Richmond Board Nomination

[Carvels Ring]

There is a possibility this bloke might be a troll   

[Hellenic Tiger]

i want to know will your wife have a say on which flower arrangments  are on the tables at the Presidents Lunches.
As the other board members wifes have a say, will yours.

FFS Jack.

Surely they don't argue on the cutlery china and napkins.

[Mr Magic]

I'd like to be on the board too.

Nice looking website Phil but seriously what do you bring to the table and why should you get my vote?

Nothing in the blog really answered that.

[Carvels Ring]

I'd like to be on the board too.

Nice looking website Phil but seriously what do you bring to the table and why should you get my vote?

Nothing in the blog really answered that.

agree.

[jackstar is back again]

i want to know will your wife have a say on which flower arrangments  are on the tables at the Presidents Lunches.
As the other board members wifes have a say, will yours.

FFS Jack.

Surely they don't argue on the cutlery china and napkins.

I have it on extremely good authority that at a board meeting approx 5-7 years ago, board members wanted to discuss flower arrangements on the tables, they said there wifes werent happy.( some members are still on the board i beleive) The footy representative at the meeting later resigned/stood down from his role, he was horrified at the events of the meeting

[jackstar is back again]

I would like to be on the board too.
Great rort, contribute a few bucks, get all the perks etc etc.
 

[Carvels Ring]

Come on Phil, yr hanging around watching. Whaddya got to say?

[cub]

@roflmao

[PhilipAnderson]

Thank you very much for your questions and comments and thank you for allowing me to join your forum. Your questions and criticisms are all appreciated. My intention here is purely to create discussion. Without discussion you can not move forward. So over the next 3 or more weeks I hope to provide answers to all or most of your questions through my blog as I am being asked lots of questions by lots of people.

http://philipandersontigers.wordpress.com/

I will update this everyday with comments and hopefully you will better understand my motivations and position.

The key here though is that I am putting myself in front of you - to communicate with me. If I am elected, communication from the board to the membership is critical. Whilst there will be certain sensitivites that arise out of board meetings there still should be communication.

As you all see, I am comfortable with social media and this is a great way to communicate with people, so my committment to you going forward is that if I am elected to the board of the Richmond Football Club I will be available to communicate with you whenever you wish.

[Carvels Ring]

Phil, this is exactly the same post as u have put on other sites.  As such it doesnt address any of the concerns raised here, or there.

Not a good start, buddy.

[PhilipAnderson]

About two months ago I had a coffee with Gary March. In that discussion I wanted Gary to know that I was intending on running for the board. I would much rather Gary knew what my intentions were than to do this around him without his opportunity to discuss things with me. We had a frank discussion. In that meeting I made Gary aware of the fact that I felt that considering that Richmond had performed so poorly over the past 9 years and still were performing poorly (15th this year) that there was not enough movement of board members. This to me is a major issue. We need a fresh look at things. We need fresh ideas. We need fresh enthusiasm. We must have significant leadership and we must show that by ensuring that we don’t have board members occupy seats without providing significant results.

Lets break this down further. We have 9 board members and they are elected for a 3 year term. We currently have 6 of the 9 board members that are still in place from when Terry Wallace was appointed coach of the Richmond Football Club back in 2004. Now lets break down our performance of those years:

2005                 12th

2006                 9th

2007                 16th

2008                 9th

2009                 15th

2010                 15th

To me, to have 6 of the 9 directors still in place whilst looking at these results, I would sit up and say that there has been enough time to make a difference. There are 3 board members standing for re-election now and I feel that there has not been any progress made where we need progress to be made in the 6 years that I have stated above. To this end, I believe it is time for change and that is one of the main reasons why I have nominated myself for the board this year.

I might add, that I am not isolating any one director or any one individual here because they all act collectively. Some board members provide far greater input than others as well. But what I am saying is that to keep the status quo simply on the basis that we feel that we are going in the right direction is not reason enough to re-elect a current board member.

Each one of the current board members that are up for re-election have been in place for many years – it is time to say to them that it is now time for change.

[Ramps]

Do you believe that Damien Hardwick is doing a good job and do you trust him to make us a success?

[Carvels Ring]

Phil, i dont think u get it.  These forums are full of committed tiger fans who all have varying opinions and who want to know specific details.  You are posting identical posts on several forums.  That's not good enough and wont win you any brownie points at all.

If you are serious, the fans deserve better than this effort so far.

[Infamy]

You're not very convincing Phil. You are still not telling us why we should pick you over one of the incumbents.
You're arguing about change for change's sake.

[Carvels Ring]

Is he a serious contender or just a joke like that guy a few years ago?   Crazy John.  Who was the other one?  Rexy Hunt.  Gee we have had a few.  That Pahoff joker.  We must attract the loonies.