Dear Fritta and Turner,

It’s a great privilege to write to you today to confirm that at the conclusion of the AFLW season I will officially step into the role of President of the Melbourne Football Club.

This club has played an important role in my life and I now have the opportunity to give back to the club I love by helping lead us into a new era.

I want to acknowledge and thank our outgoing President, Brad Green. Brad’s leadership over the past 12 months speaks volumes about who he is as a person. His commitment and dedication through a period of significant change has been outstanding.

Looking ahead, Brad won’t be going far. When I commence as President, Brad will continue to serve on the Board as a Vice President.

Under Brad’s leadership, the Board has successfully undertaken a comprehensive review of the AFL program, a Board review to ensure we continue to evolve, appointed Paul Guerra as CEO and Steven King as AFL Senior Coach. Brad led the establishment of a High Performance Committee and a Member Engagement Committee to ensure the Board remains focused on football performance and members. He has also been instrumental in the club’s long-term home base project at the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve. This remains one of our highest priorities.

Nominations for the Board are now open. This year, we have one Director vacancy. The Melbourne Football Club is a skills-based Board. This year, we believe the focus for a director is senior leadership and CEO-level experience with skills in branding, marketing, business development and innovation and a deep knowledge of the sports industry. We have published a Board Credentials Statement on the club’s website that provides more detail.

I am pleased to announce that Dan Taylor will nominate for the Board.  Dan is the Executive Director of Stan, leading both Stan Entertainment and Stan Sport.  He is a strategic and commercial leader with extensive experience driving high performance, innovation and growth across technology, media and marketplace businesses. To access the call for nominations and for more details relating to the board election please click here.

To finish, I want to thank you for your ongoing support. The board will continue doing everything possible to get us back to the top.

Most importantly, right now, we have some finals footy action to look forward to. I hope to see many of you at our AFLW finals over the coming month and again at the AGM and Member Forum on 16 December.

Go Dees,

Steven Smith

We sure are a new club

The Exec Director of Stan would be a great addition to the board. It would be interesting how the club could leverage this

Whilst the board has not appointed anyone to fill the vacancy so they would be an incumbent at the election, it would appear they do have a preferred candidate in Dan taylor.

Can i be the first to say it, Dan from Stan?

Nominations for the board are now open and close 5:00pm on Tuesday 11th November.

31 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Can i be the first to say it, Dan from Stan?

Dan from Stan, the man with a plan!

stan gonna go hard for nrl and afl rights

good times

Smith becomes the fourth president in a row to tell us who to vote for as the board fills another casual vacancy prior to board elections. His framing tries to avoid saying this, but that's what's been said here.

I sound like a broken record, but Rennick said that members had given them clear feedback that we didn't like this approach.

And yet they continue to do it.

3 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I sound like a broken record, but Rennick said that members had given them clear feedback that we didn't like this approach.

And yet they continue to do it.

you’d be hard pressed to find a board member who didn’t have their own motives at play unfortunately.

Don't know why this struck me, but pretty chill signature:

I'm glad they printed the name!

3 hours ago, Adam The God said:

Smith becomes the fourth president in a row to tell us who to vote for

Not a coincidence, and standard board practice given that their role is to provide leadership and continuity. Also important that they identify specific needs in terms of skills and experience, which they appear to be doing here. None of this prohibits others throwing their hats in the ring, and they're up front and transparent about it all.

Cobbers club

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