Now this may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the Supporters Trust do have an agreement with MC that if we can - working together - get another 1,000 new sign ups to club1873, then the Trust will be granted a place on the BoD.

Whilst some of you may cringe at the thought, we hope that there are enough of those out there who agree with us that such a move would be of benefit to both the club and to us - the supporters.

There hasn't been much discussion about this on here - and I know I'm opening this up to all perspectives - but that's the point isn't it?

The whole purpose of the Supporters Trust is that we aim for involvement at BoD level - not because we don't believe in MC, or any individual, but because we believe that we better protect and represent supporters views this way.

Of course there are rules and regulations involved here - we can't just vote for cheaper season tickets as that would be against the health of the club - but having survived numerous close scrapes, we have no desire to see us, the supporters, dragged through the mire once more and, if it did come to that, we would hope to be in the best position possible to assist in the recovery process.

So, to get where we need to be we will need the extra members on 1873 - we know there have been some already and we will be pushing this harder after Christmas - but for now I wanted to at least open the debate up about the representation side. With P&R, the structure of SL and NM buzzing about in the background we are as convinced as ever we were that this is the right direction for us - after all, that's why the Trust was formed!

For me at least this is excellent news. If successful it gives the trust some credibility above just being a supporters club.

I do think club1873 needs expanding outside of the supporter base. How to do that I don't know. Maybe more gadety prizes and more sellers based in the Ridings, Trinity Walk and City centre.

Would i like to see another 1000 lottery members, yes.

Would i like have a strong well supported trust with an elected member on the board, yes.

Would it work having an elected member on the board, no idea but its worth a shot, what possible harm could it do to at least try.

Good luck with it.

Hi Everyone,

Had a couple of brief discussions with Ian Bramley and Sue Parker (feline on here I think) about the subject of reaching the target and from my experience the only way of finding this many new members is by canvassing door to door.

There are only so many mailshots to season ticket holders (old and new) you can do. There are only so many telesales campaigns you can do and there's only so many offers we can do on the website. Talking from experience and I've been in Lotteries for over 4 years now, the only thing that builds them is canvassing and reaching out to people that wouldn't necessarily read the website or The Express.

I don't know the exact figure but there must be around 500,000 homes in the Wakefield area. That's a lot to go at. But I can't do it on my own. I need your help. You might have seen adverts on the website recently, I've also advertised on twitter but received little interest. I'm hoping this might get a few people interested.

The average canvasser on their first night out normally signs up 5 new members. If a team of 4 of us went out that's 20 a night. I canvass Monday to Thursday so that's 80 a week. See how quickly the numbers grow! I know canvassing isn't everyones cup of tea and it might seem hard work but it isn't as hard as you think. I'd just ask you all even if you're half interested, give me a ring, come out with me one night in January and I'll show you how easy it is. With your help I honestly think we can reach 1000 new members by next summer. Trust me, I wouldn't have come back if I didn't think it was possible!

Many Thanks
Anthony Summers