Grimsby Town board appointments are huge step for Mariners Trust

In the latest column from the Mariners Trust, chairman Chris Parker reflects on the appointment of two representatives to the Grimsby Town board...

THE recent appointment of two Mariners Trust representatives to the board of Grimsby Town is a fantastic step forward for the Trust and the fans in general.

The Trust spoke about giving fans a say in the running of the club and have moved quickly to kick-start a fans' consultation process when the Trust hope to get a feel about the issues that concern fans the most.

On Monday, we hosted an open night in the Trust bar, which was an informal night where anyone could come along have an chat, ask questions over a drink or two and also enjoy the live football on TV. It was open to everyone, and not just Trust members.

For confidential reasons, we couldn't go into as much detail as we normally do with historical information, but hopefully it still provided an insight.

Next Wednesday, we will be holding an ideas workshop starting at 6.30pm.

For this we need about 30 to 40 supporters to come along for a couple of hours and take part in the workshop, at which we will gather issues and ideas in order to formulate a priority list to take forward for discussion.

Ideally, we're looking for a good cross-section of people for this in terms of age and gender.

It would also be ideal to have representation from the various supporter groups and message boards.

If you are interested in taking part, please email us at enquiries@marinerstrust.co.uk.

If demand is sufficient, we may run an additional workshop at a later date.

We are also very conscious that we have a number of exiled supporters who would perhaps like to be involved in the consultation, but cannot take part due to geography and indeed local fans who have other commitments.

If that is the case with you, we would like you to send us one idea that you feel would make an improvement to the club.

Please keep this constructive and realistic.

Please send your idea to us as soon as possible and we will include them the process of finalising the priority list.

For more information on the Trust, log on to our website at www.marinerstrust.co.uk.