Supporters Advisory Board: Proposed Agenda Items (Date of next meeting TBC)

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Following the recent Supporters Advisory Board (SAB) meeting on 7 March 2024, we have selected a few issues that appear to be the current/topical flavours, that we would like to raise on your behalf, and would like you to categorise the level of importance of action needed/required that you apply to each. The list is not exhaustive, but it is a start.

Against each bullet point put either:
Essential, Priority, Nice to Have, Routine or Sufficient. With, if required a one or two word comment.

We will raise these at the next SAB meeting according to the majority opinion of The Hotelend members.
The issues are based on the completion of the East Stand, that we are yet to discover the final design and facilities that will be included within, and for that reason we have avoided any potential overlap and are as follows:
 
1.   Increase Ground Capacity: Corners, South and North Stands
2.   Increase capacity to (minimum): 10k, 12k, 15k 20k?
3.   Carry out general ground maintenance: Fixtures and fittings, seats, gate paint, toilets etc.. (A visual improvement, low cost quick wins)

4.   Kids Corner: Improvements/ideas.
5.   Community Interaction: Improvements/ideas.

6.   Ticketing: Current expense/increases, differences between home and away areas.
7.   Increase attendances: Incentives, recruitment ideas.

8.   Matchday experience (home): larger bar area, drink/food standards and pricing, in house income or franchising and/or a covered village area.
9.   Matchday experience (away): bar, food standards and pricing, likewise in house income or franchising, sharing with home supporters?   
10.   Car parking: Expansion of the current availability.

We are not entering into a discussion about each issue as we have enough of that on the Redev and the original SAB thread and we would that that continues.  Before you respond, you are asked to consider the current work that is being undertaken and/or proposed and the realistic funding and probability of the specific suggestions that you make.

We are just after your brief thoughts (one or a couple of word answers for each) that we can introduce and discuss at the SAB meeting in order to ‘guide’ the club in some sort of priority order."

Brevity is key here, but if we need for you to expand on or clarify your specific point, we will contact you direct.
Anything that is not specifically related to this subject will be deleted.

[Risdene]

1) Essential, Corners first then ends.
2) Essential, Absolute minimum 12K prefer 15K
3) Routine
4) Nice to have
5) Nice to have
6) Routine
7) Priority, after an expansion
8  Priority
9) Routine
10) Essential, open claret car park+

[Manwork04]

1) Essential, Ends first starting with the South, forget the corners.
2) Essential, Absolute minimum 12K prefer 15K
3) Routine
4) Nice to have
5) Nice to have
6) Routine
7) Priority, after an expansion
8  Priority
9) Routine
10) Essential, open claret car park+( copyright Manny)

[Dan]

Thank you Deepcut for this ☺️

1 Essential. Ends first please.
2 Essential. 12-15k
3 Nice to have. Engage with the many tradesmen who follow the club. They will help.Get some hot water and working hand dryers for a start in the toilets.
4 Nice to have
5 Sufficient
6 Routine
7 Priority
8 Priority
9 Priority- capitalise on missed earnings from many big followings this season for the future.
10 Essential.

[Barty]

1 Essential, North and South
2 15k
3 Essential
4 Priority
5 Essential, reconnect with the people of Northampton
6 Routine
7 Priority
8 Essential, fans village👍
9 Priority, not sure about sharing with home fans
10 Routine

[A view from afar]

Following the recent Supporters Advisory Board (SAB) meeting on 7 March 2024, we have selected a few issues that appear to be the current/topical flavours, that we would like to raise on your behalf, and would like you to categorise the level of importance of action needed/required that you apply to each. The list is not exhaustive, but it is a start.

Against each bullet point put either:
Essential, Priority, Nice to Have, Routine or Sufficient. With, if required a one or two word comment.

