We'll have the minutes from Saturday's AGM uploaded as soon as we can, however here's Society Chairman Scott Glenday's statement for those who couldn't attend...
"Welcome to this year's Society AGM, thankfully a meeting held in very different circumstances to that of last year's.
If you cast your mind back to that day, you will remember that we had just lost our appeal against the 25 point penalty handed out by the SFL, we were sitting bottom of the league with a revised total of one point, some eleven points off second bottom place and odds on to be relegated.
This year on the footballing front we are sitting third in the league, eleven points off the top, not the bottom, unbeaten for five games and chasing promotion. A fair turn around in a year and a credit to our manager, players, staff and everyone else involved - not least you, the supporters, for the backing you have given the team.
Away from matters on the park we were last year trying to raise money to ensure we survived as a Club and had a team to support. This year we are in the throws of putting together a package to ensure that, as we approach the end of this season, there is sufficient funding in place to allow the manager to look forward and to plan, organise and prepare with confidence. Not a bad place to be...a situation other Clubs I know are extremely envious of, and much of that progress has again been down to you the ordinary supporter – you’ve backed the efforts of those you’ve elected to take the Club forward and got behind the team week in, week out - well done and thanks to everybody.
When I think of the challenges we’ve faced as a Society, a Football Club and a group of fans during the last year I have to say I think what we’ve achieved together is utterly fantastic. To have won the fight for survival, ensured we came out of the period of administration, got ourselves back in contention for promotion and to have maintained the level of attendances we have is again a credit to you all.
On a personal note I feel it’s been a seriously challenging year as Society Chairman and I’ll admit it has not been easy. Thankfully I’ve shared the workload with people who have been on the whole equally committed, people not easily put off and folk who have stuck to their tasks. To each and every one, I thank you for joining me on that journey and putting in the many hours that you have. We are losing three of the group I’ve just mentioned – Stuart Murphy, Colin Reid and Bill Brewster and I’d like to wish all three well for the future.
Since the period of nomination and election for those interested in joining the Society Board closed we’ve had a total of six people come forward saying they’d now be willing to get involved. We are soon to be in a position to co-opt three of them onto the Trust Board – to that end I’m therefore pleased to announce that Eddie Devlin, Steve Ayre and John Knight will be joining us at next week's scheduled meeting as Society directors. I’m sure their undoubted skills, talent, ability and enthusiasm will add value to our group. There are others and we’re hoping they can get more involved as volunteers – thanks to you all.