1. APOLOGIES for absence were received from Paul Lowe and Ray Whittaker

2. PRESENT were Trevor Lambert, Neil Carter, Graham Hilsdon, Martin Brodetsky, Tim Rosser , Stan Taylor and Chris Davis.
Jeremy Faulkner attended as a guest member for part of the meeting.

3. WELCOME was extended to Martin Brodetsky, Tim Rosser (and Paul Lowe in his absence) as newly elected board members following the Trust's AGM on 2 March.

4. PUBLIC MEETING has been provisionally planned for Friday 31 March 2006 for both members and non-members at Cowley Community Centre. This will form part of the Trust's short-term strategy to increase its profile and attract new members in the light of the current uncertainty surrounding the ownership of the Club. (Sec note: a second date of Friday 24 March 2006- same venue- has been booked in case events accelerate and an earlier meeting is considered appropriate)

5. THE BOARD Roles were agreed as follows;

Chair Trevor Lambert
Treasurer Neil Carter
Secretary Chris Davis
Vice-Chair Martin Brodetsky, who will also have lead role for media contact
Membership Secretary Ray Whittaker is to be confirmed. Graham Hilsdon expressed an interest bearing in mind Ray would be away for several months of the year.
Commercial rep Tim Rosser
Stadium Facilities rep Graham Hilsdon.

Although vacancies for 2 elected members remained after the AGM, the Board agreed that a by-election was not necessary as the Trust's rules of securing a minimum of 8 elected members had been achieved. At AGM/5 in 2007, the requirement would be for 3 members ( ie one-third of total) elected in 2005 to stand down. The number of elected places to be then made available would be decreed nearer the time.

It was unanimous decision to invite Helen Joslin as a co-optee, possibly as women's rep or Newsletter editor and Trevor will contact her direct. Other co-optees will be considered by each Board member and reconsidered at the next meeting.

6. SHARE OWNERSHIP Trevor will delegate the input of the Club's small shareholder register on to a database. The object is then to write to a selection of them with a view to obtaining shares free of charge or at low cost to ensure the Trust has a stronger voice both within the Club and the community.

7 MEETINGS

Next Board meeting TBA, ideally when all 9 elected members are available.

An urgent meeting with Firoz Kassam is being sought by Trevor. This is in addition to a PR setting out the Trust's view of recent events since its previous media contact (sec note: a separate meeting is also being sought with the Club's new Executive Directors following developments on Friday/Saturday prior to these notes being typed.)

Speakers at the Trust's public meeting are to be considered, along with the format of the meeting, when the composition of the Club's management structure becomes clearer in the next few days.

The meeting closed at 9.50pm.

Chris Davis
12 March 2006