1875, I have done my best to answer your questions below. I thought it easier, and maybe beneficial to anyone looking in who has the same queries, to take each point in turn.
Hope they don't come across as sarcy or defensive - not my intention at all just keen to give as much info as I can.
Promotion
In terms of promotion I'd say the last six months Hibernian Supporters have been fairly active - we've now got ads in the match programme, we're included in the email campaigns sent to the club database, we've got a video ad on 'The Match' coverage, our Man of the Match vote runs on social media every week, we've relaunched the Francks system and pulled together news articles with competition winners, the monthly donation totals are communicated every month now etc. All of these things are produced, edited and published by volunteers with the aim of generating some extra cash for the club.
If there's other things people think Hibernian Supporters could/should be doing then we're all ears - personally I'd love nothing more than to be in a position where donations are twice as big as they are now and if there are other things we aren't doing that we should be then we've got the resources and people to put the wheels in motion.
Greg McEwan and others at the club are keen to help us but it's worth remembering resources are very stretched at the club just now so some things are easier to do/get than others.
Committee
In terms of the board, the personnel
can be viewed here. The club have the right to name two people on the Hibernian Supporters board as per the company rules since the inception in 2015. Stephen Dunn stepped down earlier this year and the club have not moved to replace him on the HS board. Leeann Dempster is set to depart the club soon and will in all likelihood create another 'club vacancy' on the HS board. Aside from those two positions the other guys are all Hibs people with a shared ambition to help move the club forward with a collective fans voice.
What they do is pretty wide ranging. Responding to emails/social media/PMs on here and .net, sitting on a laptop to flick the Man of the Match vote live at 4:45pm on a Saturday and then collating the results at 10pm, running cases of champagne for the MotM winners to East Mains and Easter Road, contacting the club shop to arrange prize draw prizes, asking Leeann Dempster or others for a signed shirt to give away, pulling together 18 months of work to make sure the yellow shirt being worn this season has the right names on it. Most importantly they take the responsibility for 4000 or so fans' money each month and make sure it's handed to the club in line with the company rules. Again all being done at evenings and weekends on a voluntary basis.
Going Forward
The board's plans don't have much bearing on what will happen with Hibernian Supporters going forward. It's a members' organisation at the end of the day so whatever the members want is what the guys on the board will endeavour to help put in place. There is an AGM overdue which can't happen at the moment due to the Covid restrictions and there is a general agreement that the main aim just now is to provide a platform for fans to contribute to the club in difficult circumstances if they wish to do so.
When there's a chance to have an AGM there will have to be a wider discussion about what HS aims to be/do going forward. This will also likely require some input from Ron Gordon as the majority shareholder. From personal experience there appears to be two camps of people who pay in to HS just now; those who are keen on the idea of the support owning 25.1% of the club to allow a collective voice at a decision making level and those who are not interested in shares but simply want to help the club financially. At an AGM I'd imagine these camps will come to the fore and a decision will need to be made as to how best represent these two viewpoints.
Once any changes are agreed by members it will be put to the support to decide if Hibernian Supporters is something they want to continue to pay towards or not.
