NMFC Board Elections

[Val Keating]

C’mon Val. Crapper strikes me as a very believable individual. :stern look

Wants us to vote for him and treats us like idiots

 

[Paul Crapper]

Still the only candidate that has fronted here. Must be a bit of a shock to someone unfamiliar with Bigfooty. I think generally Paul has had a reasonable run although he probably thinks we have been harsh.

Paul, please keep in touch here and answer the questions that you can. I don’t think many here would question the genuineness of your candidacy and your aim to make North Melbourne Great Again. I think it would be difficult to have specific policies as you will be one vote so no point promising something you cannot deliver.

I like your answers re Tassie - tick. We all agree that we would like to be less reliant on selling games as a form of income - do you have any thoughts on that? Where do we generate the millions we need to not do that?

Board experience and governance seems a strong point - nice to have but not critical.

General experience operating at a high business level is Strong and handy.

I will continue to watch the thread with interest and thank you for taking up my invitation to engage through BF.

Thanks

The membership churn issue is a big issue as was raised earlier. If the club can stop that whilst achieving on field success our membership base will grow and so will the need to consider selling games (over time). Statistics I have seen previously suggest our churn is quite high compared to the bigger clubs.

Achieving membership value in the minds of members is important but so is recognising that we need to connect to a younger emerging group, where getting them to part with a sizeable part of their disposable income is a challenge. The clubs move to paying membership by instalments is excellent.

Getting more marque games, which come with greater revenue benefits, will ideally come from on field success.

Open and transparent two way engagement with members and supporters and being receptive to feedback and actively responding to that feedback is also critical to slowing membership churn. What I have seen on BF over the last couple of days is a number of burning issues that people seem concerned with that they haven’t heard responded to or acted upon. Open and transparent access for members and supporters to Board members would be beneficial I feel.

 

[Paul Crapper]

Wants us to vote for him and treats us like idiots

You don’t need to vote for me. I’m just providing a qualified option to answer the “closed shop” concerns many outside of BF have.

 

[Sillygit]

Someone has told you my name on a private message and because you're a silly old boomer you've thought oooh I'll drop the R and be a big man.

Everyone here knows my name here. Lots of people here are actual real life friends.

Interestingly some Essendon supporters used to do what you just did, so congratulations on having the same mindset as the average Essendon suppprter.

From what you've posted here, it is very obvious the only person you advocate for is Paul Crapper.

You don’t need to vote for me. I’m just providing a qualified option to answer the “closed shop” concerns many outside of BF have.

yea, no need to at all, cause you're not providing anything.

 

[Paul Crapper]

Still the only candidate that has fronted here. Must be a bit of a shock to someone unfamiliar with Bigfooty. I think generally Paul has had a reasonable run although he probably thinks we have been harsh.

Paul, please keep in touch here and answer the questions that you can. I don’t think many here would question the genuineness of your candidacy and your aim to make North Melbourne Great Again. I think it would be difficult to have specific policies as you will be one vote so no point promising something you cannot deliver.

I like your answers re Tassie - tick. We all agree that we would like to be less reliant on selling games as a form of income - do you have any thoughts on that? Where do we generate the millions we need to not do that?

Board experience and governance seems a strong point - nice to have but not critical.

General experience operating at a high business level is Strong and handy.

I will continue to watch the thread with interest and thank you for taking up my invitation to engage through BF.

I should also note that I have been called a lot over the years as I have had to make some very difficult decisions involving people. People are entitled to their judgements and opinions. I respect that and will continue to listen.

 

[Zondor]

yea, no need to at all, cause you're not providing anything.

I beg to Differ. He posted the first letter of a fellow poster’s name and then claimed it to be a Typo. Funny Stuff that. Also loving the work of Media Manager gokangas. This thread is akin to Half Tonne Mom sitting on the Crapper. :stern look

 

[gokangas]

I beg to Differ. He posted the first letter of a fellow poster’s name and then claimed it to be a Typo. Funny Stuff that. Also loving the work of Media Manager gokangas. This thread is akin to Half Tonne Mom sitting on the Crapper. :stern look

Let me stress again I do not know the bloke at all. Never met him - never talked to him. Tracked him down on LinkedIn and invited him to BF. He did so which I appreciate.
I do know Sonja (not particularly well) and admire what she has achieved. Not difficult to vote for her.
I would love to see an ‘outsider’ on the board but still not convinced they could be effective.

 

[Zondor]

Let me stress again I do not know the bloke at all. Never met him - never talked to him. Tracked him down on LinkedIn and invited him to BF. He did so which I appreciate.
I do know Sonja (not particularly well) and admire what she has achieved. Not difficult to vote for her.
I would love to see an ‘outsider’ on the board but still not convinced they could be effective.

Is this a Typo? :stern look

 

[The Anvil]

If you get nominated-

-explain the continued use of the anarchism that is the Raffle

- develop a Members only Media site

- do something about the Away debacle seats when we play Essendon

- do something about the arrangements that sees Opposition Supporters sitting in Reserved Nmfc seating areas

Two things on this for me:
- Away game against Essendon is at the G this year so surely it will be a better experience. Still won't bring my 3 and 5 yo though as it's not a safe environment in the outer against them.
- Opposition supporters are often friends of North Melbourne supporters who get them guest passes. Also, if all our fans turned up to games and sat in their seats this wouldn't be a problem.

