Toast Presidency and The Board

[jathanas]

Thank you 76woodenspooners

One of BigFooty’s all-time-favourite posters, Reykjavik , was all across the board level stuff. He once posted a list of the responsibilities of a Not-For-Profit board like that of Collingwood …

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NFP board responsibilities
Specific responsibilities of a not-for-profit (NFP) board include:

• Driving the strategic direction of the organisation
• Working with the CEO to enable the organisation to obtain the resources, funds and personnel necessary to implement the organisation's strategic objectives
• Implementing, maintaining and (as necessary) refining a system of good governance that is appropriate for the organisation
• Reviewing reports and monitoring the performance of the organisation
• Regularly reviewing the board's structure and composition, so that these are appropriate for the organisation
• Appointing – and managing the performance of – a suitable CEO
• Succession planning for the CEO

While the above points are also applicable to for-profit boards, NFP boards also face a unique range of issues, such as:

• Difficulties in defining and measuring organisational effectiveness
• Transgression of role boundaries
• The negative impact of the structural compositions of some NFP boards, including those arising from representative models
• Funding dependencies and constraints

In practice, the role of the board is to supervise an organisation's business in two broad areas:

1. Overall business performance - ensuring the organisation develops and implements strategies and supporting policies to enable it to fulfill the objectives set out in the organisation's constitution. The board delegates the day to day management of the organisation but remains accountable to the shareholders for the organisation's performance. The board monitors and supports management in an on-going way.
2. Overall compliance performance - ensuring the organisation develops and implements systems to enable it to comply with its legal and policy obligations (complying with statutes such as the Corporations Act 2001, adhering to accounting standards) and ensure the organisation's assets are protected through appropriate risk management.

http://www.companydirectors.com.au/...ctor/NFP-governance/The-role-of-the-NFP-board

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Side by Side with Reykjavik - RIP (re-read Rey's message to us all #108, pg 5)

Reyk, I'm ridiculously happy to see you posting! :)

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[76woodenspooners]

Righto, so the “It’s for blokes” guy could be our next Prez …

 

[swoop42]

The most cringeworthy moment of that commercial still remains that laugh by Lokan.

 

[sr36]

The most cringeworthy moment of that commercial still remains that laugh by Lokan.

That was the highlight that turned it from a really shit ad into one that was so bad that it was good.

 

[76woodenspooners]

It’ll be very interesting times over the next few weeks.

Best case scenario:

- Covid gets under control, VFLW resumes and we win the Premiership
- We beat Carlton in a stirring performance equal to the Richmond game
- We announce our senior coach. Some people will think it’s a good pick, some people will think it’s not, but just like a first round draft pick who hasn’t played a senior game yet, we’ll quickly learn to love them.
- EGM folks drop their petition

Worst case scenario

- Covid takes a hold, VFLW season is abandoned with no winner
- We get thumped by a resurgent Carlton with their tails up. Head-to-head ledger goes back to being equal.
- Covid causes our AFL season to be put on ice for an indefinite period
- EGM petition goes through, Club puts the senior coaching appointment on ice. EGM becomes a real mess, a bunch of different tickets emerge …

 

[Mkcaptain]

I genuinely don't understand why these EGM folks haven't submitted their petition to the club yet, they've had the signatures for almost two months now.

 

[manicpie]

I'm starting to think Licuria is the best candidate for President, the others are all over the place

 

[76woodenspooners]

I genuinely don't understand why these EGM folks haven't submitted their petition to the club yet, they've had the signatures for almost two months now.

My guess is that they don’t have a good sense of whether they have the number of valid signatures or not, and if they submitted them and it turns out they don’t have the number, then that’ll kill any board challenge for the foreseeable future - and so the organisers won’t get what they want.

Another guess is that they haven’t been able to sort out what they want and what their strategy is. There’s been different people involved along the journey who have different agendas.

 

[76woodenspooners]

I'm starting to think Licuria is the best candidate for President, the others are all over the place

He’s not a candidate, and it seems pretty clear that he doesn’t want it.

 

[manicpie]

He’s not a candidate, and it seems pretty clear that he doesn’t want it.

Shame, because he is exactly what we need

 

[gouki88]

Love Wakes. Pretty sure he's part of the Tribunal Jury, and involved in some property fund or something.

 

[Matz]

How are they an embarrassment?

I really like how the board are organised, I like that different folks at board level are overseeing different areas of the operation.

