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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on December 23, 2005, 02:13:24 AM
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121st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Richmond Football Club Lld ("the Club") will be held at the Savoy Room, Grand Hyatt Melbourne on Wednesday, 25 January 2006 at 6.00pm to transact the following business:
1. To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report (comprising the financial statements and notes for the year and the Directors' declaration about the statements and notes) and notes and the Directors' Report and Declaration;
2. Declaration of Poll for the Election of three Directors of the Club;
3. Presentation of Club Awards;
4. Election of Life Members; and
5. To transact any other business which may lawfully be brought forward.
ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS
In accordance with the Articles of Association of the Club, the positions of Garry Cameron, Don Lord, and Greg Miller are to be filled by an election.
Each of these Directors being eligible, may offer themselves for re-election.
Nominations for the position of the three (3) Directors will be accepted at the Club until 8.00pm on Wednesday, 4 January 2006. All nominees shall be a member of the Club and the nominations shall also be signed by two (2) members of the Club (in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Club).
Under the Articles of Association of the Club, the nominee and their proposer and seconder and all members intending to vote must have been a financial member of the Club for the 2005 year by the 30th day of August 2005.
Potential nominees should be aware that due to the obligations upon the Directors, it will be necessary for any new Director to be subjected to a police investigation and any other enquiries necessary to ensure that the Director meets the criteria of the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 and the Gaming Machine Control Act 1991 and the Commissions established pursuant to both those Acts.
Nomination Forms and further information are available by enquiry to the Company Secretary, Michael Stahl at the Club on (03) 9426 4415.
Signed:
M F Stahl
8 December 2005
Note: In respect to any matter about which a vote of members is held, including the election of Office Bearers and business conducted at the Annual General Meeting, each member eligible to vote is entitled to one (1) vote only. Every member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting may appoint a proxy.
The following notice regarding appointment of proxies is in a form required by the Corporations Act: Every member who is entitled to cast two or more votes may appoint two proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If two proxies are appointed, each proxy must be appointed to represent a specific proportion of the member's voting rights. A proxy need not be a member. Member's wishing to cast a proxy vote can contact the Company Secretary at the Club on (03) 9426 4415 in order to gain a proxy form. Proxies need to be received at the Club not less than 24 hours prior to the time set down for the meeting.
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Just bumping this up as a reminder that the AGM is tomorrow night.
Any OERites going who can provide their usual interesting take lol on the night for those of us that can't make it?
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Any OERites going who can provide their usual interesting take lol on the night for those of us that can't make it?
I'll be there - never knock back free entertainment from the RFC :rollin :clapping
:gotigers
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Not a chance - boring as :shh
Also, too many tryhards hogging the microphone ;) :rollin
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Anyone game enough to ask a question at the AGM along the lines Ramps has mentioned on here previously?
Q: Are there any active plans to get RFC people onto the MCC board to help us negotiate a more favourable deal at the MCG.
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I'm not going, and I wouldn't ask if I was, but I'd like to know if our memberships are being packaged as well as they could when considering the large number of "non-ticketed" members.
I've never seen the membership figures for any other club segregated like ours so I'm wondering if they don't have such memberships, if they do but keep them in their membership total or if they have them but don't have a count of them.
I'm a "non-ticketed" member and it pees me off big time that I'm not counted as a member in the official membership tally because I am a member.
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I'm not going, and I wouldn't ask if I was, but I'd like to know if our memberships are being packaged as well as they could when considering the large number of "non-ticketed" members.
I've never seen the membership figures for any other club segregated like ours so I'm wondering if they don't have such memberships, if they do but keep them in their membership total or if they have them but don't have a count of them.
I'm a "non-ticketed" member and it pees me off big time that I'm not counted as a member in the official membership tally because I am a member.
Yeah, a membership that does not qualify to be classified as a ticketed member.
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Tiger March hopeful
26 January 2006
Herald Sun
Michael Stevens
RICHMOND'S new president Gary March believes his company will be successful in its defence of a $5 million civil court action.
Speaking at the Tigers' annual meeting last night, March said he wanted to answer speculation about current litigation against his company, Concept Sports International, of which he is managing director.
"The action is a civil matter pertaining to the issue of the prospectus for Concept Sports International when it listed on the ASX in June 2004," he said.
"I'm the managing director of the company and one of the major shareholders.
"The action relates to a number of matters pertaining to the prospectus and has been brought about by a class action against the company, its directors and all of its professional advisers.
"The matter has been ongoing for some 16 months and is not listed for hearing until September this year.
"Like all civil matters, both sides are confident of success and our company and professional advisers are confident of our outcome.