We will raise these at the next SAB meeting according to the majority opinion of The Hotelend members.
The issues are based on the completion of the East Stand, that we are yet to discover the final design and facilities that will be included within, and for that reason we have avoided any potential overlap and are as follows:
 
1.   Increase Ground Capacity: Corners, South and North Stands …….Priority
2.   Increase capacity to (minimum): 10k, 12k, 15k 20k?…… 12k
3.   Carry out general ground maintenance: Fixtures and fittings, seats, gate paint, toilets etc.. (A visual improvement, low cost quick wins) …..Essential

4.   Kids Corner: Improvements/ideas. …..Sufficient
5.   Community Interaction: Improvements/ideas. …. Sufficient

6.   Ticketing: Current expense/increases, differences between home and away areas….. Multi buy option for long distance fans
7.   Increase attendances: Incentives, recruitment ideas…… Nice to have As above

8.   Matchday experience (home): larger bar area, drink/food standards and pricing, in house income or franchising and/or a covered village area…… Essential…. North and west
9.   Matchday experience (away): bar, food standards and pricing, likewise in house income or franchising, sharing with home supporters?   
10.   Car parking: Expansion of the current availability. Sufficient

We are not entering into a discussion about each issue as we have enough of that on the Redev and the original SAB thread and we would that that continues.  Before you respond, you are asked to consider the current work that is being undertaken and/or proposed and the realistic funding and probability of the specific suggestions that you make.

We are just after your brief thoughts (one or a couple of word answers for each) that we can introduce and discuss at the SAB meeting in order to ‘guide’ the club in some sort of priority order."

Brevity is key here, but if we need for you to expand on or clarify your specific point, we will contact you direct.
Anything that is not specifically related to this subject will be deleted.

1.   Increase Ground Capacity: Corners, South and North Stands …….Priority
2.   Increase capacity to (minimum): 10k, 12k, 15k 20k?…… 12k
3.   Carry out general ground maintenance: Fixtures and fittings, seats, gate paint, toilets etc.. (A visual improvement, low cost quick wins) …..Essential

4.   Kids Corner: Improvements/ideas. …..Sufficient
5.   Community Interaction: Improvements/ideas. …. Sufficient

6.   Ticketing: Current expense/increases, differences between home and away areas….. Multi buy option for long distance fans
7.   Increase attendances: Incentives, recruitment ideas…… Nice to have As above

8.   Matchday experience (home): larger bar area, drink/food standards and pricing, in house income or franchising and/or a covered village area…… Essential…. North and west
9.   Matchday experience (away): bar, food standards and pricing, likewise in house income or franchising, sharing with home supporters?   
10.   Car parking: Expansion of the current availability. Sufficient.

[BackOfTheNet]

1) Nice to have - South, North, corners
2) priority, 10k
3) routine
4) sufficient
5) sufficient
6) routine
7) priority
8 ) nice to have
9) routine for now, post land redev essential

[Merry Comrade]

 I would say 'nice to have' for all of them. Hope you get a better response from Tom Cliffe on Point 3 than I got from Kelvin Thomas when I raised it at the Open Forum. He insisted that none of it was needed.

[TVOR]

 
1.   Increase Ground Capacity: East, North, NE and NW Corners, South, remaining corners. Priority
2.   Increase capacity to (minimum): 12 - 15k. Priority.
3.   Carry out general ground maintenance: Routine. Just fix stuff that's broke. Seats dont bother me to much as long as hopefully will have people sitting in them.

4.   Kids Corner: Improvements/ideas. Routine - More around the ground. I sit in West so dont take my daughter round to east. I know this is laziness on my part though!
5.   Community Interaction: Improvements/ideas. - Keep doing what they are doing. Maybe engage more with charities to bring groups in (blue light, military, Cube, etc)

6.   Ticketing: Current expense/increases, differences between home and away areas. - Routine - Make it so that single seats are not left on their own
7.   Increase attendances: Incentives, recruitment ideas. - After capacity increases. 5x, 10x game tickets as well as season tickets and half season tickets. That club along the nene do something similar.

8.   Matchday experience (home): larger bar area, drink/food standards and pricing, in house income or franchising and/or a covered village area. Priority. Get more options near the stadium to bring people away from the other pubs. Need to be priced reasonably. Partner with local breweries, more food options near the ground.
9.   Matchday experience (away): bar, food standards and pricing, likewise in house income or franchising, sharing with home supporters? - Share with home when possible.
10.   Car parking: Expansion of the current availability - Make it part of the warehouse leases that the carparks are available on Saturdays.

[Macc Cobbler]

1) Increase  ground capacity with priority to South Stand
2) 15,000
3) routine
4) Dedicated area so it can be geared up for their needs
5) sufficient
6) routine
7) priority
8 ) nice to have
9) essential, allied to extension of capacity in South Stand
10) essential, especially post development.

