  Direct balance of circa &pound;156 outstanding for BairnsTrust initial setup costs  usage, e.g. mail outs, postal ballots, hire of meeting room, etc. Treasurer to  determine whether any old invoices meet criteria by 30/11/07 claim deadline.<br>
                18th  Annual Review of Football Accounts received and made available.<br>
                Treasurer  confirmed &pound;50 Supporter's Direct annual subscription and membership form  posted.<br>
                Supporter's  Direct insurance scheme literature received. Benefits include &ndash; coverage for  fundraising events, public liability insurance, interest free direct debit  premium, Trust Executive Board liability insurance, coverage for Executive  Board, etc.<br>
                Supporter's  Direct national annual conference on Fri 19/10/07 at the GMEX Centre, Manchester. BairnsTrust have  been represented at the National before. Supporter's Direct have asked for  BairnsTrust to send reps as are the model Trust. Circa &pound;30 return rail fair to  be met by Trust for attendees.<br>
                Copy of Dee4Life  Trust August paper newsletter obtained and made available.<br>
                Letter from  George Foulkes MSP at Scottish Parliament re Fair Trade foods at football  grounds received and made available.</p>
              <p><strong>5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Treasurer's Report.</strong> </p>
              <p><strong>Income:</strong></p>
              <p align="justify">3  Corporate Members &ndash; JH Kilt Hire, BRS   Building and Renovation  Services, Beijing Villa Chinese Restaurant.<br>
                19  Adult Members.<br>
                2 u-16  concessions.</p>
              <p>Totals:<br>
                45 new Members.<br>
                80  renewed Members.<br>
                12  u-16 concessions.<br>
                3  Corporate Members.<br>
                12  Sharesave Members, generating &pound;154 per month.<br>
                Contingency  Fund at &pound;496.82, following &pound;250/200 shares bought by BairnsTrust in Falkirk FC.<br>
                DVDs sold x 1.<br>
                Video sold x 1.<br>
                Programmes  from stall and eBay &pound;37.33 inc. &pound;8.50 held with PayPal.<br>
                Photos  sold of various sizes x 3. One photo invoice cheque now cashed for &pound;17.00.<br>
  <br>
  <strong>Expenditure:</strong></p>
              <p align="justify">&pound;58.75  re 200 membership card laminated pouches.<br>
                Sharesave  claim made in the period for &pound;250. Refund for overpayment at &pound;26.00<br>
                Supporter&rsquo;s  Direct Scottish Annual Conference cheque finally cashed at &pound;25.00.<br>
  &pound;7.50  paid from &pound;100.00 float to FPA for Trust membership form mail outs. <br>
  &pound;100.00  fee paid to Chairman tonight for handing to 3rd Auditor.</p>
              <p align="justify">&pound;250.00/200  shares bought by BairnsTrust in Falkirk FC outstanding cheque to be cashed.<br>
  &pound;75.00  website server hosting for 2 years outstanding cheque to be cashed.<br>
  &pound;50.00  Supporter's Direct annual  subscription outstanding cheque to be cashed.</p>
              <p>&pound;4,855.61  balance at present, meets long-term liabilities with circa &pound;2,000.00 spare.</p>
              <p align="justify">57  emails have been sent&nbsp;over past month amongst Members and Committee.  Highlights:<br>
                -  Supporters Direct Annual Membership Form completed. Attachments to follow.<br>
                - 300+  Dundee programmes obtained. Further liaison  with Dee4Life Trust and UlsterDees for resale.<br>
                - Compiled  with IT Team website postings, new compliments slips and Champions League  Fantasy Football Competition.<br>
                -  Contacting of Boardroom Experience winners to notify of prize and arrangements.</p>
              <p align="justify">Newsletter  #40 sent out to Members via IT team. <br>
                Treasurer compiled August Monthly Meeting Minutes.<br>
                2 x  eBay adverts posted, invoiced, receipts received and despatched by Treasurer.<br>
                Annual  Audit paper files returned and &ldquo;signed off&rdquo; by 3rd Auditor.<br>
  &pound;47  invoice received from Vice-Chairman re 200 laminated pouches. To be paid. Since  done.<br>
                Details  of 2 potential Corporate Sponsors received. Membership Secretary to progress  contact<br>
                Vice-Chairman  named 4 potential Corporate Sponsors and Chairman  named 2 possible. </p>
              <p align="justify">Question from the  floor re programmes. Programmes or sale at stall are not from hospitality as  has been suggested. Chairman intimated the grateful acknowledgement of  programme donations from private collections of Jack Gardiner, Peter Mosson,  Campbell Christie, Martin Ritchie, Douglas Paterson, A Totten and periodically  from stewards, BairnsTrust Members and Committee.<br>
