Irish Sky Blue
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I've got an Irish passport. How would you go about contacting an MEP? As I live over here I still don't actually have an MEP.
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Philosorapter
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The EU complaint, from my recollection (there are so many different areas of law that can be argued) is based around the argument itself. The 'who' doesn't matter. Of course, it does help if the entity making the complaint is the one that would also be affected by the complaint.
This is not always the case though. This is why you have people or groups having permission to argue on an entities behalf.
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Nick
Administrator
That's quite basic, this forum software could do that but would be a bit overkill as it's mainly a forum.
their existing site is powered by Joomla, could just install something like this - Membership Pro, by Ossolution Team - Joomla Extension Directory
Have this managing memberships / subscriptions - Membership Pro
Live stream can use youtube / FB Live / Periscope embedded to save bandwidth
Polls - Community Polls, by corejoomla.com - Joomla Extension Directory = You then just poll "members" within the site so it is truly 1 vote per member (no blagging of clearing cookies or using a different computer).
That could have it setup within a few hours, I dont know how their member database is currently to be able to import it. I assume they would just send an email out saying "go to this link and sign up if you want to"
That took me less than 5 minutes to figure out.
Adge
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Sisu statement from June just before we turfed off to St Andrews.
NEWS: Statement issued by Coventry City Owners SISU following groundshare announcement
Irish Sky Blue
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Not many. Sisu have been a disaster for this club.
oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
I was just going on this but i wouldnt profess to be an expert in EU law
State aid complaint form – European Commission
Pursuant to Article 24 of the Procedural Regulation, only interested parties may submit complaints to inform the Commission of any alleged unlawful aid or misuse of aid. To that end, natural and legal persons submitting a complaint pursuant to Articles 12(1) and 24(2) of the Procedural Regulation shall demonstrate that they are interested parties within the meaning of Article 1(h) of that Regulation. (See to that end also Article 11a (1) of the Implementing Regulation ).
Article 1(h) of the Procedural Regulation defines interested parties as "any Member State and any person, undertaking or association of undertakings whose interests might be affected by the granting of aid, in particular the beneficiary of the aid, competing undertakings and trade associations."
Reading the Act under which the Company is constituted - You join as a shareholder Member for the appropriate amount and then you are a "member" until you leave and withdraw your introductory amount.
I do not think you could charge to have a vote on any membership issue
Nick
Administrator
No, I meant charge for the membership.
If it's the case that it's for life then they would just import their existing members in to have access.
So I am a member for example, chuck my details into their database and I can log into the site and vote on polls / see streamed meetings etc.
If I vote on a poll, I don't have access to then vote again.
Philosorapter
Well-Known Member
That's the point: Article 1(h)
Any persons interests can be affected. In particular but not tied down to.
This is not a continuation of legals. Anyone could of made the complaint.
Any persons interests can be affected. In particular but not tied down to.
This is not a continuation of legals. Anyone could of made the complaint.
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Adge
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Laughable. “I’ll put it to the board” being the standard response.
I’ll bring the Brandy and Cigars and my best smoking jacket to the board room for the next meeting. :emoji_rolling_eyes:
Philosorapter
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Let's hear it for the stakeholders.
What Is a Stakeholder?
A stakeholder is a party that has an interest in a company and can either affect or be affected by the business. The primary stakeholders in a typical corporation are its investors, employees, customers and suppliers. However, the modern theory of the idea goes beyond this original notion to include additional stakeholders such as a community, government or trade association.
This does mean even the Sky Blue Trust could of put in a complaint if they wished of!
What Is a Stakeholder?
A stakeholder is a party that has an interest in a company and can either affect or be affected by the business. The primary stakeholders in a typical corporation are its investors, employees, customers and suppliers. However, the modern theory of the idea goes beyond this original notion to include additional stakeholders such as a community, government or trade association.
This does mean even the Sky Blue Trust could of put in a complaint if they wished of!
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Sky Blue Pete
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Sorry if nothing had happened
Skyblueweeman
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And here's me thinking you just did graphs.
skybluetony176
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Were you born in Ireland and do you qualify for a vote by proxy in Ireland? If you do your proxy will be in a designated seat, whoever the sitting MEP is in that seat would be the MEP you contact.
Fergusons_Beard
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Is it now when I highlight that the council could have used State Aid to save our club and keep it at the Ricoh?
Instead of selling it to a rugby club from London......
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318-017-0106-7
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Instead of selling it to a rugby club from London......
