Just an opinion, based on figures pulled out of the air. Happy to listen to any realistic business plans and happy to put my money into anything viable. Just a general observation, but the idea that the club can be moved forward on 500k isn’t viable, again in my opinion and quoting the clubs track record on this is a bit pointless given we all agree that our current state is unsatisfactory? One thing I can tell you from experience is that as a general rule when you enter into an area that is outside of your area of expertise it generally costs 30% more and takes 30% longer than forecast. As a general rule of course. To be honest if your proposal was the one on the table I wouldn’t be investing anything, but no problem because you wouldn’t need it anyway. I’m sticking to 14 million minimum to take control of the club, move it forward, cover the unforeseen and have a provable line of credit to ensure you can get a contractor to stick a stick a spade in the ground. Again just my opinion based on blind observation.
Re: your 30%s..... Good point. And I sort of agree (you are now tainted by association to be abused by "The Board".... ie, the Zombies). Except, you need to be stronger.......
In the days when I was involved in very innovative stuff (like the first horseless carriage), the guidelines on costs for stuff that you had no knowledge of was..... think of everything you can, make it worse case, then double it to make up for the things you haven't thought of (ie, 200%), then double it again (ie, take it to 400%) as you are always over optimistic on future achievements. Surprisingly, a few such projects succeeded. The majority died to cost over-runs....
Does our board think it is the punk that Clint Eastwood questioned?
I fear some piggy banks are going to get shafted to pursue this one.
