Well done Peggy
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One of the interesting things she said tonight was that because she was an "outsider" she didn't feel she had any right to tell Dimma what to do about the footy team. The Club has understood boundaries between the roles of board, CEO & admin, and the footy dept. If someone wants to get involved as a board member in the "exciting" things such as recruiting then perhaps the boardroom isn't for them (as that behaviour undermines the authority of the CEO) and they should probably just stick to being a fan instead and give the club lots of money instead
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She hopes that the processes are in place that when she goes (two more years) that her legacy is she won't be missed because the Club will continue to be successful under whoever succeeds her and eventually Benny and Dimma. We enjoy our successes together (as a club) and when things don't work out we work together to fix and improve them.
Cassidy brought up the comparison between modern politics and the politics within a football club [They replayed the vision of the 'Focus on Footy' rebel group]. Peggy said she would've accepted if the members voted for someone else but she was never going to just walk away at that time. Peggy said the support of the Tiger Army has given the board the ability to plan for the long term. As opposed to 3-year election cycles in politics and the focus on polling (which we've seen can be wrong) when it comes to toppling the leader mid-term.
Diversity is a strong mantra of the Club. Peggy said in the early days when they working on lifting the finances of the Club they also discussed what kind of club we wanted to be. We wanted everybody to follow Richmond. It's good now that when someone walks into the Club they all see someone that looks like them.
