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1 hour ago, BDA said:

why won't they work with her?

i'll be gobsmacked if this is true

lmfao and i heard Gerald Healy is making a comeback for us thats true you believe that don't you.

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    1 minute ago, demon3165 said:

    lmfao and i heard Gerald Healy is making a comeback for us thats true you believe that don't you.

    i said if true

    go away fool

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    2 minutes ago, BDA said:

    i said if true

    go away fool

    Sneaky feeling you believe anything someone says as fact....

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    1 minute ago, demon3165 said:

    Sneaky feeling you believe anything someone says as fact....

    i always suspected you were a troll. good work

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    This will be finished before we probably even get an update on Caulfield...

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    21 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    This will be finished before we probably even get an update on Caulfield...

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    That's what we need to be pitching for Caulfield:

     

    The Barassi Community and Dog-Walking Centre

    Home of the Melbourne Football Club

     

    Get it done!!!

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    The Home Base for the Melbourne Football Club at Caulfield Racecourse needs to be one of the top priorities for Steven Smith or whomever becomes the next President.

    This matter will also need to be brought up at the next Melbourne Demons AGM. We cannot allow the issue of the Home Base to linger on forever. Time to get it done!

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    25 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    This will be finished before we probably even get an update on Caulfield...

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    ...and Hawthorn have been fundraising for this for the past couple of years.  

    What have we been doing in preparation? 

    Nothing. 

    Imagine how much would have been contributed by our members post Premiership toward a future base fund.  

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    On 29/08/2024 at 07:54, BLWNBA said:

    Yeah, it's actually pretty damning given that stakeholder engagement and management is one of her spruiked 'skills'. 


    I’m told she’s seen as a bully. In my experience of her it’s not too far from the truth (at least tries to be a forceful personality with none of the requisite charm).

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    2 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    ...and Hawthorn have been fundraising for this for the past couple of years.  

    What have we been doing in preparation? 

    Nothing. 

    Imagine how much would have been contributed by our members post Premiership toward a future base fund.  

    The stagnation and lack of consultation/comms with the member base on this has actually become pretty embarrassing now.

    Pert included.

    As you said they could've utilised the momentum following our success in 2021 but alas much of that appears to have been flushed down the proverbial.

    The boys delivered on the field and the top brass appear to have let us down since then.

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    This is what occurs when you don’t cast your net wide enough, fail to draw in Commercial partners and the local community.

    Port Melbourne, Royal Park and the old Williamstown racecourse were more viable options.

    If this dream is to proceed at Caulfield, the Trust must make a positive recommendation to the State Government for a largesse of funding, before it may be included into the 2025 State Budget.

    Blind Freddy can see this will never happen.

     

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    I think it has already been covered in detail earlier in this thread but it is hard to see Port Melbourne as a feasible alternative.

    Altona/Williamstown is quite removed from traditional Dees supporter territory in Melbourne.

    Royal Park admittedly could be explored even though its in the backyard of another club. It is in the City of Melbourne and relatively close to the CBD.

    Why is the State Government the only source of potential government funding?

    Numerous community sporting projects are partially funded by a mixture of the local municipality, State Government and Federal Governmnent.

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    Melbourne Football Club with a home base in Williamstown? Really?

    Sentimentality aside, the conditions for footy down there are regularly horrible. Worse than Casey.

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    On 07/09/2024 at 13:29, gs77 said:

    That's what we need to be pitching for Caulfield:

     

    The Barassi Community and Dog-Walking Centre

    Home of the Melbourne Football Club

     

    Get it done!!!

    You'd think anything with the name Barassi behind it would get instant government backing.

     

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    Talk about a disconnect eg Roffey and the board in an another building .. may be 1% but they all count … this no home base and under the same roof.. I wet to a work seminar at a function room at Carlton .. you walk in and see their premiership cups and watch the team train … all under 1 roof! This everlasting saga, honestly find a solution & get out of the 50 min drive to Casey 

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    On 16/08/2024 at 15:29, drdrake said:

    Yep, Vic government is basically broke, the big build is coming with a big debt.  This means the positioning for any state money needs to show big community impact and votes.  Geelong will be targeting federal money commitments from both parties for 2025 election promises.

     

    Our concern doesn't seem to be funding as yet, we still don't have a firm location as yet.  Caulfield racecourse is the latest but really this is still a maybe.

    I wonder how much money the club has burnt doing the feasibility studies on various options

    Well they dont appear to have burnt any on Fishermans Bend options. Nor have they responded to any of my questions raised from the last AGM.

    I have deliberately stepped back as I advised the Board so there would be no corruption of their negotiations. I also hoped that Roffey might use her experience and networks to make some positive action.

    I still believe a carefully proposed community, retail, entertainment and business facility with appropriate training areas could be attractive to the stalled FB development.

     

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    There are two inescapable facts in any future homes.

    1) we will need contributions from government.

    2) the state government is broke they cannot even afford to keep the hospital system functioning at required levels. There will be no money spent on a perceived silver tails football club.

    Nothing will happen this decade. So get your minds around our current bases  at Goschs and Casey. 

    END of story!

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    On 28/08/2024 at 16:21, BLWNBA said:

    Roffey is largely removed from the project, as it stands. 

    I guess that's project #3 she couldn't get done, unfortunately.

    Project #1
    Project #2 (thanks to consortium links to Scientology and China)

    All fart, no poo

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    22 minutes ago, old dee said:

    we will need contributions from government.

    2) the state government is broke

    we could put our facility in a tunnel somewhere between Cheltenham and Box Hill - no apparent shortage of funding there

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    31 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    we could put our facility in a tunnel somewhere between Cheltenham and Box Hill - no apparent shortage of funding there

    Sir Willian Fry Reserve, Cheltenham, plenty of room and next to SRL  .... call it SRL Arena ... I will waive my consultancy fee, gratis for the Dees 😁

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    2 hours ago, Demonsone said:

    I wet to a work seminar at a function room at Carlton .. you walk in and see their premiership cups

    Were they wooden and rotting?

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    2 hours ago, Demonsone said:

    Talk about a disconnect eg Roffey and the board in an another building .. may be 1% but they all count … this no home base and under the same roof.. I wet to a work seminar at a function room at Carlton .. you walk in and see their premiership cups and watch the team train … all under 1 roof! This everlasting saga, honestly find a solution & get out of the 50 min drive to Casey 

    Antiques Roadshow?

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    54 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Were they wooden and rotting?

    No they were in brown paper bags.

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    The save caulfield fb page posted a abc article from yesterday about us 

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    6 minutes ago, Satan said:

    The save caulfield fb page posted a abc article from yesterday about us 

    And?

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