"This is not a criminal matter and none of the directors or individuals are under investigation.
"As it is under current legal proceedings I am unable to discuss certain matters relating to the action.
"However I am happy to take questions on the matter.
"The board and I have discussed this matter prior and post my appointment and the board believes it has no bearing on my job as the president of the football club."
Richmond last night announced a profit of $41,401 for 2005, a turnaround of more than $2.2 million on the $2004 loss.
Defender Darren Gaspar was reinstated to the club's leadership group as deputy vice-captain, alongside Joel Bowden and Matthew Richardson.
Kane Johnson will again be captain with Nathan Brown vice-captain.
Life memberships were awarded to Mark Chaffey, who has played 160 games, and Andrew Kellaway (157).
Coach Terry Wallace said he would not make any predictions about the club's prospects for 2006, but said the Tigers were looking forward to the challenges ahead.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,17942185%255E20322,00.html
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I got there late because of the traffic - stupid time 6.00pm from those of us who don't work in the city >:(
This one was a boring one :rollin :rollin here I thought it might get a bit "fiesty" because of the Gary March/CSI legal stuff but I was wrong. Only about 100-200 people there. Smallest crowd I'd seen in a while which is usually a sign that life is pretty peacefull at tigerland ;)
Actually full credit to Gary March for bringing it up and going on the front foot - would have been easy IMO to sit back and simply refuse to ask questions.
Good to see Gaspar back in the leadership group, I reckon he proved last year that you don't need a title to be a leader :thumbsup
A couple of people asked questions :yawn
Steven Wright gave a presentation on the prosped re-development of Punt Road Oval - with plans. Can confirm that they are looking for $6.5 million broken up as follows:
RFC donations via JDF $1.5m
AFL $1.5
Melbounre City Council $1.5-2.0m
State Government grant $1.5-2.0m
He said in principal the Council had approved there funing and that we had put our presentation to the AFL and State government.
One of the key components of receiving funds from the State Government is any re-development must be community based hence why, the new facilities (which sound fantastic btw) will be available for the whole Richmond community to use.
It is hoped that this will all be done by 2008
Not all the players were there only the leadership group, award winners from 2005 (gee Lids looks bigger :thumbsup) and the new recuits. Browny was there and looked super fit and walked without a limp, Richo was just Richo and Joel Bowden has grown a beard for summer. As for the newbies most of them look like they need a fair bit of work in the gym.
That's it for now ;D
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I heard David C got his ass handed to him on a platter when he started asking questions, is this true?
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I heard David C got his ass handed to him on a platter when he started asking questions, is this true?
Who :nopity ;) ;D
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::)
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I heard David C got his ass handed to him on a platter when he started asking questions, is this true?
Who :nopity ;) ;D
David C is consistent, been asking the same dribble for the past 5 years ::)
Just goes to show where the club is headed with only 100 people or so turning up. Everyone is pretty happy. ;)
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our AGMs have always been a joke. remember the leon daphne days at the Richmond Town Hall...packed out, hundreds out the front. Comments from the supporters was pure comedy. :clapping
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Just goes to show where the club is headed with only 100 people or so turning up. Everyone is pretty happy. ;)
Pretty much sums it up Jackstar. (most though because some people are never happy :sleep)
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I wasn't happy with something once, and i wrote to Leon Daphne on the day of the AGM. Not expecting him to address my letter (and i really can't remember what it was about now - was about 10 years ago) he answered my letter at the AGM in front of everyone. Was really good. I think maybe if David just wrote to them and asked them to address his questions at the AGM like Leon did, be better than him constantly getting up every year and boring the crap out of everybody lol. He's got every right to ask questions, but you get the feeling he is never happy with our club and you wonder why he still supports them.
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David thinks his bigger then the club, and he won't stop his poo until his made president. ::)
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I think he's alright Razor.
His passion for the club is obvious and, like many others, he is keen to help however he can. He's also very knowledgable on things RFC.
He just waffles on a bit at AGM's when things at the club are not being run the way he thinks they should be.
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Top report WP :cheers
I got there late because of the traffic - stupid time 6.00pm from those of us who don't work in the city >:(
:clapping
Or those of us still at work :-\.
This one was a boring one :rollin :rollin here I thought it might get a bit "fiesty" because of the Gary March/CSI legal stuff but I was wrong. Only about 100-200 people there. Smallest crowd I'd seen in a while which is usually a sign that life is pretty peacefull at tigerland ;)
Sheesh that's a small turnout. I was always lead to believe these things were chockers but maybe I still thinking of the Town Hall days as RT mentioned. Anyway it justifies not wasting tens of thousands of dollars on a unnecessary board election only a year after a full board election.
