Melbourne Club Statement

[tomcruise]

Bit of an underwhelming email in the end.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

what ****ing shit show

Further Member Update

The Club appeared in the Supreme Court to contest the recent request of a member to have access to all MFC members’ email addresses.

www.melbournefc.com.au

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Why did the Club provide the member with my postal address?

The Club received legal advice that under the Corporations Act this was required to be provided to the member upon their request for a copy of the Member Register (which holds those addresses).

Given the member has access to my personal information, can the Club also share the member’s details with me?

No. It is neither appropriate or legal for the Club to provide members with these details.

Can I opt out of receiving communications from the member?

No.

Unlike other communications directly from the Club, you can not opt out of receiving communications from a member who has gained such access by direction of the Court.

 

[Dancing Potato]

Whoever this member is, they can well and truly go **** themselves.

Some random clod now has my personal information, with which they can do whatever they want, yet they choose to remain anonymous.

EDIT: Nevermind, the email identifies him as Peter Lawrence. Fair enough.

Go **** yourself Peter.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Whoever this member is, they can well and truly go * themselves.

Some random clod now has my personal information, with which they can do whatever they want, yet they choose to remain anonymous.

EDIT: Nevermind, the email identifies him as Peter Lawrence. Fair enough.

Go * yourself Peter.

The club not protecting your personal info should piss you off more honestly.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Or at the very least, letting members know this could happen if they sign up.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Have I mentioned how much I hate board members?

I get the sense they've bored you.

 

[Bluelegs]

The club not protecting your personal info should piss you off more honestly.

The club would have been defying a court order in doing so and your info would have been seized anyway.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

The club would have been defying a court order in doing so and your info would have been seized anyway.

I mean this should have been closed off years ago, pathetic that it was even allowed to come to this. Shameful.

 

[Dancing Potato]

The club not protecting your personal info should piss you off more honestly.

I'd say I'm angry at everything an approximately equal amount.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I'd say I'm angry at everything an approximately equal amount.

Yea, Im not saying you shouldn't be pissed with ******** Lawrence mate but the club shouldn't be forgotten or overlooked. They take your cash but dont even take the time to protect your privacy.

 

[Bluelegs]

I mean this should have been closed off years ago, pathetic that it was even allowed to come to this. Shameful.

It's the law. Because of the nature of how clubs are owned by the members this is something that has always been the case. However now that this has been exposed I think we'll see a lot of people abusing the unique nature of football clubs to get the personal data of members of other sides.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

It's the law. Because of the nature of how clubs are owned by the members this is something that has always been the case. However now that this has been exposed I think we'll see a lot of people abusing the unique nature of football clubs to get the personal data of members of other sides.

Yeah, why would you sign up if there is nothing protecting you and they dont tell you this on sign up?

Put the blame on members for not asking if this the case I suppose? Gaslight everyone and hope everyone accepts that it was their own fault

 

[tomcruise]

Yeah, why would you sign up if there is nothing protecting you and they dont tell you this on sign up?

Put the blame on members for not asking if this the case I suppose? Gaslight everyone and hope everyone accepts that it was their own fault

They come under the Corporations Act, not really on the club, but it's a bizarre loophole that can now be exploited.

 

[Johnny Karate]

Eh. The club has probably given our personal info to corporate ‘partners’ well before this. That shit ****s me off more. Old mate did claim in his email that the Deemocracy group asked the club to contact all members with their message but refused. Leaving that group with no choice but to pursue it through the courts.

 

[Johnny Karate]

I’m not sure why A11dAtP0w3R hates board members so much? We have clearly been the most innovative club in the past 30 years…

Ian Ridley wanted us to merge with Hawthorn which really united the club.

Joseph Gutnick made us play an extraordinary amount of marquee Sunday games to fit in with the Sabbath. This was a real commercial boon for the club.

Gabriel Szondy and the KPMG crew took over with the innovative fiscal responsibility route where we somehow ended up millions in debt.

The Paul Gardner board attempted to solve this by attracting Chinese investment and surreptitiously dumping our Demon logo. They also made the erudite decision to offer Chris Connolly the footy manager role as a consolation prize for missing out on the head coaching gig.

