Chris Thair from the RFL will be attending and speaking on the day.

Who ?

Community Partnership Manager - Chris Thair The Rugby Football League, Warrington Business School, Winwick Road, Warrington WA2 8QA, Tel: 01925 494623, Email: chris.thair@rfl.uk.com

Community Partnership Manager - Chris Thair The Rugby Football League, Warrington Business School, Winwick Road, Warrington WA2 8QA, Tel: 01925 494623, Email: chris.thair@rfl.uk.com

Quote: Sadfish "Community Partnership Manager - Chris Thair The Rugby Football League, Warrington Business School, Winwick Road, Warrington WA2 8QA, Tel: 01925 494623, Email: top bloke Chris Thair. Were the RFL formally invited? Or is Chris there as a fan who happens to work for the RFL in a relevant role?

Quote: Sadfish "Community Partnership Manager - Chris Thair The Rugby Football League, Warrington Business School, Winwick Road, Warrington WA2 8QA, Tel: 01925 494623, Email: top bloke Chris Thair. Were the RFL formally invited? Or is Chris there as a fan who happens to work for the RFL in a relevant role?

A number of people from the RFL have been formally invited along with Chris who is also my main contact at the RFL who part-fund my role with Supporters Direct.

Hull supporters group FC Voices are sending two delegates

Will there be the same parking as usual or will there be more with no rugby at the Galpharm on SDRL Conference day. I would also expect more input from the Head Office of our games ruling body......maybe it's true what we think, we just the cash cows in their thoughts......grannyfan Cindy

Noooo less input from Redhall.

more input from fans!!!!

There is limited free parking available at The George Hotel as well as numerous pay parking facilities around the town centre. Huddersfield Town have an away match on October 9th so it is reasonable to expect that anyone wishing to park at the Stadium and walk to the Hotel would be able to do so although obviously I cannot confirm that as it is a different venue.

It's important to note that whilst the RFL are supportive of my role with Supporters Direct and do indeed put some funding into it (along with The Coop Group), Supporters Direct is a very separate organisation and this event is not in any way being run by the RFL.

Its true, that many clubs do look upon their supporters as merely fundraisers and this is something Supporters Direct are trying to address by increasing supporter representation and influence within rugby league.

Cheers, Laura

There's also 2 hours free parking at the nearby Tesco.

Last Few Places Available for RL Conference A small number of places are still available for Supporters Directs first ever rugby league conference, to be held at The George Hotel Huddersfield on Saturday October 9th. The conference, which brings together supporters, players and journalists from across rugby league, aims to show the positive differences that can be made to the game through greater supporter involvement and representation. Laura Harrison, Rugby League Development Officer for Supporters Direct said of the conferencehttps://www.supporters-direct.orgrl. Alternatively you can contact Laura Harrison on Laura.Harrison@supporters-direct.org

Last Few Places Available for RL Conference A small number of places are still available for Supporters Directs first ever rugby league conference, to be held at The George Hotel Huddersfield on Saturday October 9th. The conference, which brings together supporters, players and journalists from across rugby league, aims to show the positive differences that can be made to the game through greater supporter involvement and representation. Laura Harrison, Rugby League Development Officer for Supporters Direct said of the conferencehttps://www.supporters-direct.orgrl. Alternatively you can contact Laura Harrison on Laura.Harrison@supporters-direct.org

This is pretty insignificant really, the directors are not the club, if the directors arent interested in the trust then you have to become so big and strong that they have no choice but to let you in.

Often when directors have no interest in the supporters trust, its not long before the directors are leaving the club......

sometimes, you can drop lucky and get a set of directors who understand the needs of the trust, and sometimes you don't, but at no point should the trust give up due to lack of acknowledgement from the directors. You have to make it so they sit up and listen..............

If enough of the fans are behind the trust then things will move in the right direction eventually, but sometimes, these things take time.

Some fair points indeed ...

The Club concerned has two owners (with the CEO being the major shareholder!)

You're certainly right about some things taking time ... I hope ultimately that the fans can become influential with this Club but I fear that will not be the case for some time yet (if ever).

Well what will be will be, if the fans care enough and there is enough sentiment amongst them to make a change, then change will come, otherwise, change either isn't needed or there is not enough support base in the town to wield enough power.

Supporters Direct are there to help you, I know we had to do all this before supporters direct came about , in fact I remember me and Cliff Spracklen at a Supporters Direct Meeting when Bramley didn't even exist, and his words struct huge chords amongst the soccer trusts.

The gist of his speech was that Bramley existed only as a set of supporters, it has no pitch, no players, no club, but the supporters still existed and it wasa they who eventually got the club playing again.

Anyhow, there are huge levels of difference in each club, what works for one doesn't for another, get along to the SD conference and learn some new tricks!