Elections for the role of Fan Elected Director

The election will follow the following process:

  1. The election will be run by an Election Management Group consisting of one member of the Trust board (who is not standing for election) and an independent scrutineer.
  2. Leo Hoenig (Robins Trust) was chosen to organise the election as per a Board Meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Robbie Whitaker, Blackpool Supporters Trust has agreed to be independent scrutineer.
  3. Eligibility for the role of FED is set out in the Trust’s Fan Elected Director rules and any nominee must agree to be bound by those rules.
  4. Any election will be carried out in accordance with the election rules of the society
  5. The timetable for the election of the FED will be as follows:
    1. September 22, 2022: Notice of AGM and election circulated to all members.
    2. October 13, 2022: Deadline for receipt of nominations and candidate statements.
    3. In the week beginning October 17 an announcement will be made as to whether a ballot will be necessary. A ballot will be necessary if there is more than one valid nomination.

      If so, the following will happen:
    4. October 20, 2022: Candidate statements for all candidates seeking election will be published on the Trust website.
    5. October 20, 2022: voting forms and candidate statements and means for online voting, will be sent to Trust members.
    6. November 17, 2022: Election count and result announcement at the Robins Trust AGM.

Click HERE for a Fan Elected Director Nomination Form.

All forms, and corresponding confirmation messages from proposers must be sent to elections@robinstrust.org by the relevant dates listed above.