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318-017-0106-7
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Philosorapter
Well-Known Member
I will say, if the complaint is deemed to be worthy of merit for further investigation by the EU I would expect to see some immediate resignations from the Sky Blue Trust.
Irish Sky Blue
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No, born in Coventry, no proxy vote.
Irish Sky Blue
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I would have thought that payment of salary is only one measure of the worthiness or otherwise of a set of owners. Do Sisu have the best interests of this club at heart or is their loyalty to their investors even if it is to the detriment of the club? You also have to look at the position of the club when they took over and the position we are in now (I don’t just mean league position). Above anything is the fact that they, Seppala and Fisher, decided to take the club to Northampton, using it as a pawn, holding it to ransom, in their power game with CCC. At the moment it is Wasps stopping us playing in Coventry, but Sisu have done nothing to show that CCFC are their priority. The best that can be said is that they have left Robins and Boddy to get on with it and run the club. As for backing Robins, the best that can be said is that they don’t appear to be taking money away from the club. How much of their own money they are putting in is a matter for conjecture. Considering that three players have been sold for a combined total of £6.5m, Robins hasn’t exactly been flush with transfer funds (£750k on Godden the only significant outlay). Yes they need funds to keep the club going, but how deep are they digging into their own pockets?
I think some people have short memories.
RegTheDonk
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I guess that's why they call it a compromise.
RegTheDonk
Well-Known Member
Joomla is an excellent Content Management System that can manage a web site, with tons of plug ins like Nick has suggested to create a basic web site or a functional e-commerce portal. Friend of mine uses Wordpress with plug ins and PayPal - he runs a club which has yearly membership, all automated. He's clueless about this kind of IT but copes fine.
You don't need to pay through the nose these days to have a decent web presence.
The coventrian
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Viva sisu.
No sisu are the best owners in football now as we might actually get out of the 3rd division northbound instead of southbound under them. Let's just ignore the fact that we're homeless again under their tenure and they threw away any chance of ownership of the ricoh all those years ago. Oh yes and we now play at the mighty stans(cringe).
Viva sisu.
mr_monkey
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You can tell it's half term....
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
We could have it set up in an afternoon. It’s really not hard. Problem is trust (no pun intended).
Sky Blue Pete
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I think that’s a fair summary but doesn’t really answer the point I was making. True coventrian said other than bury who was worse and I suggested a huge list. Macclesfield too
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
Stop changing the goal posts. You said other than bury they are the worst. I pointed out a number of other examples and now you’ve gone all crazy. Would you prefer to be Darlington or Chester or Leyton orient?
Irish Sky Blue
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I would say the Oystens at Blackpool maybe. They, as people, were certainly more odious but the damage to the club probably not as long lasting.
I can't think of another club where the owners have dismantled the infrastructure as much as our bunch. Even the shyster at Brighton had the good grace to leave after he stripped them of their ground.
Ring Of Steel
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I have an Irish passport and I also have an MEP- a Mrs Grace O’Sullivan (of the Green Party). Haven’t read any of this and don’t know if it helps.
Irish Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
I think the idea would be that you would contact her and ask her to make enquiries as to how long it will be before the EU (the legal bit) are likely to make a judgement on the question Sisu have put to them.
Where about are you living by the way (just being nosey!).
Ring Of Steel
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Hey that’s ok, I’m in Rebel County, Roy Keane land- Cork- and as chance would have it it turns out I’ve met Rochdale’s manager a few times in the past, he’s from just up the road from where I am, I had no clue until it about an hour ago...
I can certainly do that with the MEP, let me work out how you do it.
Sky Blue Pete
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Just email them
Ring Of Steel
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If it’s that simple I’ll do it on Sunday after I’m back.
Irish Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
I just had to look up who the Rochdale manager is. I didn’t realise that I didn’t know. None the wiser now as I have never heard of Brian Barry Murphy. At least I now know he comes from Cork.
Ring Of Steel
Well-Known Member
That’s the one- his dad is a GAA legend apparently, that’s why everyone in Cork knows about him and Rochdale, I wondered why the hell there was such an interest in them
Philosorapter
Well-Known Member
Got to admit, there is something that is grinding my gears in all this.
Does anyone know the answer to this question, or who would know the answer to; 'what happened to the contract for the development of the district/shopping centre'?
Seems like it is a moot point that no one has looked in to further.
Does anyone know the answer to this question, or who would know the answer to; 'what happened to the contract for the development of the district/shopping centre'?
Seems like it is a moot point that no one has looked in to further.
