This is where the club is missing something like Taverners up at Thrum Hall, and Karl probably recognises this from his days up there

I take it from the above that the Trust will be charging fans to come to meet the coach / players nights. Just have a raffle on the night, but if you start charging fans for these nights I don't think it will go down very well, TIMES ARE HARRD

The only other thing then is to limit to Trust members only then. "Times are HARRD for Trust members also".

Yes times are hard for all fans especially Trust members who are all committed to supporting the Club as they did last year by raising £25,000 again , which will help Karl enormously in runing the Under 23s .
I cannot praise fans enough for the support they have given us and the fans who went the extra mile and joined the Trust have been tremendous. Like the Club with their season ticket holders we are always looking at how we can give Trust members a bit of an incentive for being a member and one of the things was to invite along guests to meetings which of course members attend free.
We opened it up to non members as we thought it would be a good way of encouraging fans to be more involved and join the Trust which is only £10 for the year. However we did not make it compulsary to make a member to come along and I for one do not think a small charge for the entrance is too much to ask £2 is cheaper than a pint of beer.
To expect a small group of people to raise £25,000 in a short time again without doing this type of event and charging is just too much to ask and as people have the choice to contribute or not I`m sorry I`ll have to disagree with you on this one.

I think its right that as part of a Trust Membership these events are included, and then a small fee of £2 isn't too much to ask for none members,

If there's 11 or 12 of these meetings a year, and you intend to make them all, then joining the trust would offer a saving, otherwise why become a signed up member?