AIMS & OBJECTS:
StadiumWatch will seek all suitable ways and means to
achieve their aims & objects, through representation, participation and
negotiation, recognising that discussion, conciliation, compromise and other
action may well be required in varying measures at various times to be
successful. StadiumWatch will be unrelenting in pursuit of these aims &
objects.
Immediate Aims:
StadiumWatch require the SMC
- To publish an acceptable Customers' Charter and be subjected to
independent performance appraisal against it
- To fulfil the Mayor's commitment and cabinet resolution
DMBC Minutes:
link to have the user clubs represented on the SMC on the "3 plus
1" Model
- To keep to the promise of a permanent supporters' Sports Bar
- To have bar and concourse pricing brought into line with surrounding
establishments
- To have the 250 per match complimentary tickets in the gift of the SMC
surrendered to the club forthwith
- To recognise the clubs and the fans as genuine partners in a community
amenity
- To have pricing of refreshments and amenities set to encourage greater
community participation
- To bring about greater effectiveness in the ticketing process, including
better opening hours and more efficient service levels
- To have the user clubs' crests featured at the entrance to the stadium
- To have attendances independently verified on matchdays to prevent fraud
- To have fair parking prices applied to all the user groups without
discrimination
- To have match-day stewards behave professionally, courteously and in a
spirit of compromise to all fans at all times
- To seek to maximise community involvement in all aspects of the sports
complex, including in employment, decision making, and in delivering
affordability to all groups
- To adopt a genuine and binding public service ethos in dealing with its
users
- To be more open, accountable and responsive to the user clubs, their fans,
other users and their representative organisations
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StadiumWatch Objects:
- To represent the interests of the community of users of the Doncaster
Lakeside Sports Complex, be they members of StadiumWatch, individuals,
businesses, sporting clubs or societies, their supporters and/or their
representatives, and affiliated organisations and groups.
- On behalf of the community of users, to lobby the relevant local
authorities and other parties and organisations whether Trust, Business,
Commercial, Public, Social or other legal structure, corporate or
non-corporate, having any interest, including but not limited to a freehold,
leasehold, financial, commercial, investment, trust, governing or other
interest in the ownership and management of the Lakeside Sports Complex,
including the Lakeside Sports Complex LLP, the Stadium Management Company,
and/or successor organisations. These parties hereinafter referred to as the
"Owner-Manager Entities".
- On behalf of the community of users to make representations to any party,
group or owner-manager entities, or on behalf of, or act in concert or in
co-operation with the community of users, or other parties, for the benefit and
furtherance of the interests of the community of users, in availing themselves
of the facilities and amenities, or for securing additional facilities or
amenities and to ensure value for money and enhancement of the scope and
breadth of facilities and amenities at the Lakeside Sports Complex, such
facilities and amenities to include but not to be limited to, sporting, social
or entertainment, participation, whether active or inactive, single or team
activities, group attendance at such activities as spectators or participants,
social attendance at bars, restaurants and refreshment outlets, as consumers or
providers. These activities hereinafter referred to as
"Sporting-Social-Entertainment Activities".
- To enquire into and obtain information as to the structure, financing,
management, operation, employment or other relevant matter pertaining to the
Lakeside Sports Complex and/or concerning the Owner-Manager Entities, potential
owner-manager entities, or any other party had, having or potentially having
any interest in the Lakeside Sports Complex or Owner-Manager Entities, whether
individual, trust or corporate, employed, employing, contracted,
sub-contracted, affiliated, related or connected parties, past, present or
future.
- To lobby for and obtain formal representation and participation on any
committee, group, Owner-Manager Entity, Board, Trust, or other body, involved
in any way, shape or form, or having any interest in the Lakeside Sports
Complex. Such representation and participation to be by a duly authorised and
mandated officer of StadiumWatch.
- To survey, research or otherwise establish the views and opinions of the
community of users in relation to any relevant matter concerning or pertaining
to the Lakeside Sports Complex, including but not restricted to its ownership,
financing, management, operation, the Owner-Manager Entities, facilities and
amenities, pricing structures, sponsorship, merchandising, branding, marketing
or other activity or scheme.
- To survey, research or otherwise establish the views and opinions of the
community of users in relation to the management, conduct, financing,
constitution, legal structure of StadiumWatch.
- To promote, advertise, market, advise, counsel, organise, lead, sponsor,
finance, and encourage, all necessary individual, group or collective action in
furtherance of its aims, whether they be the actions of StadiumWatch, its
members, its affiliates, or kindred organisations or entities or individuals.
- To constitute a formal legal structure for StadiumWatch suitable to the
furtherance of its aims and objects, establish membership, subscriber and
affiliation schemes, and to raise and expend funds, for the attainment of its
aims and objects with the power to establish, promote, and maintain any lawful
fundraising scheme, funds and reserves.
- To operate a database and information retrieval system holding sufficient
data and information on members, affiliates, and kindred organisations for the
efficient management of the StadiumWatch and to facilitate effective and
efficient communication therewith.
- To take steps incidental to the above mentioned objects
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