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2 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Even with the addition of Sally Freeman to our board (giving us two female members) we still don't meet the 40% quota requirement to ensure funding.  With an 8 person board we need at least 3.  

but 3 is only 37.5%, luci........and you know what bureaucrats are like

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    25 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    but 3 is only 37.5%, luci........and you know what bureaucrats are like

    What if one is non gender specific?

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    I am beginning to believe we will not have any news in the life of this parliament!

    We also won a flag from Goschs and Casey so it is of small consequence to me now in this half of the decade.

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    28 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    but 3 is only 37.5%, luci........and you know what bureaucrats are like

    ditch one of the male directors...🤔

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    1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    ditch one of the male directors...🤔

    Sounds like a plan LH, 7 is probably enough anyway. It is well known that women can do multiple tasks at the same time. So a board of 7, with 4 men and  3 women will do what 5 men and 3  women would accomplish anyway.

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    46 minutes ago, old dee said:

    What if one is non gender specific?

    Surely one or more of the guys could choose, on any day required, to "identify as female" and that would do the trick!

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    I identify as a single hetero male but, according to the lasagne I heated up last night, I'm a family of four.

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    9 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    I identify as a single hetero male but, according to the lasagne I heated up last night, I'm a family of four.

    Just like my long neck being considered 3 standard drinks

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    Not too far off the tangential topic but I would like to see each club being able to employ two non male coaches outside the soft salary cap.

    The position level would need to be fixed at a minimum which reflects available candidates but at a level that avoids tokenism.

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    In yesterdays Hun there was a story of Richmond's new plan to spend $65 million on a redevelopment of the Punt road ground. Under ground parking the works it looks impressive.

    From that we can be sure they are not leaving Punt road and you can bet there will be a government contribution.

    Will that be announced  before anything for the MFC?

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    I believe we are looking at the facility being built for the Women's World Cup, the State Government will build it and pay for it and we will take it over when the World Cup finishes in 2023.

    It may well be where car park F currently is, if not very close to that.

    That's the plan.

     

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    19 minutes ago, Dante said:

    I believe we are looking at the facility being built for the Women's World Cup, the State Government will build it and pay for it and we will take it over when the World Cup finishes in 2023.

    It may well be where car park F currently is, if not very close to that.

    That's the plan.

     

    Stealth facilities take over… I like it.

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    46 minutes ago, Dante said:

    I believe we are looking at the facility being built for the Women's World Cup, the State Government will build it and pay for it and we will take it over when the World Cup finishes in 2023.

    It may well be where car park F currently is, if not very close to that.

    That's the plan.

     

    Questions - is that in the Olympic Park precinct, and what time of year is the Women’s World Cup? (Soccer, I presume).

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    1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

    Stealth facilities take over… I like it.

    And with minimal capital from us hopefully. 

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    2 hours ago, Dante said:

    I believe we are looking at the facility being built for the Women's World Cup, the State Government will build it and pay for it and we will take it over when the World Cup finishes in 2023.

    It may well be where car park F currently is, if not very close to that.

    That's the plan.

     

    This was my hope however WC starts 20 July 2023 in 19 months time. That’s probably barely enough time to build it if they started now but there will be a long process that has to be gone through before they can even start. First all stakeholders have to agree to it. This obviously hasn’t happened yet. Then it has to go through a whole planning process starting with Public consultation because it is public land. Before then going through the planning approval. All of that would normally take a year or more. Unfortunately can’t see it happening in time for WC. 

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

     

    Presumably the word "improvements" is missing from this sentence, just before "made to existing fencing and lighting". If not, I don't think it's actually English.

    "In conjunction with the Victorian Government, Melbourne and Olympic Parks and the AFL, Gosch’s Paddock will be resurfaced and enlarged to MCG sized length and Marvel Stadium sized width and made to existing fencing and lighting."

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    On 11/26/2021 at 10:09 PM, Dante said:

    I believe we are looking at the facility being built for the Women's World Cup, the State Government will build it and pay for it and we will take it over when the World Cup finishes in 2023.

    It may well be where car park F currently is, if not very close to that.

    That's the plan.

     

    Hopefully better than a Baldrick plan !!

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    This thread has been going so long that now that the upgrade is finally happening our longings have now moved onto something more akin to Optus stadium, we are human after all and Premiers.!!!!

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    On 11/26/2021 at 5:18 PM, Its Time for a Dynasty said:

    This was my hope however WC starts 20 July 2023 in 19 months time. That’s probably barely enough time to build it if they started now but there will be a long process that has to be gone through before they can even start. First all stakeholders have to agree to it. This obviously hasn’t happened yet. Then it has to go through a whole planning process starting with Public consultation because it is public land. Before then going through the planning approval. All of that would normally take a year or more. Unfortunately can’t see it happening in time for WC. 

    Perty mentioned in an interview recently that he'd seen the designs, so maybe it's all already gone through, just we have to allow the WWC to have their moment before the next stage is announced....

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    How do we compete with this? Sorry this is an employee of Essendon spruiking the hanger .

     

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    On 12/6/2021 at 3:40 PM, Demonland said:

     

    Rode past Gosch’s this morning as part of my new year’s resolution to get back in the saddle and lose some kilos. The good news is the works are due to be completed in May this year. Hopefully training gets relocated there from its current interstate location out at Casey! 
     

    I rode over to the tennis centre and heard someone hitting balls on the practice courts on Swan Street so stopped to have a peek through the fence. A young Chinese woman was hitting up with a not so young male coach and she had very powerful ground stokes. But my eye was drawn to the male coach and the way he was so effortlessly hitting the ball, just a joy to watch and strong on both sides, hardly mis hitting a ball. The more I looked the more familiar he became, it was Pat Cash. He is 56 but from a distance he looks just as fit as when he was at his peak. His student’s name escapes me but she is ranked number 34 in the world. 

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    On 12/7/2021 at 4:01 PM, Grr-owl said:

    Perty mentioned in an interview recently that he'd seen the designs, so maybe it's all already gone through, just we have to allow the WWC to have their moment before the next stage is announced....

    OMG, so we had zero input into the design/function of the place even though we will be the permanent occupants. Brilliant!

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    2 hours ago, Roger Mellie said:

    OMG, so we had zero input into the design/function of the place even though we will be the permanent occupants. Brilliant!

    Beggars can't be choosers? 

    I think AAMI Park is only hosting 6 WWC games, so I am sure the facility is being designed with both the WWC and the MFC in mind.

    If the Government funds the build and we just pay for the refit I think we have done well.   

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