Gunners defer crucial assembly

FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer | Thursday August 2, 2012 00:00

 

Only card-carrying members were to be allowed into the meeting, but due to a mix-up only a handful of supporters were allowed inside the hall, while the majority remained outside the Lobatse Civic Centre hall because they had expired membership cards.

According to club spokesperson, Abdul Kgengwenyane, some supporters were misinformed that P50 was required to renew annual membership when in actual fact the full amount was P100. 

'People did not come with adequate funds and as a result they were not allowed into the meeting as their membership had expired,' he said. He said there were some critical issues to discuss at the meeting hence their decision to postpone it to August 12 when most members would have renewed their membership. Among the key issues on the agenda was the privatisation of the club, which was to be in the chairman's as well as the treasurer's reports.

He said they caucused after the chairman's report and agreed to defer the meeting. 'We realised there was a problem, a good number of supporters were outside, so we felt that we couldn't take some decisions for them, and in any event it was not their mistake not to be able to renew their membership, they got distorted information,' he said.

He said at the time of calling off the meeting, the chairman had finished his report, but he would go through the main issues at the next meeting to enable those who were absent at the rescheduled meeting to catch up.

On the privatisation issue, Kgengwenyane said they were still negotiating with stakeholders to explore takeover modalities. He said once consensus is reached they would go ahead with the privatisation.

Meanwhile, Kgengwenyane said the club leadership was to meet with the technical team yesterday to get their report before to consider whether there is need to bolster the squad or offload some players. He added that they would soon roll out a countrywide club membership registration programme as they move towards privatisation.