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
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  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
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  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
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    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
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    , 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

 

[jmoo wan]

By the way Lore , what is the duck emoji?

it means she thinks you can go and get ducked, is what it means.

 

[Lore]

1. The motto of the Club is “Sauvitor in modo fortiter in re” which is translated as “Gentle in manner, resolute in deed”.

ha

 

[frodos gardener]

it means she thinks you can go and get ducked, is what it means.

I knew it!!

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

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[citizen-erased]

1. The motto of the Club is “Sauvitor in modo fortiter in re” which is translated as “Gentle in manner, resolute in deed”.

ha

sums up the on-field

 

[Lore]

sums up the on-field

On-field has the former but not the latter, and off-field, lately, the latter but not the former.

 

[Nifft]

As an aside. that was a great movie.

 

[Lore]

The point of this review was to see what Geelong and others are doing that we’re not doing… apparently Richardson at Melbourne is GM Football Performance, which sounds kinda familiar.

Was appointed to the role right after Mahoney left so not sure if Mahoney was across those plans at Melbourne but yeah;

Alan Richardson - General Manager of AFL Football Performance​

An experienced tactician, Alan Richardson joined Melbourne's football department ahead of the 2020 season.

After spending the 2020 season as the club's Director of Coaching, Richardson was later appointed to the position General Manager of AFL Football Performance in preparation for 2021.

In his role, Richardson oversees the performance-based elements of the AFL program including coaching, high performance, medical, performance psychology and skill development.

Alan Richardson | Melbourne Football Club

www.melbournefc.com.au

 

[ghostdog]

Where can I read the review? I don't see it on the webpage. Good thing seems to be the media not reporting anything beyond the appointments, so maybe no leaks is really a thing now.

 

[Lore]

Where can I read the review? I don't see it on the webpage. Good thing seems to be the media not reporting anything beyond the appointments, so maybe no leaks is really a thing now.

The full findings aren’t out yet, we only have the preliminaries from the last president email;

Letter from the President

President Dave Barham addresses members and fans.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Stuff is linked in the timeline in the sticky post too if you’re trying to find anything

 

[ghostdog]

The full findings aren’t out yet, we only have the preliminaries from the last president email;

Letter from the President

President Dave Barham addresses members and fans.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Stuff is linked in the timeline in the sticky post too if you’re trying to find anything

Cheers Lore. I've read the preliminaries so probs posting with a tinge of whinge. I've also been looking forward comments from Dodoro re: the trade period but haven't been able to find anything on the club's page about that either. Wondered if he'd been muzzled.

 

[Lore]

Cheers Lore. I've read the preliminaries so probs posting with a tinge of whinge. I've also been looking forward comments from Dodoro re: the trade period but haven't been able to find anything on the club's page about that either. Wondered if he'd been muzzled.

I mean the preliminary thing was only three days ago so it’s probably a little bit impatient they did say there will be more info coming out though, and Lloyd was saying he doesn’t think it will be flattering of the club administration over the last few years.

Dodoro hasn’t been put in front of the cameras much for a few years, usually it’s Mahoney (or Richardson previously) who are quoted on the club website, and Mahoney’s done a few interviews.

Although I think the AFL might mandate Dodoro and other list managers to answer questions on the way out of Marvel on the last day, coz there’s this:

 

[ghostdog]

I mean the preliminary thing was only three days ago so it’s probably a little bit impatient they did say there will be more info coming out though, and Lloyd was saying he doesn’t think it will be flattering of the club administration over the last few years.

Dodoro hasn’t been put in front of the cameras much for a few years, usually it’s Mahoney (or Richardson previously) who are quoted on the club website, and Mahoney’s done a few interviews.

Although I think the AFL might mandate Dodoro and other list managers to answer questions on the way out of Marvel on the last day, coz there’s this:

I am impatient!

I really hope the findings account for what has or hasn't been done as a result of the Switkowski report as well. Governance re: appointments surely must have been under the microscope.

 

[Lore]

I am impatient!

I really hope the findings account for what has or hasn't been done as a result of the Switkowski report as well. Governance re: appointments surely must have been under the microscope.

I don’t think it’ll go back to Switkowski because whatever that report found even if it was fixed the club was cut to a skeleton crew with the pandemic and even before that were running on a tight budget trying to pay down the saga fines. So whatever Switkowski recommended would have been potentially impossible in between

 

[ghostdog]

I don’t think it’ll go back to Switkowski because whatever that report found even if it was fixed the club was cut to a skeleton crew with the pandemic and even before that were running on a tight budget trying to pay down the saga fines. So whatever Switkowski recommended would have been potentially impossible in between

Probably right. If so, that's the kind of disclosure I want. I want to know what has happened for us to be where we are. Probably too distant now for them though. This is the kind of stuff I hope someone in the media asks about at least. Would be fascinating to be a fly on the wall in the board room.

 

[P Money]

I get it - it’s an integration role. I can’t help but feel that when you have the right people in the right roles you don’t need these roles.

Maybe the answer is that we don’t and therefore we do…..

From my experience (in a very large and very complex organisation/environment) you can have fantastic people working in individual roles with individual responsibilities and accountability, but it can be very difficult for that not to become siloed and ineffective without dedicated resources and focus on integration and ensuring that efforts and strategies are all aligned.


