As LL so eloquently (kind of) put it, I (and by the sounds of it you and everyone else) would rather deal in facts.
I'm not sure it's evasion in my case (can't speak for those other two) as evasion would imply that I'm deliberately avoiding telling you something I know - and as I've said I'd rather deal in facts and when we can administer the data I'll be happy to give you this figure - it should, by the way,be a figure readily available to all.
I could say 700 but you leap on that, I could say 1648 but you'd leap on that - I think it's better for everyone if we use the actuals.
To put it into context, I and a couple of others joined the Trust board at the April meeting as, like you, we had many questions. We appreciated that the handful of good folk at the Trust needed help and even though time isn't a commodity we have, we were prepared to jump in.
Our number 1 aim as a new collective was to get things like this cleaned up and give everyone a clear starting point. It is a really good thing for all us fans that membership of the Trust has been made a benefit for season ticket holders, it will mean that come the elections in April there can be a well administered process which is transparent and if LL wishes to bring 20 homeless people in with the promise of cider we can let them enjoy the party - but not count their votes (unless they have become members by then of course).
I'm pretty sure that's the outcome everyone watching wants.
To answer some of your other statements, the only reason the data hasn't arrived is workloads of the club staff - nothing more.
We were expecting this in August, but to be fair to them it's a busy time (we've chased it though). In the meantime we've concentrated efforts on playershare whilst we wait.
As some of us work with data protection laws every day we are fully aware of the laws and what can/can't be done.
As you well know real there is no requirement for you to be at a meeting to ask questions - you know this as when you've asked questions one of us has asked this at the meeting on your behalf - personally I've done this at 2 meetings for you and supplied you with an answer.
My invite to attend the meeting was merely that, an invite - it'd be good to see more fans there so we can have a chat, nothing more - I like talking about our club and finding out how best I can change things to make sure we have a strong Trust that can have some big aims.
If it leaves time to join LL and his 20 cider drinking mates afterwards then even better, sounds like he's buying anyway.
As always I'll be in the Chaddy End on Saturday if you or anyone wants a chat about anything Trust related and happy to give you all the info I am able.