BUFCST

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BUFCST is the acronym for Boston United Football Club Supporters Trust.

[edit] History

Boston United is one of the last Football League clubs to form a supporters trust and although there has been B.U.S.A. (Boston United Supporters Association), BUFCST will be the first time Boston United will have connections with Supporters Direct.

The Trust has already started fundraising by auctioning mostly Boston United related items on eBay and became a legal entity in late February 2006 when it registered as an Industrial and provident society.

BUFCST teamed up with fanzine site impsTALK prior to the Lincolnshire derby on 18 March 2006, distributing 2,500 copies of a free 12-page issue containing a membership form. Later that day a series of punk/rock concerts in Boston, arranged by fans, took place, raising funds for the Trust.

The Trust reached a milestone in June 2006 after it announced it had exceeded 50 members for the first time.

BUFCST expect to hold further public meetings during 2006 and then hold full elections and launch in early 2007.

[edit] Timeline

• 28/11/05 Working Group for the Inception of a BUFC Supporters' Trust hold an Open Meeting.
• 29/11/05 Bank account opened
• 4/02/06 BUFCST steering group met to ratify the Trust's constitution
• 18/02/06 Acting offices sign documents - BUFCST to become a legal entity within 14 days.
• 22/02/06 BUFCST becomes a legal entity
• 18/03/06 Free ImpsTALK fanzine distributed to fans containing application form
• 12/8/06 Open Meeting held at White Hart Hotel, Boston
• 04/11/06 Second open meeting held at Boston Unitarian Chapel (over 100 attend)

[edit] The Acting Officers

Chairman	Ron Coley
Vice-Chairman	Melvyn Moxon
Secretary	Mark Isaac
Treasurer	Richard Tupper
Member Secretary	David Whittle
Supporters Direct Liaison	Lee Overton
Club Liaison	Vacant
BUSA liaison	Vacant
Fundraising	Melvyn Moxon
Publicity	Vacant
Website	Vacant
Youth Liaison	Vacant
Community Liaison	Andrew Chapman