working through the existing supporters trust would seem to me, as an outsider, a good middle ground proposition. They could hold on to funds raised/pledged and then use this bargaining power to negotiate with the existing board. Should they receive acceptable answers and assurances they could then pass on the money, perhaps in exchange for shares, otherwise the money would become a war chest for a future new club.
Also could the Leeds fixture be arranged at a time when no other games are on and encourage RL fans to make a donation for a ticket. What's the official capacity at Odsal these days?
Good luck with it all.

Mick .I am thinking of making a donation.If you can fill me in with everything ,and the plans.you if you pm me on here or FB I will give you my adress and phone number.Best wishes Eddie

Well, Asims post re: a Northern club run by the fans is an extremely attractive one to me. But naturally, if the club can survive (and NOT have a repeat of this again) that would obviously be the preferred route.

Good to know BullBuilder could get involved though.

The meeting is still intended to go ahead Monday.

You should try and get the 24k that attended Bulls Leeds in 1999 to pay £20 each to watch the game on good friday, that would solve a lot.

Would it really grate on your passholders to pay another £20?

Just an idea like...

Quote: AaronBull "Well, Asims post re Hi Aaron, I think the idea of a meeting is an excellent one and I'm also very happy Bullbuilder is having an emergency meeting. Have a look at the ownership structure detailed here - community owned, impossible for one person to take over and also hugely successful against the odds. I think we should be lobbying for a share issue along these lines. www.packers.com/community/shareholders.html It's one thing to beg for money to bail out private businessmen it's another to say we want you to invest £100 a share to become an 'owner' of the club.

Quote: AaronBull "Well, Asims post re Hi Aaron, I think the idea of a meeting is an excellent one and I'm also very happy Bullbuilder is having an emergency meeting. Have a look at the ownership structure detailed here - community owned, impossible for one person to take over and also hugely successful against the odds. I think we should be lobbying for a share issue along these lines. www.packers.com/community/shareholders.html It's one thing to beg for money to bail out private businessmen it's another to say we want you to invest £100 a share to become an 'owner' of the club.

I agree with the previous idea, have the game against Leeds on the Saturday and ask for other teams fans to show up and support the club, even have bucket collections on the gate and raffle off the players shirts at the end of the game in the bar.

All in all this is just putting a plaster over the overall problem and that needs addressing, they could raise the money but be in the same situation a month down the line.

The root cause needs sorting and that could be getting a new face in to run the club and be more proactive (like Ian Lenegan at Wigan) and maybe think about going into administration to clear their debts and start again, this would result in 10 points being docked and surely finishing bottom of the pile and going against Bradford next time the liciencing comes around, if they did it now and got some financial clout behind them they could be in a better position next time liciencing comes around.

Surely the RFL can let Bradford off with a few months rent on Odsal and the players could take a small pay cut like the Rangers players.

No offence Marto, and I know alot of hard work has gone into it, but its alot different at SL level, and Bramley aren't doing too well at the moment either.

none taken but the point is that there are plenty of examples out there.

Can't we ask Hull fc to split the gate money of friday and pack the KC stadium then do the same when we play them at home later on in the season??

Gotta say think this is a really well thought out idea how about the Back The Bulls Supporters Trust, any info on a place for a meeting please post ASAP. Why are we not at least been offered shares to buy from the club? Like you said 99% of fans would put their hard earned cash into the club if you could see some sort of return on it, sounds like once again Hood is using the fans as a cash cow he is attempting to milk dry

Hi Eddie

I'll fill you in on Facebook. You're £2,500 donation will be generously received mate.

The Save Our Bulls Foundation are meeting in the Top House on Monday at 7pm prompt.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Together we are stronger.