Would also like to discuss East Stand development

[Peter Frost]

 
1.   Increase Ground Capacity: Corners, South and North Stands - essential South, North and Corners in that order
2.   Increase capacity to (minimum): 10k, 12k, 15k 20k? 10 - 12 - 15k phased pretty much as above - it’s unlikely the current structure would allow anything above 15k
3.   Carry out general ground maintenance: Fixtures and fittings, seats, gate paint, toilets etc.. (A visual improvement, low cost quick wins) Nice to have but it’s not the disgrace some would have us believe.

4.   Kids Corner: Improvements/ideas. Nice to have - get them hooked early
5.   Community Interaction: Improvements/ideas. Essential but current activities are excellent so continue

6.   Ticketing: Current expense/increases, differences between home and away areas. Nothing much needed re change
7.   Increase attendances: Incentives, recruitment ideas. Nice to have but staying above L2 and having additional capacity is essential

8.   Matchday experience (home): larger bar area, drink/food standards and pricing, in house income or franchising and/or a covered village area. Nice to have and could bring in additional revenue but many fans just go to see the game and don’t care about this.
9.   Matchday experience (away): bar, food standards and pricing, likewise in house income or franchising, sharing with home supporters?   Nice to have but overall sharing still has some risks for some fixtures
 

[Battery Man]

1) Essential, South Then North, corners Nice to have
2) Essential, Absolute minimum 12K
3) Routine
4) Nice to have
5) Nice to have
6) Routine
7) Priority
8  Priority - Much larger Bar area for both home and away fans
9) Priority
10) Priority

[DustonCobbler]

Thanks Deepcut for this

1. / 2. Essential  -  North 1st as that will create space elsewhere in the ground for away fans. Do fans want us to spend £2-£3+ on away fans facilities while home fans go without?

Corners really nice but very very expensive

3 - 10  Most of it pretty obvious

One big question missing....  who is going to do it and pay for it? 

[Manwork04]

What’s the obsession with the corners 😂 hardly any capacity increase and expensive and difficult.
South first, then a proper East the if we manage to get into the Championship the North, that would give us 15k.

[Lizard68]

Against each bullet point put either:
Essential, Priority, Nice to Have, Routine or Sufficient. With, if required a one or two word comment.
 
1.   Increase Ground Capacity: Corners, South and North Stands - Essential
2.   Increase capacity to (minimum): 10k, 12k, 15k 20k? - 12k to 15k - Priority
3.   Carry out general ground maintenance: Fixtures and fittings, seats, gate paint, toilets etc.. (A visual improvement, low cost quick wins) - Priority

4.   Kids Corner: Improvements/ideas. - Sufficient
5.   Community Interaction: Improvements/ideas. - Sufficient

6.   Ticketing: Current expense/increases, differences between home and away areas.-Sufficient
7.   Increase attendances: Incentives, recruitment ideas. - Sufficient

8.   Matchday experience (home): larger bar area, drink/food standards and pricing, in house income or franchising and/or a covered village area - Nice to have
9.   Matchday experience (away): bar, food standards and pricing, likewise in house income or franchising, sharing with home supporters? - Nice to have
10.   Car parking: Expansion of the current availability. - Nice to have

We are not entering into a discussion about each issue as we have enough of that on the Redev and the original SAB thread and we would that that continues.  Before you respond, you are asked to consider the current work that is being undertaken and/or proposed and the realistic funding and probability of the specific suggestions that you make.

We are just after your brief thoughts (one or a couple of word answers for each) that we can introduce and discuss at the SAB meeting in order to ‘guide’ the club in some sort of priority order."

Brevity is key here, but if we need for you to expand on or clarify your specific point, we will contact you direct.
Anything that is not specifically related to this subject will be deleted.

[Terryfenwickatemyhamster]

1.   Essential

2.   Essential 10k would suffice for now.

3.   Priority

4.   Nice to have

5.   Essential

6.   Sufficient

7.   Nice to have. No particular push on already healthy attendances, until infrastructure is in place.

8.   Matchday experience  (home) Essential

9.   Matchday experience (away): Nice to have. If there is scope to increase revenue without too much cost.
   
10.   Car parking: Expansion of the current availability. Nice to have

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Keep to the agenda items, we have another thread for discussions.
I will be deleting all those that are not.

[Coolcat]

Keep to the agenda items, we have another thread for discussions.
I will be deleting all those that are not.

Don't mention ze East Stand!