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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[Doc1763]

Love Trumpy. Why is that relevant? I like chocolate ice cream and The Beatles too.

Two out of three 'aint bad

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Yeah that's a bit harsh.

I don't think so.

 

[AndrewShawble]

This has a smell about it.

Where are all the pro-Eddie supporters? They should be happy.

 

[Carringbush2010]

What would it have to do with his character?

He's character is to make calls / advise /recommend for the good of the club, if he recommended on what seems unlikely, that IMV says he maybe towing the line of what others want.

Of course that is speculation, but it's fair speculation that GW would not recommend Nathan for an extension, given the evidence we have.

 

[domus]

Two out of three 'aint bad

Which of the three don't you like? A vanilla ice cream man?

 

[Moore of the Same]

I’m a voting member, and I doubt very much I will get an opportunity to vote.

Can I ask why this is the case? Also, if voting members don't get a vote, why be a voting member?

 

[jmac70]

Love Trumpy. Why is that relevant? I like chocolate ice cream and The Beatles too.

Goes well with people who have an issue with diversity.

 

[Harry O]

The fact that the challenge is coming from a mate of McGuire's is just tragic.

Melbourne is such a small town.

A lot of AFL clubs lobbied in the last 18 months for Browne to become AFL commission chairman

he is a lot more than Eddie’s mate, and is very much a person of his own convictions

 

[Matrix10]

Do you disagree, TheGreatGrundy or was that a tit for tat thumbs down?

This is what it gets too when over spilling a board and EGM`s are threatened to be called, us Collingwood supporters/members, you know, the ones that love the club, are upset all week when we lose, don`t have the appetite for that delicious chocolate cannoli custard, we are at each other`s throats, agitating, baying for blood on the streets of the Holden centre, fighting amongst ourselves,emotions running high , mouth is engaged whilst the mind is not engaged, moving forward this is not going to be pretty , actually can see it getting quite murky and personal, Hold the line Collingwood Army, a house divided against itself cannot stand.

 

[domus]

Goes well with people who have an issue with diversity.

You can't answer my question can you? What do you mean when you say diversity?

 

[jmac70]

He's character is to make calls / advise /recommend for the good of the club, if he recommended on what seems unlikely, that IMV says he maybe towing the line of what others want.

Of course that is speculation, but it's fair speculation that GW would not recommend Nathan for an extension, given the evidence we have.

Right, so if he recommends Bucks should go, it’s his own decision. If he doesn’t, it’s somebody else making the call.

Guess he can’t lose in your eyes.

 

[jmac70]

Can I ask why this is the case? Also, if voting members don't get a vote, why be a voting member?

Because I doubt there will be an EGM.

 

[Ant85]

Jeff isn't the answer - he's Eddie's counter-punch.

We need someone outside Eddie's world who will lead change, not someone who will just reinstate the boy's club and the rot that has now been exposed for all to see.

I think it's time fans mobilised and started forcing our voice at the table - we're the ones being sidelined. EPL clubs have supporter groups, maybe it's time we made one?

 

[jmac70]

You can't answer my question can you? What do you mean when you say diversity?

I wasn’t aware you asked a question.

 

[Moore of the Same]

Because I doubt there will be an EGM.

Oh okay. So an EGM is the only opportunity members get to vote?

 

[Carringbush2010]

I would vote for whichever ticket is not going to get involved in football matters, like pushing list managers to overpay for a troubled, previous player to return - or exorbitant, long term contracts for players.

But neither have given us any indication that they won't be.

 

[AgroMagro]

A lot of AFL clubs lobbied in the last 18 months for Browne to become AFL commission chairman

he is a lot more than Eddie’s mate, and is very much a person of his own convictions

I was referring to the Game of Mates. It's insidious across multiple industries.

 

[Good_Old]

But neither have given us any indication that they won't be.

You're right, which is why I believe more information is needed before voting for either party.

We know the current board got involved, whether that was Eddie led or not we don't know.

Will they do it again now that Ed is gone?

 

[jmac70]

Oh okay. So an EGM is the only opportunity members get to vote?

I’m no expert, but I believe an EGM would force a spill in which members would vote. I suspect Browne will get the support of enough of the board for Korda to stand down without the need for an EGM, or the involvement of members.

 

[Apples]

Of course Browne will have an agenda and will announce his team at a press conference. All he has done here is announced his candidacy. He will announce his ticket when he gets back to Melbourne.

I suspect he would have to announce his ticket and his agenda, before he meets with Korda. If he's asking Korda and most of his board to stand aside, he would have to have presented his vision to the membership wouldn't he?

I don't know what the particulars would be, but I suspect Korda will refuse to stand aside and so an EGM would be a certainty.

 

[Carringbush2010]

Hilarious. I should have kept a record of the harsh things I have had directed at me. Being told by someone they hoped I couldn't vote on the new board would not make my top hundred list.

Fair enough.

 

[Kappa]

Which 3 board members get to stay?

Lica Sizer and...?

Anyone but Dr Birdbrain please.

 

[Carringbush2010]

You're right, which is why I believe more information is needed before voting for either party.

We know the current board got involved, whether that was Eddie led or not we don't know.

Will they do it again now that Ed is gone?

Hopefully just the threat of an egm is enough to convince the board to govern properly, like successful clubs.

I don't think there's room to move for either, both will be under super public scrutiny, even though the natives are already restless if the incompetence continues then the noise will just get louder.

 

[HFF]

I’m hoping Korda rejects and goes to an EGM (which will then Expose him for the fraud that he is about wanting to avoid and EGM) and then watch them all be swept aside for a clean sweep of the board...the fact Jeff is offering to allow 3 to stay is far more generous than needs to be had here.

 

[Scodog10]

You still aren’t reading in between the lines Sco.

There’s plenty of subterfuge going on with the power play. Seeing Browne’s comments on change being required and stability in transition hints toward a shift in the FD, but I don’t want to get excited. What do you think?