I like how the club are now becoming more engaged and accessible to members. Paul Licuria running an AMA with fans, club meeting with members to discuss club merchandise, that stuff would never have happened when Ed was President!

Very true, but we are only seeing this because of what's happening to the board.
Licuria getting on YouTube channels is a way to get to the members to try make good ...any how I don't have any issues with the current board personally I just don't like Korda. If we could keep the current board and just replace him I'd be happy.

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[76woodenspooners]

Very true, but we are only seeing this because of what's happening to the board. with the AGM.

EFA?

Yeah, agree.

I didn’t sign the EGM petition myself (I’m a voting member), but I do respect the EGM folks for what concessions they’ve been able to get, and I respect the current board for listening to them.

Licuria getting on YouTube channels is a way to get to the members to try make good ...any how I don't have any issues with the current board personally I just don't like Korda. If we could keep the current board and just replace him I'd be happy.

Why don’t you like Korda?

(It’s intended to be a sincere question … For myself, I have a bunch of reasons why I like Korda, and a bunch of reasons why I don’t … but I’m interested to hear the opinions of others)

 

[76woodenspooners]

That’s a cop out.
The signatures of those members who have signed for an EGM arent doing so “in the shadows” and in private They are providing their consent and executing their rights as members to be able to go to an EGM.

That may be true for the members who signed the petition.

But what about the vast majority of members who didn’t sign the petition? Why should they have their private details handed out without their approval?

 

[jmac70]

EFA?

Yeah, agree.

I didn’t sign the EGM petition myself (I’m a voting member), but I do respect the EGM folks for what concessions they’ve been able to get, and I respect the current board for listening to them.



Why don’t you like Korda?

(It’s intended to be a sincere question … For myself, I have a bunch of reasons why I like Korda, and a bunch of reasons why I don’t … but I’m interested to hear the opinions of others)

He doesn’t seem genuine to me. Reminds me a bit of Scomo.

 

[76woodenspooners]

He doesn’t seem genuine to me. Reminds me a bit of Scomo.

Just to clarify what you mean by ‘not genuine’ …

… you don’t think he says what he means? (Eg: he tells people what they want to hear then does something else?)

 

[jmac70]

Just to clarify what you mean by ‘not genuine’ …

… you don’t think he says what he means? (Eg: he tells people what they want to hear then does something else?)

He got rid of Buckley to strengthen his own position. I’ll never forgive him for that.

 

[gouki88]

He got rid of Buckley to strengthen his own position. I’ll never forgive him for that.

How do you know?

 

[jmac70]

How do you know?

Sometimes you just know.

 

[gouki88]

Sometimes you just know.

Statements like "Nathan would have coached out the season if he wanted to" make me think otherwise

 

[jmac70]

Statements like "Nathan would have coached out the season if he wanted to" make me think otherwise

We’d be making a finals run if Bucks had been left to do his job.

 

[76woodenspooners]

He got rid of Buckley to strengthen his own position. I’ll never forgive him for that.

You’re assuming that’s what happened.

I’m assuming that if Korda had forced Wright to push Buckley out for political reasons, then Wright is professional and serious enough to not put up with that nonsense, and Wright would have obviously resigned. IMO Wright’s words and actions throughout this whole process tell me that he supports Buckley leaving, and that’s good enough for me.

Neither of us has any evidence to back up our assumptions.

 

[gouki88]

We’d be making a finals run if Bucks had been left to do his job.

Lol, alright. Instead Nathan is off pretending to be an epidemiologist on Twitter and we are playing much better footy

 

[Anzacday]

Surely the simple thing to do is contact the signatories and ask them to confirm their membership status/voting rights.
Most, (if not all) people know whether they signed it for the sake of it or are actually eligible.
If the threshold is met, call the EGM, (or not).

 

[Mkcaptain]

Surely the simple thing to do is contact the signatories and ask them to confirm their membership status/voting rights.
Most, (if not all) people know whether they signed it for the sake of it or are actually eligible.
If the threshold is met, call the EGM, (or not).

Appreciate you're looking for a pragmatic solution. But I don't see why that would be simpler than them giving the petition to the club for the auditors to independently verify

 

[Anzacday]

Appreciate you're looking for a pragmatic solution. But I don't see why that would be simpler than them giving the petition to the club for the auditors to independently verify

It seems they don't trust them.
My way they can do their own checking and know where they stand.