                Rare Alloa Ath  programmes obtained. Were by donation and only to home support. Trust secured  35 for &pound;5. 8 copies sold to Falkirk supporters  on the night. Were 2 versions.<br>
                No France v Scotland programmes obtained! See  eBay!</p>
              <p><strong>6) Board Report.</strong></p>
              <ol>
                <li><strong>Manager&rsquo;s  report</strong> &ndash;</li>
              </ol>
              <p align="justify">Disappointed not  getting results.<br>
                D Robertson back  from injury end of October.<br>
                G Barratt only  80% fit and still improving.<br>
                G Aafjes was  injured when arrived at club. Now ok.<br>
                BairnsTrust  Chairman view is that manager doing fantastic job and going right way.</p>
              <ol>
                <li><strong>Financial  report &ndash; </strong>Another 1st  class report from D Webster.</li>
                <li><strong>South  stand report &ndash;</strong> Commencement March.</li>
                <li><strong>Managing  Director&rsquo;s report &ndash;</strong> </li>
              </ol>
              <p>Lotto kit not  arriving quickly enough. Kilmarnock has no  away kits on sale at all.<br>
                Health &amp;  Safety Executive report received. All ok.<br>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e)&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Remuneration Committee report &ndash;</strong><br>
                Staff wages  discussed.<br>
                Manager&rsquo;s  contract discussed. Now extended.</p>
              <ol>
                <li><strong>BairnsTrust 2nd Representative discussion  &ndash;</strong></li>
              </ol>
              <p align="justify">Trust Chairman  disappointed with certain individuals on the Board re the matter. Individuals  were directly asked for views. Poor response.<br>
                All Trust  codicils/caveats accepted except merchandising. Will not be allowed to sell  within ground if uses club badge or competes against club&rsquo;s ideas. Trust have  never/will not go against this policy. Merchandise acceptable to Club can even  be stocked in Club shops. Further meeting with C Graig Sat morning.<br>
                Trust position  will be decided at forthcoming Club monthly Board meeting next week.</p>
              <p align="justify">Congratulations were  offered to C Christie on appointment to SPL Board. Signed, framed shirt  presented.</p>
              <p align="justify">Question from the  floor re whether Club Board Meetings are Minuted. Yes.<br>
                Question from the  floor re update on Club shareholding register cleanup. D Webster still looking  at. Will be a long task. Trust Vice-Chairman will assist by offering  Supporter&rsquo;s Direct advice on the matter.</p>
              <p><strong>7)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Social  Convenor's Report.</strong></p>
              <p align="justify">Meeting held with  D McGillivray of Alchemy Inns Ltd the stadium catering company. Hope to have Amarillo back open 7 days  a week. Trust disappointed that although keen to have events held in Amarillo any have to be arranged by the outside parties  with no input from Amarillo  staff. Acts still wary of bad reputation caused by previous owner. A sum was  mentioned at meeting by Alchemy Inns Ltd willing to allocate to host events.</p>
              <p align="justify">Tramps Ball. No  Castings Club free Friday evening until after Christmas, therefore cancelled.</p>
              <p align="justify">Fri 09/11/07.  Silly Connolly over for Children in Need on Saturday. He has been commissioned  to write the Scottish Children in Need Charity single and will be performing it  at Celtic Park that day. Trust could have a show  on Friday evening with TV cameras present. Adam Quest possible. </p>
              <p align="justify">Show Racism the  Red Card Day. Sat 20/10/07 v Kilmarnock.<br>
                Tie-in with Kick  Racism out of Football.<br>
                Trust has been  asked to make more high profile this year.<br>
                SRTRC will  produce the red cards, reducing Trust expenditure.<br>
                Trust  Vice-Chairman and Club's R Wilson and G Craig potentially to go round local  schools with educational pack. To be confirmed.<br>
                Club willing to  split costs again.<br>
                Educational pack  cost &pound;20. Includes 300 page file and DVD.<br>
                Lapel badges 18p  x 100 for all Club staff to wear on the day discussed.<br>
                Magazines &pound;50/100.<br>
                Will obtain as  many complimentary products as possible, e.g. stickers/posters.<br>
                At Trust  Committee Meeting after Monthly Meeting, &pound;100 set as budget for Trust  expenditure.</p>
              <p>Annual  Supporter's Direct Conference attendance discussed.</p>
