Warwickshire CCC Campaign update

Yesterday I visited Edgbaston and met almost 50 members, most of whom I had never seen before. Thank you to everyone who took time to speak with me. I have not had a reply from Stuart Cain but I understand that an announcement is due this morning.

The campaign team do not feel the assurances given by Stuart on behalf of the club are strong enough. We recommend that you sign a request to call a Special General Meeting of your club's members. So far 45 people out of 47 members asked in person at the ground yesterday have signed.

Please read this leaflet:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1LLH_hmJymiMn_kgx62pJOSO7p-M-nNCo/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

To sign the Warwickshire SGM request: please print and complete the form here
https://docs.google.com/file/d/10QtoMHr1YDFuHzDEMf9y8omTKpRd2ESx/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword7

We need 250 signatures to call the meeting. Please take some spare copies to the ground if you are going tomorrow or at the county game on 12-15 September. Most members are not online. Many will not know about the threat to county cricket. Please take every chance to speak to people at the ground.

Tomorrow at Welbeck Colliery, I will be helping 3 Notts CCC members collect signatures for a similar motion. I can come to Edgbaston afterwards and help any volunteers wishing to do the same around at your match in the afternoon. Please let me know if you will do this.

Once the forms are signed, please give them to the club office. Keep a total of the number of signatures that you have handed in and let me know. If you are not going to a match now this season, please post the form and again let me know.

Please also post a copy of this message on any on-line forum you know of, Facebook, etc and share as widely as possible.

Saw Alan Higham today from Lancs Acrion Group.

He had gathered impressive number of signatures for an SGM and to hold Warwickshire Execs to account.

However it’s too late to call one before Warwickshire vote at ECB so this will have to hold them accountable to members afterwards.

Unfortunately the constitutional changes a couple of years ago have marginalised Members with a closed shop Members Committee and 250 signatures now required for SGM.

But if we can get a critical mass we could regain some control which we traditionally had.

I think I saw Stuart Cain in the Members Lounge today but he didn’t stay long or speak to many members.

I guess it’s up to us if we want to be as brave as Lancashire. Surrey and Essex members.

I've signed it.

Although I fear Warwickshire members influence over our Club has been weakened so much by the Constitutional changes that we are almost irrelevant here so relying on the others.

Spot on Paul.

At one stage the letterheads only had Edgbaston on them but now they do have WCCC. Although calling it Edgbaston Stadium is obviously a nonsense.

I think they know what they did is wrong and the branding from a professional point of view is very confused.

Birmingham City Council should help them out and say there is no pressure to play as Birmingham.

As for pressuring the Executives I can't see the point of the Members' committee unless it consistently raises this issue.

Great to be back on here I thought this forum had died.

It is time they properly played as Warwickshire again.

It's not good enough to confuse the issue by using Warwickshire twitter and calling the team Bears.

I can't think of any other sports team in the world which plays a competition under a different name. its ridiculous and demeaning.

It will gain a lot of goodwill and hopefully increase crowds next year.