132nd RFC Annual General Meeting --- Wed. Dec. 14 @ 6pm

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132nd Annual General Meeting

richmondfc.com.au

Richmond Football Club Ltd.
A.C.N. 005 563 011

132nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Richmond Football Club Ltd (“the Club”) will be held at the Richmond Offices at Punt Road Oval on Wednesday, 14 December 2016 at 6.00pm to transact the following business:

    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;

*    Declaration of Poll for the Election of two (2) Directors of the Club;

*    Proposed Changes to the Club’s Constitution;

*    Presentation of Club Award Winners;

*    Election of Life Members; and

*    To transact any other business which may lawfully be brought forward.

ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS

In accordance with the Constitution of the Club, the positions of Emmett Dunne and Kerry Ryan 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 two (2) Directors will be accepted at the Club until 6.00pm on Monday, 14 November 2016. 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 Constitution of the Club).

Under the Constitution 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 2016 year by the 31st day of August 2016.

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 Gambling Regulation Act 2003 and the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation.

Nomination Forms and further information are available by enquiry to the Company Secretary, Michael Stahl at the Club on (03) 9426 4415 or at mstahl@richmondfc.com.au.

Signed: M Stahl
             Company Secretary

             31 October 2016

[WilliamPowell]

Well, well

AGM notice says proposed constitutional chnages

Here's everyones chance to put up or shut up if you dont like the changes, rather than accusing the board of pushing things through

 

[Tigerman]

Well, well

AGM notice says proposed constitutional chnages

Here's everyones chance to put up or shut up if you dont like the changes, rather than accusing the board of pushing things through

 

The Board are probably going for lifetime terms for any directors they see fit to appoint. 

[WilliamPowell]

Well, well

AGM notice says proposed constitutional chnages

Here's everyones chance to put up or shut up if you dont like the changes, rather than accusing the board of pushing things through

 

The Board are probably going for lifetime terms for any directors they see fit to appoint. 

Well here's everyone's chance to make sure it doesn't happen if that's what it is 

But in all seriousness one hopes it has something to do with amending the idiotic clause that says only 100 odd signatures are need to call an EGM. With 70k members it should be much higher than that

[🏅Dooks]

Why is it the board is run on far right facist principles yet operates in the public arena like SJW's.

[Francois Jackson]

some changes happening and to be announced prior to the agm. No doubt a big suck job to butter up the members ahead of the agm.

[RedanTiger]

Well, well

AGM notice says proposed constitutional chnages

Here's everyones chance to put up or shut up if you dont like the changes, rather than accusing the board of pushing things through

 

The Board are probably going for lifetime terms for any directors they see fit to appoint. 

Well here's everyone's chance to make sure it doesn't happen if that's what it is 

But in all seriousness one hopes it has something to do with amending the idiotic clause that says only 100 odd signatures are need to call an EGM. With 70k members it should be much higher than that

You call the 100 signatures an idiotic clause.

At the last constitutional change motion in 2011 you (and I) voted against the changes.
We were just two of 190 members who voted on the motion to allow one third of directors to be APPOINTED and a staff member to be a voting director.
Even more pertinent is that in that voting there were only 7 votes against.

If less than 200 members bothered to vote on such radical changes why do you think half that number should not be able to call the board to account?
If there were only 7 dissident votes, why is 100 not a high threshold for an EGM?

[RedanTiger]

The other important points in that notice are that only Dunne and Ryan are listed for re-election.
Therefore the President, Peggy O'Neal, has been APPOINTED to her second consecutive term of three more years.
As usual, there is no public announcement about this APPOINTMENT.

Nominations are called for by November 14.
At some point after that there will be an election notification.
Presumably with that stuff there will be clarification of the proposed constitutional changes.

If there is no election material, there were no challengers to Dunne and Ryan and they will be elected unopposed.
If that happens one can then expect that two further directors (Wallace and one of the Malvern Hotel crew) will be APPOINTED after the AGM to complete the terms of the two directors reportedly ready to resign.

At least it's a variation on resignations months before the AGM to have them months after the AGM.

[RedanTiger]

Personally I think it should be either 2000 signatures or 5% of toal members whichever is greater.

So at least 2000, WP.
Ten times the amount that voted on the changes in 2011.

[Harry]

So the 2 will get elected unopposed, the 2 set to retire will do so after the agm and will be replaced by 2 handpicked by the board, and the constitution changes put forward by benny and the board will be voted in as the majority attending will vote for anything put forward by the board.  Business as usual at RFC.

[Ruanaidh]

Deckchairs...Titanic....

[WilliamPowell]

So the 2 will get elected unopposed, the 2 set to retire will do so after the agm and will be replaced by 2 handpicked by the board, and the constitution changes put forward by benny and the board will be voted in as the majority attending will vote for anything put forward by the board.  Business as usual at RFC.

If every person who posts on social media complaining about the board pushing changes actaully botherd to show up and vote, then the "majority" would deliver a very different outcome.

Don't complain if you're not going to bother showing up to vote.

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Personally I think it should be either 2000 signatures or 5% of toal members whichever is greater.

So at least 2000, WP.
Ten times the amount that voted on the changes in 2011.

So everyone revoke your memberships.

[Harry]

See the Age has apologised to Russo for getting it wrong.  Wonder if he'll put his hand up.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

See the Age has apologised to Russo for getting it wrong.  Wonder if he'll put his hand up.

Hahaha. That's because he was going to sue the **** out of them.