I think as well that the Trust board needs to decide if they are happy for fans who are not members and who have been critical of the way they have operated to become part of this. I would hope that they will welcome all and that everyone can work together to make something happen. I would also suggest that it may be time to start talking to businessmen and money men to see if anybody has an interest in being involved with a league 2 club from a part ownership perspective.
I'm speaking as a Trust member here, I would like ALL NTFC fans to work together but surely if fans want an input on an organisation, it's not asking a lot for them to contribute towards the general costs of running the said organisation, otherwise the said organisation cannot function.
The Trust membership at £5 for 1 year up to £50 for life is, I think, good value. I've noticed that people have commented about communications from the Trust but, unless members complete a GDPR form the Trust cannot use their email, and a mailshot costs upwards of £500.
It's a difficult question, I know in the past the Trust did consider free membership for people who consent to receive everything electronically and I'm sure if enough people were interested they would look into it again. But if you want to be involved with an organisation 10p per week is not going to break anyone.
I haven't been on the board for a year now but I can say that in the time I was on the board, the Trust were in regular contact with lots of local businessmen and the come back was usually favourable.