Subject: ITFC SUPPOORTERS CLUB MINUTES
    MINUTES OF THE ITFC SUPPORTERS CLUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD
    AT PORTMAN RD, IPSWICH ON WEDNESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2008 AT 7.30PM.
 
    PRESENT; 
        Supporters Club : E Edwards (Chairman), A Beckwith (Secretary), F Warnock (Treasurer) I Davey, P Voller, B Calver
 
        Branch Representatives : B Austin (Ipswich), P Edwards & J Lewis (Clacton), M Elmey & C Robinson (W Anglia)
                                                                                                                                                           
    4370 Apologies for Absence.                                                                                                      ACTION 
 
        ITFC. S Vernon (Witham), T Rutland (Midlands)
 
    4371 Minutes of the last Executive Committee Meeting
 
        The minutes of the last meeting were agreed and signed (Jan 17th 2008)
 
    4372 Matters Arising
 
        4335 Letter to be sent to FA                                                                                                        E Edwards
 
        4354    The matter concerning passport holders (tickets and bus travel) to be carried forward            A Goulborn
 
        4361 iv   The Clacton Road Show had been cancelled due to numbers of supporters attending recent
        events and the size of the venue.  The club are planning to organise more events for next season. 
 
        4363 iii. The meeting to discuss home coach  travel to be arranged.                                                E Edwards
 
        4366 iv The person responsible for the chanting at the Portsmouth game had been banned from the football
        ground. Trouble had occurred after the Watford game in the Car Park and this was being investigated by the police.
 
        4366 v.  A letter had been sent to C Palace from the club concerning the safety etc. at the ground.  Supporters
        who attended the match had been asked by stewards to go to the allocated seat.  Supporters were disappointed
        by the nature of the chanting of the Palace fans concerning the murders in Ipswich.
 
        4366 vii. Members of the committee had  asked supporters about evening kick off times, and all were in favour
        of keeping ot to 7.45pm.
 
        4367    A letter had been received from M Eason concerning the Haverhill branch, this had been noted by the committee
        but no further action would be taken. 
        M Thompson had emailed regarding the Haverhiull branch and the ITISC - The committee wished to re-iterate that
        no more correspondence will be entered into on this subject.
 
    4373 Correspondence.
 
        No correspondence received.
 
    4374 Chairmans Report
 
        i.  The E'On T Shirts had been circulated to home coaches and B Calver was thanked for arranging this.
 
        ii. E'On wished to remind supporters about the tru-blue competition, and that they are also looking for stories about
        suppporters.
 
        iii. The Legends Area :- E Edwards had met with the club to see if the signage could be improved. After the Watford
        spme A4 posters had been put up which had improved things.
 
        iv. E Edwards had attended the North of England AGM before the Blackpool game and had given an outline of the
         supporters clubs aims etc. The N Ireland branch will be attending the Norwich game at Portman Rd.
 
        v. Media Training :  This to be held on the 4th March with B Calver and E Edwards attending.
 
        vi. Supporters Forum : The minutes of the last forum are on the web-site.  The next forum will be before the QPR game.
        Supporters wishing to raise an issue for these events should contact either E Edwards or B Calver.
 
        vii. J Craig had suggested that consistent email addresses would be a good idea for branches. This is not possible
        for all branches but further info. will be sourced.
 
    4375 Finance Report
 
        No Change
   
    4376 Communications Report
 
        i. The next suppporters page will be in the Charlton programme with two more after this. Please contact P Voller
        if you have anything for him to use for an article.
 
        ii. M Scrivener (N America Branch) is coming over to watch some games, Look East and Radio Suffolk are going
        to report on this.
 
    4377 Social Matters
 
        i.  10 teams had entered the quiz. The next quiz will be Sports.
 
        II. Players Awards : This will be an evening event after the Hull game. The price of tickets will be announced when
        all arrangements have been made.  The club to be contacted regarding the buffet.                                            E Edwards
 
        iii. Clacton Branch Disco : this will be on Dec 20th at the Firs Caravan Park, Little Clacton anyone interested
        attending please contact the Clacton branch.
         
        iv.I Davey is looking for helpers to collect votes for the Player of the Year prior to the Hull game. If anyone can help
        please contact I Davey.
 
4378 Branch Updates
 
        W Anglia : The Academy day had been very successful and they wished to thank the club for holding it. They also
        suggested that it would be a good idea for the football club to allocate an academy day for each branch so that they
        could watch an under 18's game in the morning and a first team match in the afternoon. They felt that the day had helped
        them cement the relationship with the club and supporter.  A Ten pin bowling match had been arranged with MK Dons supporters.
 
        Clacton : The branch was formed in 1969 and they will be organising a dinner in 2009 to celebrate 40 years.  A ten pin
        bowling night and a cruise on the Orwell had also been arranged.   One of the members of the branch (Norman Starrs)
        was going on a bike ride around Egypt to raise funds for deaf children, any other branch wishing to sponsor him please
        contact Clacton branch.
 
    4379 Football Club Matters
 
        No representative was present from the football club but those branches present wished to raise the following points         ITFC
 
        i. To raise more funds for the club would it not be possible to allocate a larger area at certain matches for away fans
        eg. Charlton and Norwich.
 
        ii.  Security Searching :  This was felt to be over the top at certain times .  Bags  are searched but if all the items which are
        usually in a bag are put into coat pockets, the actual  person is not searched and is carrying the same items into the ground.
        Some stewards seem to search more than others.  Regular supporters have been searched at the beginning of the season but 
        now are not searched where in other parts of the ground the same people are searched at each game.
 
        iii.  Confusion seems to arise over the coach tickets for away matches.  If booking tickets a few days before a match a
        supporter was informed that only emergency coach tickets were available, they contacted the club the day before the game
        and were told the same, they  asked what accounted as an emergency but were not given an answer.  They came along
        on the day of the game and found that Coach 1 had 4 spare places, Coach 2 had 6, and  also Coaches 4 & 5 had spare
        places.   They went to Planet Blue to purchase a coach ticket and were told that none were available.
 
4380 Any Other Business
 
        Clacton branch wished to thank the football club for the signed ball and also asked whether the club would be
        holding any more 'An Evening With...........'                                                                                                                        ITFC
 
4381 Date of Next Meeting
 
        Box B5 at ITFC on Thursday March 27th
 
        Officials from the following branches are invited to attend :
 
            Halesworth. Lowestoft. N England. Long Melford. Saxmundham
 
4382 The Meeting closed at 9.25pm.