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

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

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

 

[frodos gardener]

New CEO in the next week or so I hope. They’ll probably not rush an announcement this time, though…

 

[DERO]

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

There is clearly plenty of division and ego. So yes, just like our board

 

[Lore]

There is clearly plenty of division and ego. So yes, just like our board.

I can only imagine what comes next if someone decides to sue Essendon in the Supreme Court over the way the constitution is written... or starts demanding access to my email address and phone number so they can send election materials directly. Eep.

Although it wouldn't be the worst thing if they put together a two page resume for each candidate that was sent in a single email from the club. Lucky to get a paragraph about them atm and mostly you don't know them from a bar of soap

 

[DERO]

I can only imagine what comes next if someone decides to sue Essendon in the Supreme Court over the way the constitution is written... or starts demanding access to my email address and phone number so they can send election materials directly. Eep.

Although it wouldn't be the worst thing if they put together a two page resume for each candidate that was sent in a single email from the club. Lucky to get a paragraph about them atm and mostly you don't know them from a bar of soap

An email with a link would suffice.

 

[Lore]

An email with a link would suffice.

Link to what? This? Andrew Muir - Business Leader, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

 

[frodos gardener]

I think candidates should at least have a brief description of why they’re running that members can see. Any who just put in corporate jargon/spin will be easy to spot.

 

[Lore]

“They’ve been run so badly for so long”: Wilson takes aim at Saints, Bombers over sackings

Caroline Wilson has not held back in her criticism of Essendon and more specifically St Kilda.

www.sen.com.au

Mostly clickbait

blah blah blah.

Laying into us for the way Rutten was sacked, laying into St Kilda for Ratten, laying into Lethlean as well, etc etc.

“Now they’ve decided they want Ross Lyon to coach. This review has been going on since early September and I gather the [St Kilda] president was telling people about it on Lindsay Fox’s yacht and you’ve got all these former club presidents there.

Wait what?

Is this the same yacht Sheedy went to New York for in September? Supposedly for his birthday?

 

[andleanback]

“They’ve been run so badly for so long”: Wilson takes aim at Saints, Bombers over sackings

Caroline Wilson has not held back in her criticism of Essendon and more specifically St Kilda.

www.sen.com.au

Mostly clickbait

blah blah blah.

Laying into us for the way Rutten was sacked, laying into St Kilda for Ratten, laying into Lethlean as well, etc etc.



Wait what?

Is this the same yacht Sheedy went to New York for in September? Supposedly for his birthday?

Yeh lindsay fox’s 85th birthday
A lot of heavy hitters on board

 

[Lore]

Yeh lindsay fox’s 85th birthday
A lot of heavy hitters on board

Sounds like it was the place to be in September

 

[Nifft]

Yeh lindsay fox’s 85th birthday
A lot of heavy hitters on board

Yeah that party would've been a blast...

 

[Burzum]

Heavy hitters, soft shitters.

 

[yaco55]

So if essendon forgets to wipe its own arse we cry to mummy? Again, your post changes nothing. I knew all that already.

We blabbed on about how great OUR process was (including to the AFL) and it cactus up. Not the AFL's fault.

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If you knew this then your posts make no sense - Just another case of someone who is proudly part of the twitter frenzy.

 

[DERO]

Link to what? This? Andrew Muir - Business Leader, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

I meant for voting actually.

 

[ghostdog]

“They’ve been run so badly for so long”: Wilson takes aim at Saints, Bombers over sackings

Caroline Wilson has not held back in her criticism of Essendon and more specifically St Kilda.

www.sen.com.au

Mostly clickbait

blah blah blah.

Laying into us for the way Rutten was sacked, laying into St Kilda for Ratten, laying into Lethlean as well, etc etc.



Wait what?

Is this the same yacht Sheedy went to New York for in September? Supposedly for his birthday?

So Sheeds heard Lethelen talking up the prospect of Ross Lyon and had already decided back then that Hird was his choice? Maybe Sheeds is responsible for Lyon's bad vibes?

 

[DapperDon]

So Sheeds heard Lethelen talking up the prospect of Ross Lyon and had already decided back then that Hird was his choice? Maybe Sheeds is responsible for Lyon's bad vibes?

Sheeds probably told the entire party he was bringing Hird back because Essendon people are super awesome and Lethelen told Ross not to bother at running as it's just a sham as he's not an awesome Essendon person.

Then likely fell asleep at the dining table in his own shit riddled pants

 

[eth-dog]

No challenge to the board

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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

You should all watch 'Primer'.

 

[Nifft]

You should all watch 'Primer'.

The Fare (2018), Time Lapse and Safety Not Guaranteed are all pretty good indie movies, if you don't mind low budget stuff.

Makes me wish I could find a time travel device and go back to 2000... but I guess the elation would be short lived knowing what's to come over the next couple decades.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

The Fare (2018), Time Lapse and Safety Not Guaranteed are all pretty good indie movies, if you don't mind low budget stuff.

Makes me wish I could find a time travel device and go back to 2000... but I guess the elation would be short lived knowing what's to come over the next couple decades.

If you have the device surely you would send a Terminator to take out sheeds b4 he went all mad king and traded out champs like dimma and cara for carlton trash like murphy?

 

[Old Campaigner]

No challenge to the board

I wonder if they realised it wouldn't have enough support to get up or if they just forgot to put their application in on time

 

[yodellinhank]

I wonder if they realised it wouldn't have enough support to get up or if they just forgot to put their application in on time

You can challenge whenever you like if you have the numbers to call for an EGM I would have thought? A decent spill isn't just contesting the 2 (?) vacant positions at the AGM.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

The Fare (2018), Time Lapse and Safety Not Guaranteed are all pretty good indie movies, if you don't mind low budget stuff.

Makes me wish I could find a time travel device and go back to 2000... but I guess the elation would be short lived knowing what's to come over the next couple decades.

'Safety Not Guaranteed' is majorly underrated!

 

[Zach Package]

I wonder if they realised it wouldn't have enough support to get up or if they just forgot to put their application in on time

The best part is they would never admit the former and the latter makes them look like a pack of idiots.

A real PR masterclass

 

[ghostdog]

I wonder if they realised it wouldn't have enough support to get up or if they just forgot to put their application in on time

...or they saw the Essendon BF poll.

 

[fairbump_playon]

The Fare (2018), Time Lapse and Safety Not Guaranteed are all pretty good indie movies, if you don't mind low budget stuff.

Makes me wish I could find a time travel device and go back to 2000... but I guess the elation would be short lived knowing what's to come over the next couple decades.

Go forward and find our next flag instead. But make sure you pack a few sandwiches.. you could be a long time in the Delorean.