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11 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

...and as we can see from the dates included....The BOARD under Roffey has had NO strategic plan for the past 12 months, and we still have nothing today.  No wonder the club has no idea where it is going and what it is doing. 

 
58 minutes ago, Pinball Wizard said:

Thank you Kate 🙏 

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I remember having a chat to her at the aflw Granny up at Springfield (yes it is as bad as Casey from a boondocks point of views)

She was in with the cheer squad from half time onwards and I was really impressed with her and the fact she was in with our supporters and not with the suits.

Thanks for everything Kate.

2 hours ago, drysdale demon said:

When she joined the board, the then existing board had in it's previous years put the club in it's worse position it had ever been in. The club was stuffed, the AFL had to appoint an outsider in Barrett to take over, a non Melbourne person.

We need to move forward and not live in the past.

 
21 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

No it’s not. It is one of the best facilities in the league. And includes administration which we do not have with the second rate stuff that we have.

And it is proof that’s a functioning Board can achieve in 10 years.

Springfield is at least a half-hour drive from the Gabba on an extremely busy freeway. It is an excellent facility, but it is not even in Brisbane. Springfield is a suburb in the adjoining city of Ipswich. 

2 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

...and as we can see from the dates included....The BOARD under Roffey has had NO strategic plan for the past 12 months, and we still have nothing today.  No wonder the club has no idea where it is going and what it is doing. 

From the 2023 Annual report

The Club will launch our 2024 – 2027 Strategic Plan in February ahead of the commencement of the 2024 seasons. 

Our new President can now release it?


5 hours ago, jnrmac said:

It's indesputible she has left the place in worse shape than she found it

The [censored]?

If anything, it's indisputable that we're in better shape than when she started in 2013.

The debate is over the role she played in that change. 

18 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

The [censored]?

If anything, it's indisputable that we're in better shape than when she started in 2013.

The debate is over the role she played in that change. 

I'm assuming @jnrmac meant when she started as President but I'll leave to him to confirm.

 
39 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

The [censored]?

If anything, it's indisputable that we're in better shape than when she started in 2013.

 

An upcoming Court Case may dispute that claim…

8 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

An upcoming Court Case may dispute that claim…

I just need a board and leadership that delivers the training ground project NOW! Not in 5 years maybe.


18 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I just need a board and leadership that delivers the training ground project NOW! Not in 5 years maybe.

We would all love that mate, but I struggle to see where the funding comes from. 
what’s in it for The State Government?

Maybe Members will have to get it done

Any Board that actually achieves a Home Training Base for the MFC should have Statues erected 

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We would all love that mate, but I struggle to see where the funding comes from. 
what’s in it for The State Government?

Maybe Members will have to get it done

Any Board that actually achieves a Home Training Base for the MFC should have Statues erected 

I would chip in if they are serious about it.

I think a lot of supporters would be.

But it needs to be a solid and realistic project, no more consultations or business cases.

9 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I would chip in if they are serious about it.

I think a lot of supporters would be.

But it needs to be a solid and realistic project, no more consultations or business cases.

Totally agree.

It’s obvious that nobody wants to offer us anything at this stage. 
As i said yesterday, many Clubs have built new Facilities and then Rebuilt and refurbished them, whilst we are still looking at paperwork 

6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Totally agree.

It’s obvious that nobody wants to offer us anything at this stage. 
As i said yesterday, many Clubs have built new Facilities and then Rebuilt and refurbished them, whilst we are still looking at paperwork 

Why would anyone offer us funding now if we haven’t got a formal proposal, let alone without actually appling for funding? 

Just now, Neil Crompton said:

Why would anyone offer us funding now if we haven’t got a formal proposal, let alone without actually appling for funding? 

Chicken and the egg NC. Nobody is interested in The MFC except us


13 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Chicken and the egg NC. Nobody is interested in The MFC except us

Nobody is interested because there is nothing yet to get interested in. You may still be correct though, but until a formal proposal and funding application goes before the Govt, I can guarantee you that nobody will be interested in the MFC. 

1 minute ago, Neil Crompton said:

Nobody is interested because there is nothing yet to get interested in. 

11 years + and we are still not even at stage 1

On 07/09/2024 at 16:28, Hawk the Demon said:

Except that our last strategic plan promised the commencement of construction of our home base in the MCG precinct in 2023.  Not a feasibility study, not a plan - but construction. And have you seen that strategic plan for 2024 - 2027?

I've now read the strategic plan for 2020-2023. It talks about its vision being to commence construction by 2023.

A promise is something that could not have been made without the necessary consents and agreements having been put into place beforehand and is altogether different to a vision.

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13 minutes ago, alpha33 said:

I've now read the strategic plan for 2020-2023. It talks about its vision being to commence construction by 2023.

A promise is something that could not have been made without the necessary consents and agreements having been put into place beforehand and is altogether different to a vision.

I think it's reasonable to say they were a fair way off with that vision then.

And how many surviving Board members were entrusted with implementing that plan? With Kate's departure and David Robb's retirement this year, the longest serving directors now are Brad Green and David Rennick (October 2020). With the CEO there since 2018.


4 hours ago, Dee-tonator said:

Springfield is at least a half-hour drive from the Gabba on an extremely busy freeway. It is an excellent facility, but it is not even in Brisbane. Springfield is a suburb in the adjoining city of Ipswich. 

if it really is only 30min drive from cbd, i don't think any melbournian would see that as a problem

3 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

 

Cheeky post by the skip. 😆

Wowee, that's hilarious!  Good grief I do wonder what's been going on behind closed doors to precipitate a tweet like that, though.

3 hours ago, gs77 said:

Wowee, that's hilarious!  Good grief I do wonder what's been going on behind closed doors to precipitate a tweet like that, though.

Brad Green was captain in Gawn's first year, and is now president. The tweet isn't hilarious or cheeky and doesn't mean anything about our club or recent affairs. It was just a stats question. 

 
52 minutes ago, Skuit said:

Brad Green was captain in Gawn's first year, and is now president. The tweet isn't hilarious or cheeky and doesn't mean anything about our club or recent affairs. It was just a stats question. 

Ah, thanks for clarifying - I forgot their playing careers overlapped.

 

 

... still hilarious though.


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