Barrybran
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Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and NaturalDisaster
I, Barrybran, am hereby nominating myself for the position of Sweet FA Administrator for season 34 and beyond.
My platform for Sweet FA will include easy entry and exit, appropriate signage and line markings, seating, and plenty of room to accommodate waiting passengers. I believe Sweet FA is currently drunk and should start attending AA meetings. My experience is extensive and my vision is 20/20. I support players’ rights to have e-spouses.
Look, you all know who I am and what I bring to the table. Some of you like me. Some of you don’t. I don’t particularly want the responsibility of being the administrator and I feel PMBangers would do a fine job however I’m aware I am probably best placed to take this board through the next couple of seasons and I believe people deserve a choice where a choice is offered. If I am chosen you know I will do an excellent job. If I don’t, you all get to laugh at me.
I have no grand vision for where to take this board. There are many great ideas and my role as administrator will be to pull these ideas together into a cohesive plan. One such example will be to assist Kennedy Parker to refine QootyPy with a view to replacing Mobbs ’ version sometime within the next three seasons.
My goal really would be to keep the board running. The administrators across 32 seasons have done a fantastic job to build Sweet FA into what it is today. As much as people complain about this place at times, an average of 196 people turned up to match threads each week last season (courtesy of serial_thrilla), which represents and average of 16 per team per week. When you consider there are seven primary positions and maybe six secondary positions, we’re doing alright. There’s not much I need to do. All I have to do is keep the wheels turning.
Where I would likely differ to NaturalDisaster and Ant Bear, as the previous administrators, is to be more autonomous. I won't be running every decision by the committee. Their role is to keep the administrator accountable but the administrator's role is to lead, organise and execute. I’ve been around long enough to know how everything works, what needs to be done and how to do it. Please don’t confuse autonomous for autocratic. My goal will be to collect and collate ideas from the membership of this board and implement those I feel will add the most value to the board. My methods will work for some. It won’t work for others. For those it doesn’t work for, there’s always rule 10A.
I have enjoyed the seven seasons I’ve been here so far and I am sure I will enjoy the next few seasons whether I am administrator or not.
