Official Club Stuff 2024 AGM - to be held on Friday 6th December 2024, 1 director to be elected by members. Nominations called for.

[Harlott]

Stability???
I wanna keep my cushy job (and youse do too)???
Who else we gonna get???
etc etc etc...

Would like to think even Snowden wouldn’t buy those three…

 

[magpies36]

Would like to think even Snowden wouldn’t buy those three…

Maybe not, but there's quite a few others who would...

 

[longdonkey]

Right now it's Cardone, Snowdon, Tredrea, Richo, CD, Cassisi and Cripps, though I'm not sure how involved Cripps is past list management matters.

I don't think it's too many at all. Can't be leaving the general direction of the footy program in the hands of 2-3 people.

The issue is who they are, because in theory if Cardone, Richo, Davies and Cassisi vote as a bloc Stinkers stays here forever.

 

[Chewy316]

The issue is who they are, because in theory if Cardone, Richo, Davies and Cassisi vote as a bloc Stinkers stays here forever.

Cassisi wants Carr as the senior coach.

I am near certain that Hinkley won't be there longer than 2025.

 

[longdonkey]

Their answer up until now has been that we don't want a board full of past players.

Which, obviously, is a crock of shit, because something like 13 of the last 16 premiers have full member controlled boards and vote in balanced board

To be fair, having a board full of ex-players isn't the answer either. What I dislike is that we have professional board sitters there instead. I run into these people all the time and you find them in places like Woo Hoo, they charge a couple grand per day for their consultancy services. They are talking heads usually have a couple very nice degrees but generally know nothing about your business.

And their goal is to sit on as many boards as possible, they consult. They generally preach globalisation, sub-contracting services and increasing layers of bureaucracy in business and government. They are parasites and should be eliminated from economic existence.

 

[longdonkey]

Cassisi wants Carr as the senior coach.

I am near certain that Hinkley won't be there longer than 2025.

I'm a patient man but even my patience is getting exhausted.

 

[Chewy316]

I'm a patient man but even my patience is getting exhausted.

Mine too, mate.

If the club are fair dinkum they would announce a succession plan before the season starts and ideally before the AGM.

If nothing happens before the AGM, I won't be surprised if there are multiple questions asked of the directors on the Board about a succession plan, and I'm fairly certain that is not something they will be comfortable answering in any way, shape or form.

 

[longdonkey]

Mine too, mate.

If the club are fair dinkum they would announce a succession plan before the season starts and ideally before the AGM.

If nothing happens before the AGM, I won't be surprised if there are multiple questions asked of the directors on the Board about a succession plan, and I'm fairly certain that is not something they will be comfortable answering in any way, shape or form.

If history is a guide, they aren't going to answer those questions.

People who ask the questions have to be very disciplined not to make any negative statements before asking their question because they will just use the statement that they don't agree with the premise of the question, so they won't answer.

I'd love to hear an answer to this question.

Have there been discussions or is there a current action plan to return the club to a 100% member voted board? As much as anything to hear the murmurs when they No.

 

[El_Scorcho]

To be fair, having a board full of ex-players isn't the answer either. What I dislike is that we have professional board sitters there instead. I run into these people all the time and you find them in places like Woo Hoo, they charge a couple grand per day for their consultancy services. They are talking heads usually have a couple very nice degrees but generally know nothing about your business.

And their goal is to sit on as many boards as possible, they consult. They generally preach globalisation, sub-contracting services and increasing layers of bureaucracy in business and government. They are parasites and should be eliminated from economic existence.

Oh absolutely, my point was more that the member voted boards aren't full of former players.

They do have some former players though, and it's far less likely for people low on substance to sit on the board for a decade or more.

Fully agree with you, but I think Koch likes his board full of professional board sitters who don't know or care enough to rock the boat

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Cassisi wants Carr as the senior coach.

I am near certain that Hinkley won't be there longer than 2025.

Is he turning around to Tredders or does he still hate his guts

 

[tribey]

Oh absolutely, my point was more that the member voted boards aren't full of former players.

According to someone who attended the Dinner With The CEO thing awhile back, Richardson trotted out this line of thinking in regards to reverting to a member-owned club.

Yet before Tredrea was elected, we were the only club in the league to not have a single former player currently on the board, or in the executive.

Not one!

We Exist To Be Paralysed By Doomsday Hypotheticals.

 

[El_Scorcho]

We Exist To Be Paralysed By Doomsday Hypotheticals.

It's ridiculous.

If we do literally anything else but plod along with the same brutally uninspiring group of losers in charge we've had for the last decade, the club which has been around for 154 years will immediately lose all it's best players before being shipped wholesale off to Tasmania.

