Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham - Statement from Barham addressing Merrett etc - 12/9

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
    Sean Wellman

    Age

    51

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  42

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
    Josh Mahoney

    Age

    48

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    39

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Must’ve been one of the 20 people that had access to Level 2

No oxygen up there obviously.

 

[ghostdog]

You're a Babe

Everytime I notice a student swinging on their chair; "Oi. Four legs good, two legs baaaad."

 

[fishardansin]

If we're talking about beer .. I had two pots today. I so rarely drink these days that I felt pissed after it!!

 

[yodellinhank]

Yarragon Ale House has a range of Gippsland craft beers on tap, including the delicious Pretty Penny copper ale from Bandoliers in Warragul.

They got taps now? Been a while. It's a great stop off. Lovely town, as is Traf.

If we're talking about beer .. I had two pots today. I so rarely drink these days that I felt pissed after it!!

Tipsy is the best you can be in life. Sustain it, maintain it.

 

[Albertross]

Speaking of beer, this is for all of the metrosexual beer drinkers out there. VB now have a grooming kit, made from beer!

Disclaimer! I have no idea as to whether the exfoliating scrub, body wash, facial mask, or everybody's favourite, bath frothy will affect your BAC. So use at your own discretion.

 

[brutus76]

So is this now EFC SURVIVOR: BLOOD ISLAND?

Last people standing get to be on the board or coach? good luck!

 

[Kong]

As someone that doesn’t care for beer, I miss the time when this board posted about sandwiches.

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

As someone that doesn’t care for beer, I miss the time when this board posted about sandwiches.

is it 2013? who let this guy back in

 

[Vander18]

As someone that doesn’t care for beer, I miss the time when this board posted about sandwiches.

I love sandwiches more than footy.

 

[ghostdog]

As someone that doesn’t care for beer, I miss the time when this board posted about sandwiches.

Nah, you missed the discussion about toasted sandwiches about 3 or 4 weeks ago.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

WTF is going on in here lately? So much talk about Japanese beers and whether Dildoro was at the club before Diana died.

I'm lost in some of these threads atm, think I need a lie down, or a Whiskey. * it, I'll have a few Whiskeys, then a long lie down. Two birds, one stone!

What type of Whiskey?
on the rocks or neat?

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

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Thought he was at the dentist?

 

[Kong]

is it 2013? who let this guy back in

I returned with Sheedy.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

I love sandwiches more than footy.

Well, we've been serving up shit sandwiches for over a decade so all good then.

 

[yodellinhank]

Well, we've been serving up s**t sandwiches for over a decade so all good then.

Hey, I didn't get any bread!

 

[Doss]

Hey, I didn't get any bread!

We’re not big on the filling either.

 

[Vander18]

Well, we've been serving up s**t sandwiches for over a decade so all good then.

Prefer a good Reuben….

 

[Duckworth]

Speaking of beer, this is for all of the metrosexual beer drinkers out there. VB now have a grooming kit, made from beer!

Disclaimer! I have no idea as to whether the exfoliating scrub, body wash, facial mask, or everybody's favourite, bath frothy will affect your BAC. So use at your own discretion.

You can also achieve something similar by just a big night out drinking. Plenty of clumsy spilling will give you that au de VB (additional high notes achieved by bumping into other patrons). Faceplanting the mud outside and falling over again on some gravel will provide deep exfoliation.

 

[84859300]

As someone that doesn’t care for beer, I miss the time when this board posted about sandwiches.

Take it ot the North board, they're all about soup and dim sims

 

[Happyskeret]

You can also achieve something similar by just a big night out drinking. Plenty of clumsy spilling will give you that au de VB (additional high notes achieved by bumping into other patrons). Faceplanting the mud outside and falling over again on some gravel will provide deep exfoliation.

I think I achieved this last night courtesy of this thread. I both regret and not regret this as I really enjoyed the girls win last night but I am not enjoying the headache. Also my skin hasn’t looked this good in months.

 

[Eleven 38]

I think I achieved this last night courtesy of this thread. I both regret and not regret this as I really enjoyed the girls win last night but I am not enjoying the headache. Also my skin hasn’t looked this good in months.

If you drink the body wash instead of the beer, it tastes better and no headache the next day.

 

[citizen-erased]

Take it ot the North board, they're all about soup and dim sims

Soup isnt a meal

 

[Happyskeret]

If you drink the body wash instead of the beer, it tastes better and no headache the next day.

That reminds me of when I drank my best mates homebrew and he forgot to rinse the detergent out from the bottles. I was burping bubbles that night .

 

[The Donners]

Speaking of beer, this is for all of the metrosexual beer drinkers out there. VB now have a grooming kit, made from beer!

Disclaimer! I have no idea as to whether the exfoliating scrub, body wash, facial mask, or everybody's favourite, bath frothy will affect your BAC. So use at your own discretion.

So not only does it taste like cat piss you can now also smell like cat piss?

 

[Happyskeret]

Does anyone remember Toohey’s blue? now that was true cats piss