Toast WE DID IT!!! - Members get voting rights

[Corvus]

Do we have a China-Hong Kong situation brewing?? Crows members get universal suffrage...but only from a list of candidates screened and vetted by the club. What were we promised at time of handover?

They did have a vote once for a members rep, and Ross Dillon was the boys club man. When the Advertiser picked it up as a story and gave press to the other candidates poor old Ross (possibly the club) had to stump up to send out reply paid envelopes to get the proxies to get over the line.

 

[King Elvis]

Hmmm, yeah I would be up for it if others are not interested.

Got my vote mate.

 

[1970crow]

Im not just tossing up random names mate
Be great to get behind someone we 'know' and believe could do a great job.

Conversations I've had with macca make me think he's not far away from this. He denied coveting one of the positions, but I remain unconvinced. Would only be his age and desire that would hold him back. I'm confident that he would come through whatever vetting process they put in place.

The other blokes I only know as being high achievers based on their posting. There have been times when I've thought Kane McGoodwin was macca23 's eldest son. Still wouldn't be surprised.

 

[1970crow]

Hmmm, yeah I would be up for it if others are not interested.

If I see Kane McGoodwin on the ballot paper, you've got my vote mate

 

[Southerntakeover]

Righto - who wants votes?

Hemi, Kane McGoodwin, macca23, Southerntakeover ?

I'm happy that it's an improvement from the status quo, but it's still not the real deal.

What rationale is there for having any of the positions not elected? If we're drawing up our constitution, now is the time to get it right.

 

[Mattrox]

I'm happy that it's an improvement from the status quo, but it's still not the real deal.

What rationale is there for having any of the positions not elected? If we're drawing up our constitution, now is the time to get it right.

Imagine a club run by the knitting "shhhhhing" brigade.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Imagine a club run by the knitting "shhhhhing" brigade.

Despite the absurd suggestions to the contrary, I think our Members are the best people who have the ultimate say in our club's future.

 

[betterthanu]

I would happily vote for Macca23, Stiffy18, Kane, RoosterLad etc

 

[Elite Crow]

How do we know if BF posters have nominated if we don't know their names?

 

[Hank93]

How do we know if BF posters have nominated if we don't know their names?

Imagine on the official voting slip

1: John Smith
2: Steve Black
3: Drugs Are Bad Mackay

 

[ManInTheArena]

Righto - who wants votes?

Hemi, Kane McGoodwin, macca23, Southerntakeover ?

I'd love to do it if I was in Adelaide.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Jars has been on about voting rights since time began so maybe he deserves a crack at it.

Agreed that Jars would be a good candidate to get behind too.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Conversations I've had with macca make me think he's not far away from this. He denied coveting one of the positions, but I remain unconvinced. Would only be his age and desire that would hold him back. I'm confident that he would come through whatever vetting process they put in place.

The other blokes I only know as being high achievers based on their posting. There have been times when I've thought Kane McGoodwin was macca23 's eldest son. Still wouldn't be surprised.

Would happily vote for dad.... Whoops macca!

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Imagine on the official voting slip

1: John Smith
2: Steve Black
3: Drugs Are Bad Mackay

At least our anti-doping stance would be clear...

Perhaps Dons' should borrow Carl

 

[Jars458]

Agreed that Jars would be a good candidate to get behind too.

I am scarred from being passed over by the commission last time I ran. Some bloke called Bill Sanders got the nod over me. Bloody boys club.

 

[Jars458]

If I run, I want a full debate chaired by Keith Conlon, Ray Martin or Victor Kuriakis

 

[Schulzycrow]

Its great to finally have voting rights as members. Lots of water to go under the bridge and some real names to go with those nominations before this has any real substance.

 

[brucetiki]

I guess it comes down to how they define 'member'.

Will it be all members, or will the silver members be excluded like the previous regime.

 

[Schulzycrow]

I guess it comes down to how they define 'member'.

Will it be all members, or will the silver members be excluded like the previous regime.

Anyone who takes knitting to the games.

 

[Wright Away]

Yeah, I'm a gold member and I haven't gotten an email from the club since I replied to one of the BS Trigg emails that was sent out when he came back to work. Additionally I am banned from the Crows FB page for being negative about Trigg when he graciously left the club, what a great man and CEO he was.

I didn't say anything offensive or rude. I just posted facts about his tenure as CEO. When someone leaves the club you have to praise them and say how great they are, except if that person in Matthew Rendal, you say that mud sticks and then you reinsert your head in Andrew Demetrio's anus.

 

[Wright Away]

On the topic of voting rights, I am glad. It is a step in the right direction, whether it is the only step is something that we will have to let time decide. I hope we can get some strong alternate voices onto the board, not terribly disruptive voices, but ones that can offer a different perspective to that which has permeated the club for the last decade. The best thing out of all this is that we can finally consider ourselves members, before we were just season ticket holders as we had no voting rights, now we will have such rights albeit limited and that can only be a good thing.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Is it actually any different than the previously announced suggestion?

Which I think meant that we would have the right to put forward people to be 'considered' or something like that.

 

[creme_fraiche]

This means little. Kudos to the club for dragging themselves out of the complete dictatorship era but until we possess full voting rights over each candidate we won't truly see holistic change at board level.

 

[Freshj]

Im voting for camfree

 

[Huntercrow]

Hmmm a lot of long time directors in the current list.
Appointees of the SANFL I would guess.
The constitution will need to be passed by these directors so hardly an ideal situation.
Hopefully they are all about the AFC and not about preserving their status.
The club needs to start afresh with as little interference as possible. I'm sure they are all well meaning but they are of the old regime. Their tenure was as caretakers on behalf of the SANFL. Their first priority was never to the AFC.
So are they up to the challenges of a new constitution and club direction with the AFC as their one and only master?

For me they should all be tested by a member vote. If they can convince the membership that they are the best way forward then so be it, but they all should be required to pass scrutiny.