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All members are entitled to ask as many questions as they need, especially as it helps build the trust of members. Although, as others have said, some may never reach that point, which is disappointing and could be harmful to RFC if people don’t get the answers they need to allow things to remain stable.
One good question asked was about the candidates who had recently nominated for election to the Board, only to withdraw their nominations prior to the deadline, after conversations with some members of the Board.
In reply to this question, Gary March said that if any member wanted to nominate for election to the board they are entitled to do so. No guns were aimed at the heads of any candidate to withdraw their nomination. It was their choice and had they wanted to continue could have done so, because no one could stop them.
The reason Directors had contacted any candidate was to gain an understanding of the reasons why they were standing for election and what they saw as being wrong in the way things were headed at the moment and to also see what they had to offer the Board.
Following discussions, GM understood that Jim G. was comfortable with the decision he had made to withdraw his nomination. (Although, I see in the Herald Sun that Jim G. was quoted as saying "I've been pressured out of it,").
I wholeheartedly agree that members should decide who is elected to the RFC Board. But following the explanation by GM, there didn’t seem to be anything underhanded, or unreasonable in the way the situation was handled. If anything, it was responsible management that candidates were spoken to.
RFC could’ve held an election, but it was obvious, from the outset, that nothing was to be gained. And the candidates themselves had a choice to continue, but chose not to; which is interesting. Good on them for putting RFC first.
One of the reasons Jim G. nominated was because members were angry that Gary March was elected as President. As GM himself explained, the action against his company is of a ‘civil’, rather than criminal nature and no Directors of that company are under investigation.
We seem to have stability at the moment, but if people are prepared to de-stabilise things, on the basis of their perception of how things are, rather than reality, then we could go backwards in a hurry.
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Just reward for a couple of low-key Tigers . . .
2:29:21 PM Fri 27 January, 2006
Tony Greenberg
richmondfc.com.au
Two of Richmond's "quietest achievers" took centre stage at the Club's Annual General Meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne, last Wednesday evening when they were honored with Life Membership of the Tigers.
Mark Chaffey and Andy Kellaway were warmly received by the members of the Tiger faith in attendance, when they stepped up to accept their Life Membership accolade.
The pair, who shun the limelight, preferring to go about their football business with a minimum of fuss, became the focus of attention as they reflected on their time at Tigerland.
Interestingly, the league careers of Chaffey and Kellaway have taken strikingly similar paths.
Chaffey, who was a 2nd round selection (No. 35 overall) in the 1996 National Draft, made his senior league debut in 1997, but didn't establish himself as a senior regular at Richmond until 2000.
Since then, he has developed into one of the Tigers' most consistent performers, being used effectively as a small defender, and also as a 'run-with' player in more recent times.
The 28-year-old, a veteran of 160 games, is meticulous in his football preparation and possesses an excellent work ethic.
Kellaway, who turned 30 last November, actually started his career at Tigerland on the Club's supplementary list, and was a member of the reserves premiership side in 1997 under Jeff Gieschen.
At the end of that year, he was chosen by Richmond at pick No. 71 in the National Draft, and he made his senior league debut with the Tigers the following season.
It wasn't until 2000, however, that Kellaway's AFL career took off. He played every game that season, took the most number of marks at the Club (161), and capped off his efforts by winning the prestigious Jack Dyer Medal, as well as earning All-Australian selection.
With his wonderful courage, discipline, determination and durability, Andrew Kellaway has gone on to become an integral part of the Richmond line-up. He has now played 157 senior league games and, like Mark Chaffey, has been a fine servant of the Club.
At the AGM, it was also announced that star Tiger defender Darren Gaspar had returned to the playing leadership group for 2006.
Gaspar joins Matthew Richardson and Joel Bowden as a deputy vice-captain of the Club, with Nathan Brown being reappointed vice-captain and Kane Johnson retaining the captaincy.
http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=243721
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Only Tivs to go to praise every Tiger over the summer ;D.
Seriously congrats to Chaffey and Chubba. Chubba's kicking use to be unfairly lobbed in with that of his brother but he had his best season last year IMHO and we missed him badly with his run out of the backline when he got injured.
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Kellaway, who turned 30 last November, actually started his career at Tigerland on the Club's supplementary list, and was a member of the reserves premiership side in 1997 under Jeff Gieschen.
At the end of that year, he was chosen by Richmond at pick No. 71 in the National Draft, and he made his senior league debut with the Tigers the following season.
And what a debut. Gave Garry Lyon an absolute towelling. :)
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Congratuations to both, especially Chubba. Coming in as a rookie and to achieve life membership at a club goes to show it's not the end if a kid doesn't get drafted.