 

[Snake_Baker]

For me it ended when he couldn't give direct answers to simple questions. But yes, agreed.

I agree with YOTR in that it seems PC has used a tremendous amount of words to say not much at all

You are certain that the remaining nominees would not have done the same thing.........................if they showed up?

 

[Luke72]

- Opposition supporters are often friends of North Melbourne supporters who get them guest passes. Also, if all our fans turned up to games and sat in their seats this wouldn't be a problem.

I think when people bring friends they are generally good natured and respectful of the fact they are sitting in a members area. I get a Premership Club membership which provides seating on level 2 from row H(I think) back. The first 6-7 rows are sold to the public and can have a lot of opposition supporters. The club should purchase the entire bay rather than having the best seat open to the public.

 

[year of the roo]

You are certain that the remaining nominees would not have done the same thing.........................if they showed up?

Maybe they would have, maybe they wouldn't have. Should I form an opinion on them for something that may or may not happen?

I respect him for showing up. Not sure it has done him any good.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Maybe they would have, maybe they wouldn't have. Should I form an opinion on them for something that may or may not happen?

No, I am just stating that logically it's not a factor to be taken in to consideration in the absence of others.

I respect him for showing up. Not sure it has done him any good.

Agree & agree.

If we're going to extrapolate, then we can gather from Sonja's tweet for example, that she is of the view that everything is star spangled magnificent with the board & club:



............so if folks don't agree with that, then they probably shouldn't vote for her either.

Could Paul be a yes man? Possibly. Is Sonja a Yes woman? Definitely.

 

[RobZombie]

I hear a recent addition to the Board previously frequented BigFooty. Then once on the Board they stopped.

That's not true. Sonja Hood was a Bigfooty regular some time ago, including during the 2007 relocation resistance, but drifted away for whatever reasons at least 7-8 years ago. It had nothing to do with her recent addition to the board.

 

[Hello Mr Thompson]

The ring fell off my pudding can.

On SM-G950F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Hello Mr Thompson]

Still the only candidate that has fronted here. Must be a bit of a shock to someone unfamiliar with Bigfooty. I think generally Paul has had a reasonable run although he probably thinks we have been harsh.

Paul, please keep in touch here and answer the questions that you can. I don’t think many here would question the genuineness of your candidacy and your aim to make North Melbourne Great Again. I think it would be difficult to have specific policies as you will be one vote so no point promising something you cannot deliver.

I like your answers re Tassie - tick. We all agree that we would like to be less reliant on selling games as a form of income - do you have any thoughts on that? Where do we generate the millions we need to not do that?

Board experience and governance seems a strong point - nice to have but not critical.

General experience operating at a high business level is Strong and handy.

I will continue to watch the thread with interest and thank you for taking up my invitation to engage through BF.

Spare me the MAGA MNMGA crap.

On SM-G950F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Thewlis Dish]

lol crapper

 

[Val Keating]

You don’t need to vote for me. I’m just providing a qualified option to answer the “closed shop” concerns many outside of BF have.

You have shown who you are by responding to a poster with the first letter of their first name as some weird Alfa move, and then denied it with a Trumpisim by saying it was a typo.

If you’re running on being genuine with members then you lost it at that point. If you owned it then who knows.

 

[gokangas]

That's not true. Sonja Hood was a Bigfooty regular some time ago, including during the 2007 relocation resistance, but drifted away for whatever reasons at least 7-8 years ago. It had nothing to do with her recent addition to the board.

I think she stopped when she became employed by the club which is understandable.

 

[Gasometer]

That's not true. Sonja Hood was a Bigfooty regular some time ago, including during the 2007 relocation resistance, but drifted away for whatever reasons at least 7-8 years ago. It had nothing to do with her recent addition to the board.

Absolutely and a generous poster at that iirc

 

[Gasometer]

Spare me the MAGA MNMGA crap.

On SM-G950F using BigFooty.com mobile app

North is great.

We just haven’t won for a long time

 

[Val Keating]

lol crappers

FTFY

 

[longlivenmfc]

I asked the question to the independent nominations committee, that as the constitution can have up to 12 Board members, would they just consider an increase to 7 rather than having a vote. I was told that the Chairman will invite whoever he likes onto the Board, he doesn’t need a vote from members to decide that.

Hi Paul

There’s been a lot of criticism of the nominations committee on this forum, so I’m interested to know how you found the process? I think you’re the first one to get through, so I’m keen to know if it’s a circus, or maybe the last guy who tried was just a knob.

Thanks

 

[The Brady Bunch]

As a members advocate.

Yeah I'm not sure I understand this. Aren't all board directors technically members' advocates? Just like every politician works for all of his or her constituents.

 

[sbdan]

Lesson to candidates in any endeavor - don't bother with blogs / 2 way social media.

Just gives you the spade to dig your own hole