 

[Onward To Victory]

Election Information

Following the nominations process, there are THREE (3) Candidates for ONE (1) position as Member Elected Director, therefore in accordance with the rules of Port Adelaide Football Club Limited, an election is required to determine this position. The candidates for election are: Christopher Fitridge George Fiacchi Rob Snowdon OAM The order of candidates as they appear above has been determined by lot by the independent Returning Officer.

 

[bringbackbucky]

Rob had his chance and he squibbed it. I’ll be voting George.

 

[rogerjames]

Rob had his chance and he squibbed it. I’ll be voting George.

I hope we all are

 

[PA88]

I want to vote for the guy that wants a new direction with a new senior coach. Which one?
I don't know if Fiachi does nor do I know if Snowdon wants the same.

 

[PowerLil]

George, if you're reading this thank you for bringing the fractured supporter base to the fore. In my 55 years of supporting Port Adelaide, I've never seen Port supporters so at war with each other. Sack Hinkley and the others perpetrators of this.

 

[El Zorro]

George FIACCHI
As a former PAFC player and board member, I would like your support in my nomination for thePAFC Board. I have a business leadership background and have worked on numerous boards, Ihave been involved in football clubs all my life and my passion always has and will be the PAFC.
I’m confident my business and football background will complement the current board and bring afocus to football. Financially the club is in a strong position, our facilities are fantastic, and we havean AFLW team, so now we can focus on our primary objective of winning premierships. I feel it is time to unite the fractured PAFC community and give members and supporters the opportunity to interact with a board member who can table ideas and concerns with management and if necessary at board meetings.
My goal will be to:
1. Make football the core focus of the Board
2. Strive for AFL and SANFL success
3. Engage with members and supporters
4. Keep the club financially viable
I know everyone associated with the PAFC wants premiership success, having played in anextremely successful period I understand it is not one person who can achieve this but a whole ofclub philosophy.
The mantra that made us successful was “Players win the ball, Teams win games and Clubs winpremierships” I have adopted this philosophy in business and at football clubs.
It is very relevant today at the PAFC as we strive for our ultimate aim, to win premierships.

 

[Papa G]

George FIACCHI
As a former PAFC player and board member, I would like your support in my nomination for thePAFC Board. I have a business leadership background and have worked on numerous boards, Ihave been involved in football clubs all my life and my passion always has and will be the PAFC.
I’m confident my business and football background will complement the current board and bring afocus to football. Financially the club is in a strong position, our facilities are fantastic, and we havean AFLW team, so now we can focus on our primary objective of winning premierships. I feel it is time to unite the fractured PAFC community and give members and supporters the opportunity to interact with a board member who can table ideas and concerns with management and if necessary at board meetings.
My goal will be to:
1. Make football the core focus of the Board
2. Strive for AFL and SANFL success
3. Engage with members and supporters
4. Keep the club financially viable
I know everyone associated with the PAFC wants premiership success, having played in anextremely successful period I understand it is not one person who can achieve this but a whole ofclub philosophy.
The mantra that made us successful was “Players win the ball, Teams win games and Clubs winpremierships” I have adopted this philosophy in business and at football clubs.
It is very relevant today at the PAFC as we strive for our ultimate aim, to win premierships.

Is this legit?

If so it is everything we want. I urge every member to vote first my boy Georgie!

 

[bringbackbucky]

Vote George. And then hopefully Roger Delaney runs at the next member elect vacancy, so PAFC can be saved by Batman and Robin…

 

[CFitridge]

Hi,
I am Christopher Fitridge, one of the board election candidates.

You can be rest assured that fans and members are at the forefront of my action plan, and will have your best interests in my decision making with the board. Fans and members are the most important stakeholder in any football club.

I would appreciate your vote. My email address is on my Candidate Statement if you have any questions.

Thanks

 

[tribey]

Now it’s been confirmed the great business wizard Kathy Nagle won’t be returning to the ballot, it’s George for me.

 

[Hodges 153!]

Now it’s been confirmed the great business wizard Kathy Nagle won’t be returning to the ballot, it’s George for me.

Sounds like you don't appreciate how much of a loss she will be.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Hi,
I am Christopher Fitridge, one of the board election candidates.

You can be rest assured that fans and members are at the forefront of my action plan, and will have your best interests in my decision making with the board. Fans and members are the most important stakeholder in any football club.

I would appreciate your vote. My email address is on my Candidate Statement if you have any questions.

Thanks

Thanks Christopher. Can you expand on what you think the club needs to do to engage a "new generation of supporters"?

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[El Zorro]

Is this legit?

If so it is everything we want. I urge every member to vote first my boy Georgie!

It's from the info members receive to choose a candidate. So, as legit as it gets.