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Team Sponsorship for next Year
Craig McEwen from the Glenrothes strollers, a local football team born in 1996 (U-14) attended the meeting looking for sponsorship. Although they are under Strollers name, they have to provide all their own equipment, strips & facilities. After a vote, with the result being 11 in favour, 1 against, it was agreed that we would spsonsor the team. A figure of £500 is to be donated to the team, at a future date. Greg Hall is going to contact John Holt at Dundee to see if there is any chance of DFC hooking up with the Strollers as a feeder club. There is also the possibility to encorporate functions with the our supporters club and the young team.

Passing of Members
2 Fife Dark Blue members have passed away since our last meeting.
Ronald Robb passed away after a short illness 3 weeks ago.
David Stewart, Rosyth, after a long illness, passed away on Monday 22nd of March. His funeral is at Dunfermline Crematiorium tomorrow, March 30th at 10am. All members are welcome to attend.
Our thoughts are with both the family’s, at this sad time.


New positions of office (next season)

We have 3 additional positions of office for next season, on top of the existing 3. Volunteers have put there names forward for these positions. After the statement that was issued earlier in the season, by myself, I have decided to stay on in the roll of Secretary, mainly due to the guys who are willing to help out in the new positions. This will take a lot of the work of my shoulders, to which I am grateful.

Chairman - Colin  Reid
Secretary - Ross Barrie
Treasurer - Gordon Barrie                                
Travel conveynor : Peter Campbell

Predictor League: Davie Mitchell
Web admin: Brian Scott & Myself will put articles on front page.
MoM polls: Myself & Colin Reid

Events organiser group: Colin Reid, Myself, Andy Lynn

If any other members would like to participate in any roll, please contact me at any time.

DSA POY Dinner & Raffle tickets

We have a bus going to the POY dinner. People going will be advised of pick up points & times accordingly. The cost will be £12 per head.
We recieved £550 in raffle tickets, of which we shall get 20% of the takings for our funds. Full figure raised will be announced at the AGM.

FDB Hospitality

Free bus is booked, as per membership, and will be advised of pick up point & times soon.

Buses booked

We have the posibility of 3 further buses this season.
Partick Thistle  April 10th  Adults £10 Kids £5  free admition to under 16’s
Morton  April 17th  £12 and £6
Inverness, Saturday May 1st, Bus will cost £18 & £9.

Buses will only be put on if numbers warrant it. For each bus we will need a minimum of 16 full paying adults. If anybody wishes to travel to any of the above games, by bus, please contact me by no later than Saturday, April 3rd. If we do not meet the numbers required by this date, then the buses that do not meet the required numbers will be cancelled.

For the Inverness match, the possibility of train travel has been explored.  The train leaves KDY @ 10.10 and arrives at Inverness @13.27. Returning home leaving Inverness 18.43 & Arriving KDY @ 21.41.
Cost £20.60 adult or £10.30 for Kids. Railcard consesions do apply.

Bus will cost £18 & £9




Colin Reid Program service
Has managed to raise over £100 for the club from this venture.


Website
Had a couple of emails regarding the removal of Jocky as background to website. Nothing was decided, and this issue will be raised at the AGM

DSA 5-a-sides
The annual DSA 5-a-side tournament will be held at Dens Park, on Saturday May 8th.
£50 entry per team of 7. We will be looking for 7 volunteers to participate in this years team.

Comedy night
We have sold approx. 130 out of 250 tickets.
Only 11 out of 40 odd adult members have got back to me with ticket numbers.
We need to push this on, and make the night a success.


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The meeting was opened with a personal statement from secretary Ross Barrie, about vacating the post of secretary. This will be done on either May 15th this year, or May 15th next season, depending on promotion. Members were asked to consider a possible new structure of duties to encorparate a more even share of duties, between more members, rather than 2 or 3 doing all the work.

As a way to ensure the club continues, it was sugested to look into buying a share in the club. Talks are at an early stage and members shall be updated at each meeting.

DSA POY Dinner


15 seats allocated and the event will be held on 2nd, May, 2010 at the Hilton Hotel. Seats have been paid for. We had requested 25 seats, and a letter will be sent out to all members who were booked to attending the function, with the request if they want to attend. If we get more than 15 members wishing to go, names will be drawn from a hat, to see who attends the function. Members that are not attending will be refunded in cash.

POY trophys have been ordered, and the total cost is £65 for both, engraved with the FDB logo. These will be avaiable to view at the next meeting.


FDB Hospitality
This was the last night for booking a space at the Raith Rovers match on April 24th. We have 25 members going to this event. The event shall be paid for before the next meeting.



Bonus Ball Lotto
The monthly bonus ball Lotto for FDB Members, starts this week.
Numbers 1-49, bonus ball drawn on a Saturday is the winner.
You pick as many balls as you want at £1 per week, and if your numbers come out, that number wins 50% of takings. If no-one has selected bonus ball number, prize goes to a roll over. This month we are playing for a prize of £8

Buses booked
We have a bus going to Ayr United on 13th Feb. Cost is £12 & £6. Let me know by Friday, , please. Got 11 already.
4 new members on last bus, taking membership up to 60.

