Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

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andleanback said:
If little somehow gets back in the chair I’m almost done with this club.
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I feel like being 'almost done with this club' is a permanent state of affairs for many supporters this last ten years or so
 
andleanback said:
If little somehow gets back in the chair I’m almost done with this club.
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It’s purely disruption to what Barham has started.

A new board will do nothing and we’ll be back to square one. Who is allegedly contacting Little? It has Sheedy written all over it. Probably sour from Barham getting one over him not hiring Hird.
 
2 Presidents and 3 CEOs in the space of 3 months is shambolic but 3 Presidents and 3 CEOs is actually almost mind-bending, particularly for the hoops they have to jump through to even get to that point.

Essendon Football Club has an even worse form of board entrenchment, with members only getting to elect six of the 10 directors for three-year terms, with the other four simply being appointed if more than 66% of the incumbent directors support the move.
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However, Barham is only two years into his three-year term, so he won’t face election at the upcoming December AGM. Critics will need to call an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to remove him from the board, but these seven incumbent directors could choose to roll him as president at any point.

Rich Lister Andrew Muir, who hails from the family that built and then sold The Good Guys to JB Hi-Fi for an eye-popping $870 million in 2016, is reportedly the only internal candidate up for the presidential role.

But given the soap opera of the past seven weeks since the presidential coup, the Bombers probably need a clean skin to take charge, such as Peter Costello. Alternatively, they could bring back one of their past presidents, such as Lindsay Tanner or Toll Holdings founder Paul Little, a bit like the way Jeff Kennett had a second crack at the Hawthorn presidency.
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Little is the name being widely canvassed in the press. But even to be appointed to the board in the lead-up to the December AGM, he needs five of the seven existing directors to agree to satisfy that unusual two-thirds requirement in the constitution.
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Though from different realms, both AGL and Essendon deploy similar tactics to retain old directors and stonewall the new.
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President member email updating a few things:
Dear Members,

I want to start by thanking you, as a valued member, for your support of the Essendon Football Club.

It has been a busy period for our club, and I want to write to you, so you can hear from me directly.

Our club is in the middle of significant change. Change that had to happen. Change that required an external review to ensure we had an industry-leading approach to analyse our football club as a total organisation.

The Board now has the final draft report from the EY External Review that we commissioned.

This review provides an important foundation for the work ahead. We need to reset and rebuild the club’s operations to create a culture of high performance that everyone who is part of the Essendon Football Club family – staff, players, coaches, administrators, members, fans and partners – can be proud of.
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Key themes:
Four clear themes have emerged that will be the focus of our work over the coming days, weeks, and months:
  1. Restoring our purpose as a club
  2. Resetting our focus on three key pillars - our members, our players, and our community; for whom we exist
  3. Building a unified internal culture
  4. Backing our people and our operations through strong governance
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Timeline for external review:
The report is now being prepared in its final state for a presentation to the Board. This is a major piece of work and the recommendations included in the report will set the course for our future. A summary of the report will be presented to our members in the coming weeks.

The External Review represents an exciting opportunity and one that everyone who loves the red and black can and should embrace.
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Kudos for Scott and Mahoney:
The appointment of Brad Scott as senior coach of the men’s team is the first major demonstration of that change. I can already report that Brad is making a significant difference and I want to commend him for the way he and General Manager of Football, Josh Mahoney are reinvigorating our football department.
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Expected changes from external review:
  • New role General Manager of Performance reporting to Josh Mahoney - to start recruiting immediately
  • New role Head of Development
  • Investment in our Women's Football program
  • VFL program will have additional coaching roles
One area that the Board is focusing on as a priority, consistent with the preliminary findings from the EY External Review, is our football department. Our players deserve every opportunity to excel both on and off the field and further urgent investment is required now for the club to achieve the success we all desire.

Prioritising this area now will ensure we can develop the program and have support in place for when the players return to pre-season training.

To this end, we will be making several key appointments to improve player development and ensure the football department is better supported and aligned in its pursuit of on field success.

These include a newly created position of General Manager of Performance. This role will report directly to Josh Mahoney and will be responsible for aligning and driving our performance functions across the football department. We will commence recruitment for this role immediately.

This week the club announced the appointments of Michael Hurley and Travis Cloke as key development coaches within our program. Further to this, another new position has been created, the Head of Development. This is a critical role that requires a laser-like focus. We have a young and exciting playing list and must ensure we have the league’s best development programs to ensure our players thrive and reach their full potential.

The club will also be furthering our investment in our Women’s Football Program. In our first season of AFLW, we are all incredibly proud of our on-field performance in recent weeks in what has been a very challenging set of circumstances for the team. We are looking forward to this week’s match against the Swans at Ikon Park and encourage all our members to get out and show your support for the team.

We will also be making changes to ensure a greater focus on lifting the capacity of our VFL program by adding additional coaching roles and focus to that area.
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CEO search involves a "highly regarded executive search recruitment company" whatever that means.
The search for our new CEO is progressing with the assistance of a highly regarded executive search recruitment company, to ensure we unearth the highest calibre talent for this key role.

It is important that we give the External Review the necessary time, consideration, and commitment to build a sustainable action plan and focus on the future.
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"More to come":
We will continue to provide feedback on the outcomes of the External Review and look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks, including the announcement of our CEO.

Rest assured that the Board and I are 100 per cent united and committed to making the necessary changes and seeing them through, so we can all look forward to Essendon returning to what we want it to be - a thriving football club.

Go Bombers!

Dave Barham
President, Essendon Football Club
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Lore said:
President member email updating a few things:

Key themes:

Timeline for external review:


Kudos for Scott and Mahoney:


Expected changes from external review:
  • New role General Manager of Performance reporting to Josh Mahoney - to start recruiting immediately
  • New role Head of Development
  • Investment in our Women's Football program
  • VFL program will have additional coaching roles

CEO search involves a "highly regarded executive search recruitment company" whatever that means.

"More to come":
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The bolded are all ticks for what appears from the outside to be areas we need to be better in.
 
owen87 said:
The bolded are all ticks for what appears from the outside to be areas we need to be better in.
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They really could've just asked BigFooty to do the review. Could've done it for free
 
jmoo wan said:
please don’t say laser focus 🤞🤞
please don’t say laser focus 🤞🤞
please don’t say laser focus 🤞🤞
please don’t say laser focus 🤞🤞

goddamnit.
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Word on the street is ive got my edge back, I'm commin at ya like a beam, like a laser I'm Monsoon moon and I'm nobodies bitch.

Pls vote for me
 
‘Hello, Truck? Yeah Dave Barham here mate I just wanted to let you know that we’ve just received the external review back and we’re committing millions to more high performance staff, a new senior player development role and refunding the VFL program, reckon this gives us a massive leg up going forward into 2023, we want our coach armed with as many resources as possible, neat, don’t you think?’

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‘Hmm, maybe I’ll just shoot him a text?’
 
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