              <p align="justify">Merchandising in  lead up to Christmas discussed. Samples that don't breach Club terms to come.</p>
              <p align="justify">BairnsTrust  banner purchase outstanding. Vice-Chairman to progress.</p>
              <p align="justify">Question from the  floor on behalf of Councillor Angus McDonald. The National Mod comes to Falkirk next year and Trust approached re our contacts.  Possible stadium usage for Highland Select v Falkirk  and District Select (Falkirk/E Stirling/Stenhousemuir/Alloa) match at end of  season. Club are ok with this.<br>
                Gaelic concert at  stadium? Runrig to perform? JV approached and delighted. End of May only  suitable time to hold. Same cost to hire equipment for 1 day as 3. Resurrect  the 3 day weekend concert previously discussed. Could be Pop/Gaelic/Pop over  the 3 days. Trust to offer contacts and assist in arranging only. No Trust  funds involved. Falkirk Council to fund?<br>
                Problems if South  stand commenced. Inverness pitch ruined after  E John concert. JV/Alchemy Inns ok with opening all areas for concert. 18,000  capacity? Usage of local schools/College/CSA car parks and shuttle buses  discussed. Primal Scream? &pound;30 tickets?<br>
                Seeking to  increase Stadium profile and promote Falkirk District.</p>
              <p align="justify">1st  floor at stadium. JV willing to host events. Initial 6 month contract. Trust to  hold raffles at events.</p>
              <p><strong>8)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A.O.C.B.</strong></p>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Meet Match Commander &ndash; </strong>Request by Club's K Hogg for BairnsTrust  and Supporter's Associations to send a representative for a meeting on the new  &quot;acceptable behaviour&quot; policy. Trust will attend.</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Concourse Toilets &ndash; </strong>Somebody from Club to inspect state of  toilets. Breach of Health &amp; Safety? Club issue. Recruiting a Janitor being  looked at. Hearts FC where reported for similar pre-Tynecastle upgrade and  nearly had to cancel a game. Cleaning of seats top, back corners of Main stand?  Are covered during week. Not working.<strong></strong></div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Free Shuttle Bus &ndash; </strong>Advised that deal struck to make the  &quot;Shuttle Bus&quot; free on Sat 22/09/07 v Motherwell and Tue 25/09/07 v  Dundee Utd. Supported by CIS.</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Andy Laurie Testimonial &ndash;</strong> Trust Chairman has written to Sunderland  and Newcastle  for potential October game. Possibly too late? A St Johnstone fixture would  attract less than 1,000. Getting embarrassing. Another Dinner in Gala where monies  raised to be handed over?</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>&pound;2 Amarillo  Admission &ndash;</strong> Half to  Charity? Been raised but will not happen. Clubs way to police attendance/numbers.  Club have to hire Amarillo  on matchdays. Amarillo  says not the case. Is a cost on Club's annual budget. Trust Chairman will  re-ask.</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>FPAs &ndash;</strong> Could not get served in Amarillo at last game. Suggestions included line  up drinks in advance of peak times, e.g. full time? Bottle bar back in the  corner? No draught drinks at full time until quietens down? Bar too small. Food  service poor as person taking orders have to also fetch and deliver.</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Membership &ndash;</strong> Blast of recruitment required at other end of Main  Stand and Temporary Stands. Needs more volunteers to assist. Need more forms  printed. Has first 4,000 print run bill been paid? Treasurer to check.</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Trust Website &ndash;</strong> Bandwidth to be extended to cover increased  hits? IT Committee to cost.</div>
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                  <div align="justify"><strong>Volunteer &ndash;</strong> Member willing to help Trust with FPA when 2nd  Trust Rep moves to Boardroom. Trust Secretary position still available. </div>
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              <p><strong>9)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Date of  next Meeting.</strong> </p>
              <p>Monday  15th October at 7.30pm in the Warm-Up Area of Falkirk  Stadium.</p>
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              <p><strong>Committee Meeting.</strong></p>
              <p align="justify">There  followed a Committee Meeting on the matter of the BairnsTrust 2nd  Boardroom Rep and Trust  codicils/caveats ahead of decision at Club Monthly  Board Meeting next week.</p>
              <p>Supplementary  Committee Meeting also held on Monday 24/09/07</p>
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