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[Lore]

Podcast featuring Paul Cousins (former board member, President of our VFL side), Robert Shaw (assistant coach in the Sheedy era, normally co-hosts Rohan Connolly's Footyology podcast these days), and Scooter (from the Lunchtime Catch-Up podcast).

Haven't heard all of it yet as it's stupidly long but the first 40 minutes or whatever is pretty good. Cousins was on the board at the same time as Barham before he lost his re-election to Sean Wellman

Sean Wellman

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, so can speak a bit about what the guy is like when he doesn't have a camera in his face.

 

[fairbump_playon]

As an aside. that was a great movie.

It was the best thing I have seen in many many years

Maybe I caught it just at the right moment. But god I loved it.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

It was the best thing I have seen in many many years

Maybe I caught it just at the right moment. But god I loved it.

100%. Maybe the best in 10-20 years for me.

 

[Nifft]

It was the best thing I have seen in many many years

Maybe I caught it just at the right moment. But god I loved it.

Interesting piece of trivia, the husband was short round in Indiana Jones.

 

[fairbump_playon]

100%. Maybe the best in 10-20 years for me.

I'm so glad to hear this. I have spoken to people who either hated it or thought it was kind of... ok.

Which was weird because I was somehow crying, gobsmacked, laughing and aching all at once.

I think my fundamental challenge in terms of being happy is that I can't help but imagine all the other things I could be doing, ways I could be living. So even if life is good a voice in the back of my head says "what if we blew all this up and moved overseas - things could be even better.. go on... do it!!". Not really a recipe for contentment. This film really kicked all that thinking right in the solar plexus.

ANYWAY... footy.

Perhaps there's an alternate dimension where the bombers are good.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

I'm so glad to hear this. I have spoken to people who either hated it or thought it was kind of... ok.

Which was weird because I was somehow crying, gobsmacked, laughing and aching all at once.

I think my fundamental challenge in terms of being happy is that I can't help but imagine all the other things I could be doing, ways I could be living. So even if life is good a voice in the back of my head says "what if we blew all this up and moved overseas - things could be even better.. go on... do it!!". Not really a recipe for contentment. This film really kicked all that thinking right in the solar plexus.

ANYWAY... footy.

Perhaps there's an alternate dimension where the bombers are good.

It's the kind of film that won't speak to everyone and there won't be much middle ground, you'll either get it or you won't.

Quite a number of people I know LOVED it also, but some couldn't understand what the fuss was about.

I left the cinema feeling like I had just seen my imagination projected to a screen, it was a profound and hilarious experience. I think the only remotely close experience was after seeing The Matrix for the first time in the cinema. But it wasn't as funny.

 

[Shanghaistu]

It's the kind of film that won't speak to everyone and there won't be much middle ground, you'll either get it or you won't.

Quite a number of people I know LOVED it also, but some couldn't understand what the fuss was about.

I left the cinema feeling like I had just seen my imagination projected to a screen, it was a profound and hilarious experience. I think the only remotely close experience was after seeing The Matrix for the first time in the cinema. But it wasn't as funny.

Apologies if this is already mentioned in the thread, but what is the name of the movie? (Just in case my toddler kids miraculously sleep at the same time for more than 2 hours and I manage to take in a flick….)?

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Apologies if this is already mentioned in the thread, but what is the name of the movie? (Just in case my toddler kids miraculously sleep at the same time for more than 2 hours and I manage to take in a flick….)?

Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Would highly recommend watching without knowing anything about it or trailers etc. Best going in blind.

 

[Lore]

Was going to put this in the Non-Essendon thread but I feel like the comparisons are inevitable.

Melbourne are trying to change their constitution to limit the terms of their directors to 9 years except for the president who can serve for 15 years. Ours is 12, though max 6 without being elected, and the president is no exception.

They also want to change the title from chairman to president, which we already did a few years ago.

Allowing for online voting – which I find interesting. We've had online voting for board elections for a while now, but voting in the AGM in 2022 looks like it'll be in-person only, though you can have a proxy if you fill out a form. It's not even clear if it'll be live-streamed so we can watch without voting. It's been done online during covid so it's not like they can't... but presumably there are reasons.

And they want a 20 member endorsement of a candidate before they can be put up for election... ours is 3 I think? Plus they have to align to the board's preferred expertise framework thing.

Demons taken to Supreme Court over club constitution changes

Melbourne’s attempt to modify their constitution has turned nasty, with former board candidate Peter Lawrence taking the club to court in an attempt to put his case to members that the constitution should be overhauled.

www.theage.com.au

Members have been sent the proposed changes, which include term limits for ordinary directors of nine years (three terms of three years), but maintain the capacity for a president to serve on the board for up to 15 years, depending on what stage of their tenure they are elected president. They also want to change the title of the chairman to president, acknowledge the AFLW team, allow for online voting and require 20 members to endorse a candidate for election to the board, rather than two.

Lawrence, who ran for the board at the past two elections, has established a group called Deemocracy that would like to limit the director’s terms to nine years regardless of when they become president and also maintain the requirement that a member only needs to receive nomination by two voting members to be eligible as a candidate for a director election.