So Pants, am I reading you right and only one elected position comes up each year?
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i like allen, but i would prefer someone who has no official ties with the club.
You do...with Ben Allan...just because he is more well known doesn't make him any less member elected
So Pants, am I reading you right and only one elected position comes up each year?
isn't the entire concept of the member elected position so that we knew a little bit more about what is going on in the club? And so that we have a "say" in the club?
So you have you spoken to Ben Allen recently about his role on the board? When i talk about a member elected position, i would want that person to be acceptable to Joe Public. Ben doesn't even show up to the supporter functions, but gets in on name recognition. I'm not disputing he works around the club - but he clearly doesn't do much for the actual supporters of the club or listen to their concerns too often.
So you have you spoken to Ben Allen recently about his role on the board? When i talk about a member elected position, i would want that person to be acceptable to Joe Public.
I'm not disputing he works around the club -but he clearly doesn't do much for the actual supporters of the club or listen to their concerns too often.
No. Whoever is elected has the responsibility NOT to leak information about the how the board votes or to reveal any decisions prior to when they are officially scheduled to be announced.
You don't really know much about how a board actually works do you?
Perhaps Roundi is right (for once).
How do you know? Have you tried to contact him? I reckon if you gave him a call he would be more than happy to listen to you. After all, he's in an elected position, he has to keep those who keep him in his job happy.
Allen's perspective is primarily that of a former player/captain/coach at the club.
Where as a "real" member would bring purely bring the perspective of a supporter and member - this is what appeals to me.
I haven't seen Ben at a single member based function.
I haven't seen Ben at a single member based function.
Roundhouse, can I count on your vote next year? After all, I just got GJ to agree with you!
What do you reckon the board would do if you put your blurb as something like "Belnakor is a local businessman, if elected he plans to sack the entire board, reinstate damien drum as coach and post the minutes of every board meeting onto the ffc website."
I ask this as a genuine question: Is Ben Allen making any bigger a contribution to the club as the member-elected board member than he would even if he didnt have the position?
I think Allen does a good job on the board. Perhaps the club should appoint him to the board, and free up the member elected position for a "real" member.
I think if you want to run you should have to have been a paid up member for say, 5 years in a row, and you can't have had a role inside the club prior to running for the position. It just doesn't make sense that our membership has the ability to elect our representive, and we just voting in someone who is already in the inner sanctum - he is a former coach for ****s sake.
isn't the entire concept of the member elected position so that we knew a little bit more about what is going on in the club? And so that we have a "say" in the club?
Maybe what I really want is an "elected-member" position.
Question: does Ben Allen communicate in other ways?
I have been a member since before Allen was voted into this position, and I have not received much correspondence from him.
I think Allen could learn alot from the way in which MP's make themselves available to constituents. For example:
(1) An email directly from Allen to the members stating the outcome of each board meeting;
(2) An email inviting members to contact him with their concerns before each board meeting;
(3) A telephone contact number for members to contact him.
This is actually how Ben Allen came to run for this position. A few years back, Connoly had been under seige and a few people who were running had agendas to get rid of him. The club was worried about these people getting elected so they asked Ben Allen to stand in.