Jim Stynes’ board hired Cameron Schwab. Wiped the debt and then got it back. Were somehow so devoid of talent that a man who was recovering from brain surgery was deemed the only person able to step in as Football Director. Hired Mark Neeld and extended Schwab’s contract after we were belted by 186 points.

Glen Bartlett stated we would be bigger than the New York Yankees. Froze out Peter Jackson from choosing his own successor. White anted his own coach, was fired from his own board and has been feeding Mick Warner talking points ever since.

Kate Roffey still hasn’t settled the home base issue, despite her State Government contacts. Has appeared in the media a billion times claiming credit for the premiership. Now her board wants to change the club constitution to further entrench their positions.

 

[Toump Ass]

Or at the very least, letting members know this could happen if they sign up.

Peter Lawrence- who spent $56,000 on the mail out, and **** knows how much on lawyers- used a legal loophole to do it, and the club took him to the Supreme Court to stop it. Not sure they coulda done much more.

I assume any member of any AFL club with a similar structure could do the same, but no one has before.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Eh. The club has probably given our personal info to corporate ‘partners’ well before this. That s**t *s me off more. Old mate did claim in his email that the Deemocracy group asked the club to contact all members with their message but refused. Leaving that group with no choice but to pursue it through the courts.

So the club could have saved their members and not given their personal info out, but didnt want to coz the board didnt want the members to get this nutters message? So instead crossed their fingers hoping it was an empty threat.

Wow. Even more of a shambles than I thought. **** boards.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I’m not sure why A11dAtP0w3R hates board members so much? We have clearly been the most innovative club in the past 30 years…

Ian Ridley wanted us to merge with Hawthorn which really united the club.

Joseph Gutnick made us play an extraordinary amount of marquee Sunday games to fit in with the Sabbath. This was a real commercial boon for the club.

Gabriel Szondy and the KPMG crew took over with the innovative fiscal responsibility route where we somehow ended up millions in debt.

The Paul Gardner board attempted to solve this by attracting Chinese investment and surreptitiously dumping our Demon logo. They also made the erudite decision to offer Chris Connolly the footy manager role as a consolation prize for missing out on the head coaching gig.

Jim Stynes’ board hired Cameron Schwab. Wiped the debt and then got it back. Were somehow so devoid of talent that a man who was recovering from brain surgery was deemed the only person able to step in as Football Director. Hired Mark Neeld and extended Schwab’s contract after we were belted by 186 points.

Glen Bartlett stated we would be bigger than the New York Yankees. Froze out Peter Jackson from choosing his own successor. White anted his own coach, was fired from his own board and has been feeding Mick Warner talking points ever since.

Kate Roffey still hasn’t settled the home base issue, despite her State Government contacts. Has appeared in the media a billion times claiming credit for the premiership. Now her board wants to change the club constitution to further entrench their positions.

Great summary. What a bunch of ********s.

 

[Max Power 83]

So the club could have saved their members and not given their personal info out, but didnt want to coz the board didnt want the members to get this nutters message? So instead crossed their fingers hoping it was an empty threat.

Wow. Even more of a shambles than I thought. * boards.

The club didn't want to set a precedent of acting as a dispatch service for any loony member that thinks they have something to say.

I think that is understandable.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

The club didn't want to set a precedent of acting as a dispatch service for any loony member that thinks they have something to say.

I think that is understandable.

Yea, give a looney your home address instead. God bless the club.

 

[Max Power 83]

Yea, give a looney your home address instead. God bless the club.

They obviously tried to fight that.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

They obviously tried to fight that.

Their good intentions make up for it

 

[RandB]

They come under the Corporations Act, not really on the club, but it's a bizarre loophole that can now be exploited.

It needs updating.

 

[Bluelegs]

So the club could have saved their members and not given their personal info out, but didnt want to coz the board didnt want the members to get this nutters message? So instead crossed their fingers hoping it was an empty threat.

Wow. Even more of a shambles than I thought. * boards.

According to the club, at the court hearing the club offered to circulate the email on behalf of the member but he declined.

But now he's claiming he offered that option to the club and the club said no.

So either he rescinded his initial offer after it was taken to court or someone's telling porkies.