Rugby Oldham Elections
The Trust is a democratic organisation, and its members have the opportunity to elect representatives to the Trust’s board each year. When it was first established, a steering group ran the Trust and established its Constitution with considerable guidance from the national Supporters’ Direct organisation, but as soon as was possible, at the first AGM, held in April 2006, eight members were elected to form the Trust’s board. They were :
Michael Ackroyd
Iain Ashworth
Geoff Cooke
Ian Etchells
Linda Mills
Iain Taylor
Brian Walker
Simon Winnard
These eight then elected Iain Taylor to be their Chair, Ian Etchells to be Deputy-Chair and Michael Ackroyd the Trust’s Treasurer. In addition, they co-opted representatives of Oldham RLFC, the Oldham Amateur League, the Oldham Service Area and the Heritage Trust - respectively Roger Halstead, Phil Bradbury, Don Yates and Michael Turner - to the board, on which Ian Wilson also sat, as Secretary.
In accordance with the Constitution of the Trust, Geoff Cooke, Linda Mills, Iain Taylor and Simon Winnard stood down as board members after one year, and in May, 2007, Geoff Cooke, Charlotte Deakin, Iain Taylor and Simon Winnard were elected to the board to serve up to 2009. On the sad death of Don Yates, Garry Hepworth replaced him as the nominated representative of the Service Area on the Trust’s board.
In 2008, again in accordance with the Constitution, Michael Ackroyd, Iain Ashworth, and Brian Walker stood down as elected board members. In addition, Ian Etchells and Simon Winnard resigned from the board during 2007-08. Accordingly, in May 2008, the following were elected to the board, to join Geoff Cooke, Charlotte Deakin and Iain Taylor : Iain Ashworth, Dave Blackburn, Steve Brown and Brian Walker. Alun Goodwin has also replaced Phil Bradbury as the nominee of the Oldham Amateur League.
The Trust’s next AGM is due to be held in May, 2009. Details of how the 2009 elections will operate will be posted on this site in due course.