Away Day Over The Tay 2
We are holding a suporters club function prior to the Raith Rovers match in Kirkcaldy on Feb 27th, 2010
The band from the Central Dark Blues are going to perform a 90 minute set.
Tickets are on sale, and we have 150 capacity, with probably less than 20 tickets remaining at the minute.

Podcast
I have been in touch with the club and DTV regarding this issue. It is a way forward, but talks are at an early stage. Ideas for 15 minute pods were requested, and a possible avenue is local ex-players who have played against Dundee. This will be looked into, and updates will be given at future meetings.


It was asked that we sponsor a local boys football team for next Year. This was given a pretty entusiastic response. There is a local team, Glenrothes Strollers 96 Colts, who would be interested in taking up our offer. Although they are under Strollers name, they have to provide all their own equipment and strips. Head coach of this team Craig McEwen will be asked to attend the next meeting, to market the deal.
Another avenue of sponsoring a team, is that we can encorporate our functions with them.


Other fund raising nights
We are looking to hold a sportsmans dinner round about September time. We are looking for a venue that could hold 100 -120 with a kitchen. There are a couple of speakers that have been approached, and hopefully, we will have more details on this event at the next meeting.

Members were asked about their thoughts on a comedy evening. This was thought to be a great way to raise club funds. The event shall be held on May 22nd at the  British Legion, Glenrothes. We have 2 sponsors fore the event - The Clansman Bar , and the Glenrothes Stollers 96 Colts. Both of these sponsors will get their names on the back of the tickets.
There will be 250 tickets at £10 each. Members will get a discount price of £5 per ticket per member.
There will be a compere and 3 comedians on the evening, to be confirmed later in the week.
Tickets are now being printed, and will be on sale early next week.


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Race Night  
In total we made a decent profit. Any members requiring details of financials, please get in contact with me.

The cup final bus managed to get another  2 members, taking membership up to 68.

FDB Hospitality
Any member wishing to join us on April 24th let me know by Cut of Date Monday Feb 1st.
After this date no other people will be allowed to join us. At present we have 25 going.
Cost including transport £75 for members, £80 for non members.


ALBA Cup Final DVD's
DVD’s now on sale for £3.50. Only got 2 left.

Bonus Ball Lotto
Had a request from a member about starting a bonus ball Lotto for FDB Members only.
Numbers 1-49, bonus ball drawn on a Saturday is the winner.
You pick as many balls as you want at £1 per week, and if your numbers come out, that number wins 50% of takings. If no-one has selected bonus ball number, prize goes to a roll over. We hope to have this up & running by the February meeting.

Buses booked
The next 2 buses that we are running to away games are:

QoS January 23rd, 2010. Cost £12 & £6 for members. A 25 seater is booked, but we can upgrade to 49, if numbers merit it. The cut off date for bus size is Sat 9th January, 2010. After this date seats will be sold to the General Public on a first come first served basis.

Ayr United, Feb 13th.  cost £10 & £5 for members. A 25 seater is booked, but we can upgrade to 49, if numbers merit it. The cut off date for bus size is 30th January, 2010. After this date seats will be sold to the General Public on a first come first served basis.

Details will be up on website in due course.

Away Day Over The Tay 2
After the success of the first event, we plan to do similar for the Raith Rovers match, on Feb 27th,
I will contact the band from the Central Dark Blues, and make necessary arrangements.
We can have up to 150 tickets on sale. We plan to advertise early January.

Next Years Events.
A festive party, where all familty members can attend was suggested.
We Could probably hold it Charley’s. The venue holds 120.
We shall be asking players to come - but this time, do it through the club this time - officially !!!!!!
Family entertainment would be the way to go with this.
Any ideas for the event would be welcomed.

An end of season sportsmans dinner was suggested. I will look into this and hopefully have details for the next meeting.

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After membership applications have settled down, we have a figure of 54 members. A breakdown of that figure is 19 premium members, 20 Adult members & 15 Junior members. Membership has grown by 12 this year.

Thanks were given to all the members who assisted with the Away Day Over The Tay. The day was a success, and a breakdown of the financials of the event are available for members to see, by request. Plans for a similar event on February 27th, 2010 are at an advanced stage, with the band from the Central Dark Blues, and the same venue are already booked. At the next event, food will be available, paid for by the supporters club. Details will be discussed at a future meeting.

The predictor league is up and running with 24 participants. Plans are at an early stage for doing a World Cup predictor league. Details are aat an early stage, and members will be advised at future meetings on how things are advancing.

Buses are booked for all away games, except Fife games or Airdrie. The first bus is on September 19th, to QoS. We have 7 seats left, on this bus. Seats are now up for sale to the general public, so seats are on a first come first served basis. The cost for this bus is £15 per head for adults & £8 for kids.


