The political machinations at Collingwood

[Cassiew 1,903]

Racist and filthy club. “Superfan” Joffa and Straughnie just lame attempts of promoting themselves. If Joffa supported any other team the media wouldn’t pay any attention to him. I hope he gets convicted 

[picket fence 17,172]

Basket Case club and I hope they implode more than what they have so far.

[Dingo 1,062]

10 candidates seeking election - for one spot.

Thank god that will never happen at the MFC under the current clique,

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[rjay 24,939]

5 hours ago, Dingo said:

10 candidates seeking election - for one spot.

Thank god that will never happen at the MFC under the current clique,

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Pluses and minuses here.

Would you think it good to have no candidates to vote for in the upcoming State elections?

10 candidates gives members options, it's called democracy.

The down side of democracy is you are answerable to your constituents and this can make some things difficult to achieve as not all of them will agree with your ideas. Some might even have better ideas.

 

[daisycutter 29,616]

[Orion 332]

On 10/8/2021 at 7:48 AM, picket fence said:

Basket Case club and I hope they implode more than what they have so far.

They weren't a basket case this year.  Far from it. I'm in oar of what they achieved this year.

[Katrina Dee Fan 3,718]

16 hours ago, rjay said:

Pluses and minuses here.

Would you think it good to have no candidates to vote for in the upcoming State elections?

10 candidates gives members options, it's called democracy.

The down side of democracy is you are answerable to your constituents and this can make some things difficult to achieve as not all of them will agree with your ideas. Some might even have better ideas.

 

It's hardly democracy at Collingwood while only about 10,000 of their 100,000 members have voting rights.  That club could implode and there's nothing the "members" can do about it.

[rjay 24,939]

1 hour ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

It's hardly democracy at Collingwood while only about 10,000 of their 100,000 members have voting rights.  That club could implode and there's nothing the "members" can do about it.

No, that's just a little bit crook.

[Demonstone 22,569]

2 hours ago, Orion said:

I'm in oar

Scull!

[Katrina Dee Fan 3,718]

1 hour ago, rjay said:

No, that's just a little bit crook.

It's massively crook, isn't it?  I don't see how they can be termed members if they don't have voting rights.  Only the social club members and coterie have voting rights.  It's a strange situation.  Brisbane Lions are also set up that way.  

[rjay 24,939]

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Scull!

I was waiting...

[george_on_the_outer 7,604]

3 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

It's hardly democracy at Collingwood while only about 10,000 of their 100,000 members have voting rights.  That club could implode and there's nothing the "members" can do about it.

Not true:

 

CFC-Ordinary-Member-Definition-Aug-22-2.pdf

[old dee 23,792]

9 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Not true:

 

CFC-Ordinary-Member-Definition-Aug-22-2.pdf 44.66 kB · 0 downloads

In my view George the pies system is more democratic than the MFC.

[DeeZone 9,856]

5 hours ago, Orion said:

They weren't a basket case this year.  Far from it. I'm in oar of what they achieved this year.

Demonstone is going to get you.😀

[DeeZone 9,856]

2 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Demonstone is going to get you.😀

So was I rjay.😀😀

[layzie 33,814]

Way to go Collingwood, fight the machine!

[Katrina Dee Fan 3,718]

18 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Not true:

 

CFC-Ordinary-Member-Definition-Aug-22-2.pdf 44.66 kB · 4 downloads

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-magpies/afl-news-2021-collingwood-board-election-voting-rules-members-who-can-vote-barrie-cassidy-interview/news-story/1e1272362cd57d583e5c8f3ee65a766b

[george_on_the_outer 7,604]

16 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-magpies/afl-news-2021-collingwood-board-election-voting-rules-members-who-can-vote-barrie-cassidy-interview/news-story/1e1272362cd57d583e5c8f3ee65a766b

Read the date at the top of the article!  Then read the date in their latest rules.

Edited November 8, 2022 by george_on_the_outer

[Katrina Dee Fan 3,718]

2 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Read the date at the top of the article!  Then read the date in their latest rules.

Quote

 

This article explains what the situation stood last year.  I cannot see any evidence of them having an SGM to change that aspect of their ordinary membership definition, unless it was an agenda item in their AGM last December, for which I'm struggling to find the minutes of. If the situation has changed, then good on them, and I stand corrected.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/37-years-a-pies-member-but-barrie-cassidy-still-can-t-vote-20211111-p59838.html

[TRIGON 4,783]

23 hours ago, Orion said:

They weren't a basket case this year.  Far from it. I'm in oar of what they achieved this year.

 

21 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Scull!

Leave @orion alone...he/she/ze's having a dip!

[Ugottobekidding 1,188]

On 11/7/2022 at 12:23 PM, Orion said:

They weren't a basket case this year.  Far from it. I'm in oar of what they achieved this year.

Where are you rowing?

[cantstandyasam 700]

1 hour ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Where are you rowing?

Are you in  awe of anyone who can use an oar or not???

[Neil Crompton 5,562]

On 11/8/2022 at 11:58 AM, TRIGON said:

 

Leave @orion alone...he/she/ze's having a dip!

I agree, we oar to let this error RIP. 

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,852]

On 11/6/2022 at 8:19 PM, rjay said:

Pluses and minuses here.

Would you think it good to have no candidates to vote for in the upcoming State elections?

10 candidates gives members options, it's called democracy.

The down side of democracy is you are answerable to your constituents and this can make some things difficult to achieve as not all of them will agree with your ideas. Some might even have better ideas.

 

Good points @rjay. Democracy as a social experiment is in retreat globally, good to see the Filth bucking the trend 🤣

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,778]

On 11/8/2022 at 11:51 AM, Katrina Dee Fan said:

This article explains what the situation stood last year.  I cannot see any evidence of them having an SGM to change that aspect of their ordinary membership definition, unless it was an agenda item in their AGM last December, for which I'm struggling to find the minutes of. If the situation has changed, then good on them, and I stand corrected.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/37-years-a-pies-member-but-barrie-cassidy-still-can-t-vote-20211111-p59838.html

They are both consistent aren't they?

Article states AFL Club Support member

Club note states AFL members not eligible

Actually, the article is poorly written and confuses Barry Cassidy opinion with example of the specific Member, and the 15k/85k number doesn't seem right given Melbourne has a 42k/23k ratio with similar categories and some similarity in rules

 

Melbourne has MCC/ MFC (basic/premium) - for a long time the only difference really was a Vote, then they threw in some steak knifes

Edited November 9, 2022 by Graeme Yeats' Mullet