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MINUTES OF SAVE THE WAFL COMMITTEE

Held at Dome Cafe South Perth Menda Street
On Tuesday 18th December

MEETING OPENED: Acting Chairman Pat Holywell opened the meeting at 6.00 pm

1812.01 PRESENT: Pat Holywell, George Copley, Drew Nugent, Simon Collins and John Holmes

1812.02 APOLOGIES: Mark Nichols


1812.03 Election of COMMITTEE:

Chairman- George Copley
Spokesperson/Treasurer- Pat Holywell
Secretary – No nominations received to date.
In the absence of any nominations for the position of Secretary the Committee is empoweredto fill that vacancy at a later date

Committee Members – Drew Nugent, Simon Collins, John Holmes and Mark Nichols



1812.04 GENERAL BUSINESS:

The Chairman invited any items of General Business from the meeting.

Pat Holywell gave a run down on why this committee was formed.
To voice the concerns of Members, Supporters, Past Players, Officials and Volunteers of the WAFL in regards to the WAFL Alignment between East Perth FC, Peel FC, Fremantle FC and the West Coast Eagles FC.

Drew Nugent asked what are Our Objectives

To voice our concerns of the WAFL Alignment
Raise money for campaigns
Public awareness
Work hand and hand with the 7 non-aligned Club, State and Federal Ministers

Save The WAFL car stickers were made by Pat Holywell and handed out to the committeemembers. It was agree by the committee to sell the stickers at $1.00 each to off set the cost to make them.

It was agree that the committee needs to look into promoting the Save The WAFL campaign, advertising through newspapers, radio, Facebook. Ozfooty forum and Twitter etc. as more Public awareness.

A bank account was agree by the committee to be setup by Pat Holywell for the use of Raise money for campaigns


1812.05 The Chairman handed down the report which he had a meeting with Mr Martin Whitely Member for Bassendean Today at Martin Whitely office in Bassendean.

Mr Martin Whitely agreed that the WAFL Alignment between East Perth FC, Peel FC, Fremantle FC and the West Coast Eagles FC. was not in the best interest of the WAFL and can clearing see that two permanent POWER clubs will be made out of this Alignment.

A letter will be drawn up by Mr Martin Whitely and the Chairman of The Save the WAFL Committee George Copley
Stating the 12 points raised by the G7 and there was no impact study made by the WAFC and with the concerns of the Save the WAFL Committee.
Which will be tabled. Plus Mr Martin Whitely will call for a meeting with Hon. Terry Waldron Minister MLA for sport Recreation, Racing and Gaming







CLOSURE: The Chairman thanked all present and closed the meeting at 7.12 pm.

Signed as a true and correct record

CHAIRMAN …………………………………………………………. / /

www.savethewafl.com
 
Mr Martin Whitely agreed that the WAFL Alignment between East Perth FC, Peel FC, Fremantle FC and the West Coast Eagles FC. was not in the best interest of the WAFL and can clearly see that two permanent POWER clubs will be made out of this Alignment.

Only recently we had recently-appointed SANFL General Manager and ex-WWT CEO Chris Davies sending a 'please explain' to the Port Adelaide Football Club for its recent invitation of 5 Magpies-listed players to do some pre-Xmas training with the Power. The current SANFL-ratified 'One Club' arrangement is 'too cosy', according to the murmurs of other club officials.

Never mind that before this year Central District had competed in 12 consecutive Grand Finals and won 10 of them, it's the lowly Magpies and their supposed AFL-related perks we all have to worry about.

#bringyourumbrellachickenlittle
 

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The seven non-aligned WAFL clubs are set to boycott pre-season practice matches against the two aligned teams next year after talks on the league's new partnering model stalled yesterday.

Dubbed the G7, the non-aligned clubs were offered $7000 compensation yesterday for the loss of Eastern States recruited AFL talent under the revised model which will involve East Perth being aligned to West Coast and Peel to Fremantle from 2014.

Seven days earlier, the G7 demanded 50 per cent more money in the ongoing battle with the WA Football Commission over compensation.

The clubs told WAFC officials they were seeking $155,000 each, $55,000 more than the $100,000 extra they had been granted by the WAFC as a sweetener for when the club-alignment model starts in 2014.

WAFL Council of Presidents chairman Haydn Raitt said the G7 had been negotiating with the WAFC in good faith to ensure clubs could endorse a detailed model that was in the best interests of the competition and clubs involved.

"The non-aligned clubs expected that the first step in finalising a suitable model was for the WAFC to agree to a financial model that has been put to it by the non-aligned clubs," Raitt said.

"It is now apparent that the negotiations with the WAFC have stalled and that leading into the 2013 season we remain concerned that the integrity of the WAFL competition will be severely compromised and we are fearful that club supporters and members, football fans and the media may become disillusioned with the competition.

"We have therefore agreed to implement a number of actions aimed at bringing negotiations to a satisfactory conclusion so that we have an agreed model in place as soon as possible."

Eagles Shannon Hurn, Scott Lycett, Will Schofield, Matt Rosa and Blayne Wilson, who were all former Peel squad members, will take up with the Royals next year in a transition year, along with West Coast new recruits Jamie Bennell, Jamie Cripps, Cale Morton and Sharrod Wellingham.

Fremantle squad members Zac Clarke, Hayden Crozier and Jayden Pitt will switch from East Perth to Peel, the Dockers' partner club. Joining Clarke, Crozier and Pitt at the Thunder will be Dockers recruits Jack Hannath, Danyle Pearce, Tanner Smith and Matt Taberner.

A feature of the 2013 WAFL fixtures released yesterday was an emphasis on avoiding direct clashes with AFL matches involving WA clubs.

Three games will be played on Anzac Day and two on Good Friday, with the traditional WA Day derby between East and South Fremantle on Sunday, June 2, avoiding a clash with the match between West Coast and Richmond at Patersons Stadium on WA Day (June 3).
Did you know? 5 The number of West Coast players who will switch allegiances from Peel to East Perth next year.
 
MINUTES OF SAVE THE WAFL COMMITTEE

Held at Dome Cafe South Perth Menda Street
On Tuesday 18th December

MEETING OPENED: Acting Chairman Pat Holywell opened the meeting at 6.00 pm

1812.01 PRESENT: Pat Holywell, George Copley, Drew Nugent, Simon Collins and John Holmes

1812.02 APOLOGIES: Mark Nichols


1812.03 Election of COMMITTEE:

Chairman- George Copley
Spokesperson/Treasurer- Pat Holywell
Secretary – No nominations received to date.
In the absence of any nominations for the position of Secretary the Committee is empoweredto fill that vacancy at a later date

Committee Members – Drew Nugent, Simon Collins, John Holmes and Mark Nichols


Mr Martin Whitely agreed that the WAFL Alignment between East Perth FC, Peel FC, Fremantle FC and the West Coast Eagles FC. was not in the best interest of the WAFL and can clearing see that two permanent POWER clubs will be made out of this Alignment.

www.savethewafl.com[/quote]




People power is fine but I missed the expertise of these people to claim:
  • Mr Martin Whitely agreed that the WAFL Alignment between East Perth FC, Peel FC, Fremantle FC and the West Coast Eagles FC. was not in the best interest of the WAFL
  • two permanent POWER clubs will be made out of this Alignment
The WAFC have made the decision in the best interests of WA footy, not the WAFL - I was at Subi when the 1986 WAFL premiership was decided & since then things have changed.

Any members of the flat earth society not declare their interest?
 

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