The race night has been booked for October 31st, at the Clansman Bar. Tickets ore on sale at £7, with a limited number left. Could we ask that members have there orders in by Saturday 15th September, remebering that tickets are limited to 2 per member. After that date remaining tickets go on sale to members for their friends until 29th of September. After this date any remaining tickets go on sale to the general public.
We are trying to arrange for Dundee Fc players to attend the event and members will be updated, as and when we have solid news. David Stewart was volunteer by his wife Dawn to deal with the buffet, and Kevin Gray has volunteered to be my assistant on the evening. Thanks go to them both, in advance of the evening. Raffle prizes, for the evening, from members would be welcomed, although not expected. There will be auction lots on the evening, and full details of the evening will be available at the next monthly meeting.

There was a request from an SNP member to advertise on our website, at a previous meeting. This was put to the members present at our meeting this month, and with no complaints or objections forthcoming, it was decided unanamously to allow them to advertise on the website. Members were also reminded that if they know of anybody wanting to advertise on the website to get them to contact myself, or Brian Scott.

We now have a reversable waterproof fleece on sale for £25. Sizes go up to XXXL, but are big made. Orders are being taken. Polo shirts are now limited in numbers. Contact Ross Barrie regarding purchasing any merchandise.

The next meeting is being held on October the 6th, at the Clansman Bar, with a 7.30pm start.

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The membership breakdown for the year, so far is
Premium Members         17
Adult                            16
Juniors                         12
Gained  14 new members     Lost  11 members

42 Last Year    45 This Year

The Selection of hospitality matches given to premium members was as below:

Feb 20th    Partick                             0 Votes
Mar 6th      Inverness Caley               1 vote
Mar 20th   Livingston                         0 votes
Apr 3rd    Ayr Utd.                              4 votes
Apr 24th  Raith Rovers                       5 votes
This game was selected democraticly by voting process.


The menu & itenary for the day is soup, steak pie, programme, team lines, ½ time pies & tea, comp bar before & after match.
Anybody wanting to come along, please let me know, as we can add to numbers at any time.

The Away Day Over the Tay, Raith Rovers, Sat 15th August, ia being held at Charley’s Bar, Kirkcaldy. The playlist for the day is as follows:

12.30 Central Dark Blues Band (40 minute set)
1.10 Raffle
1.30 comedian Gus Tawse (40 minute set)

Ideas for fund raising on the day were a raffle & selling 50/50 football cards
Members who have volunteered to help at the bash are Greg Hall, Russell Robb, Colin Reid, Myself , Gordon Barrie, Lauren Stewart & Rab Thomson. Any other member wishing to help at the event, please see a committee member on the day. Free transport to the match from Charley's will be provided to members who assist on the day.


The Fife Dark Blue Predictor League starts this weekend & runs for 39 weeks. The prize is a Season Ticket for the winner to Dens Park for season 2010/11
There is a one off, £10 entry fee, payable as soon as possible. There is 14 entrants so far. Entry is at any point in the season, although the later you enter, the more difficult it will be for you to win.

All the buses for the season are booked, with Living High Travel (Celtic & Morton match last season). I have enquired with other DSA Supporters clubs, about the prospect of hooking up with them for away games  to boost numbers, and the Central Dark Blues, seem quite keen to join up going to QoS & Ayr Utd. This will be dependant on numbers from our own club, & will not run at a bus trip loss.
We have a 25 seater booked for every away game, but if required, we can up grade to a  49 seater if required.
First bus is QOS on Sept 19th.  Cost is £15  per head.
Non-Refundable Deposits of £5 required by Sept 1st.
Prices for buses this season will be no more than
Ross County, Inverness & QoS  £15 adults & £8 juniors
Ayr & Morton  £13.50 adults & £7 juniors
Partick Thistle £12 adult & £6 juniors

We have another Race Night planned for Sat Oct 31st.  We play Dunfermline at East End. I have managed to get Colin McMenamin & a few of the players to attend the evening. Volunteers are required to organise the evening.
If by the next meeting, you could get your  ticket orders in, it woulb be appreciated. There will be a maximum of 60 tickets. Once members have recieved there tickets, any unsold will be made available for public sale. The closing date for members to have their orders in by no later than Saturday 26th Sept.  After that tany unsold tickets will go on sale to the general public. Price will still have to be finalised, but will be between £5 & £7.




We have now started Website Advertising. At the moment we have 2 businesses already taken up the offer & another 3 interested.
If you know of anybodywanting good quality local advertising, then let them know. £50 for ad, £75 to advertise & create a web page. We are needing more interest from outside company’s.


We have Fife Dark Blue Merchandise on sale, all of which is available through our club shop, to order, and a list of goods is below
Polo Shirts £12.50 in blue or white
Pin Badges £3.50
ball point pens £3
The goods that are left will be put up for sale at the Away Day over the Tay.
Any other ideas for goods for selling will be welcomed,


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