No, but I think I'm ok in saying we have already hit double figures. So at a minimum of £500 thats 5k bagged, not bad for 24 hours.

Of course getting people to apply and actually pay are not always the same thing, so I personally remain cautiously optimistic.

PS, in case you're worried, I only see the number of returns as part of my administering the workflow, I can't see the details or the amounts as I've locked myself out of that bit and would need JM's permission to get back in, so you're safe from me

I hear John Minnards is attending the RWB Facebook group breakfast tomorrow morning. The meet is really linked to the renewal of the FB group's sponsorship of Jai Whitbread but I reckon John will be fielding questions relating to the share purchase. There have been initial queries as to whether the FB group could actually put together a purchase.

It’s not that you were wrong, you just weren’t totally right

The way I see it is that money follows money but it also follows the feel good factor. Someone with 50k to invest will hopefully be more likely to give it a go if they see lots of average punters investing £500. It’s all about giving people the feeling they are joining in something on the up rather than a train wreck.

Biggest problem with Trinity over the last 40 years is the perception, mostly correctly, that we are a loser club. The worst people for doing that I’m afraid to say are some of the fans and not just the perpetual moaners but some really dedicated ones.

We need to alter that and one of the best ways imho is to give people a vested interest. It’s a bit like the ex council house owner who once they buy the house puts on a new front door. It’s pride if ownership.

Won’t apply to all fans by any means but for those it does it seems foolish to ignore their support.

Anyway sermon over now buy some shares

This is an intriguing and sensible idea.
I remember us (Hull KR) doing a "marquee player fund raiser" at the end of 2019 for the start of the 2020 season. Just before covid. It was fans only initiated with an "initial" target of 100k, it raised about 7.5k which fell flat on its face .
Wakefields proposal sounds a lot more bang for your buck though to be honest and if you've done 5k in 24hrs that's actually very promising, genuinely hope it goes well as the sport needs lifting in general with stronger clubs all round and let's face it the whole comp needs to bridge the top to the rest.
I do kinda shudder to think where Hull Kr were 3 years ago to where our plans are moving forward from our news yesterday, lightyears apart.

Jotform I believe is a site to submit papers applications etc. I had to do one recently for some work I did. The form for me was about HMRC there were no issues and may tax was deducted correctly

I checked on Jotform.
They encrypt the data you put in your form. So it's secure in transit.
They use a payment provider, like World pay or PayPal, so they don't store your payment details
And they are PCI compliant which means they are audited and approved to handle sensitive data.

So it looks like JM has chosen a reputable way of doing this.....as you'd expect for someone in his line of work I guess.

I checked on Jotform.
They encrypt the data you put in your form. So it's secure in transit.
They use a payment provider, like World pay or PayPal, so they don't store your payment details
And they are PCI compliant which means they are audited and approved to handle sensitive data.

So it looks like JM has chosen a reputable way of doing this.....as you'd expect for someone in his line of work I guess.

Thanks PopTart and RW&B for the information, I also just received an email from someone called John, saying thank you, all legit, never doubted MC or JM, I’m sure it’s information others on here will appreciate and feel confident about the whole share scheme.

A lot of people weee interested in a “buy a brick” for the new stand and vented frustration when it sounded like there wasn’t one.

This scheme is almost the same sort of thing but with some better benefits, hope they take it up

No problem Dunk.
I would have had the same questions so glad you asked them so I could check them out before clicking on it.

Sounds really good.
I will be investing at least £500, possibly may stretch to the £1000.
Excited to be involved further into the club tbh.
Up the Trin.

Do it on-line!!!

I can't see names or amounts but it's a real buzz seeing the numbers of applicants increase, I feel like Terry Wogan doing 'Clubs in need'