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Because it is required under Corporations Law. And now following Peters successful application and others quoted in the action, case law.

and by providing your information to the Club and the AFL you have agreed to this under the AFL and Club privacy policy: You agree to the disclosure and use of such personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and consent to its disclosure overseas and its use by third parties, including our service providers, in the USA, Gibraltar, China and such other countries in which those parties or their computer systems may be located from time to time, where it may be used solely for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, without us being responsible for such use (or for any breach). ....and people are worried about just an email address?

Yes it is, and confirmed in yesterdays court case.

No because that is not a proscribed purpose under the Corporations Act. However, the MFC can provide you with the email addresses for marketing purposes, since members have already agreed to that when they signed up ( even if they don't know it).

We need to keep the % up in these next two games.....and the weather forecast isn't all that flash. Could turn into a low scoring slog which will not suit us.

I can assure you this is not about ego on behalf of Peter. He is simply trying to get the MFC a constitution which is in line with 21st century principles. And about giving the Members the option to vote for it or not. It is 15 years since the last changes...are we going to wait for another 15 before we modernise? At the moment the Board is only presenting their truncated version, and refusing to offer options to the members ( too confusing for them). Not what the members might want or asked about, while leaving all sorts of antiquated clauses which suit them. To give an example: The Board currently is allowed to set the rules for election procedures. This will not be changed under their proposals. So we presently see: 1. Director nomination period advertised in the classified section of the HS and is only open for a limited time e.g. 1 week. When it is placed is at Board discretion. 2. Candidates have to be vetted by a Board nominated "independant" committee 3. Candidates can only submit a 300 word case for their election 4. No "electioneering" allowed, including mailouts, advertising etc. Does this seem fair and democratic? Perhaps voters in Hong Kong would see certain similarities. So the Board is adopting the same tactics as were adopted against the Demon Alternative in the merger scenario. To quote from "Between the Flags" by Ian Munro: "To argue the case for access to the full list of members, he ( Jenkins) began Supreme Court action. Only then did the Board agree" That is why Peter has been forced to pursue this action to obtain the email addresses which the Club hold, and should be provided under Corporations Law and subsequent case law.

The NBA rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_championship_ring "Rings are presented to the team's players, coaches, and members of the executive front office" The NFL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_ring "The Super Bowl ring offers a collectable memento for the actual players and team members to keep for themselves to symbolize their victory" If our Board is going to introduce some brassy American idea, they could at least do it the same way as the Yanks.

Give up SWYL. There is a car park under the stand today. There are railway tracks and a road alongside. The re-development is 5 years away. There is not enough room. Look at the size of the Brisbane facility. Look at the size of the Essendon facility. They are both bigger than the MCG!

And Jayden Hunt who played 20 games in the season and contributed to us getting to the big dance......gets NOTHING!

This will be arriving in your letter box in the coming days: You may have received a message from the MFC According to the message ‘your feedback played an important role in developing’ the Club’s recommendations’. Do you recall the feedback you were asked for and the opportunity you were given? We prepared a detailed submission to the Working Group, which was – well - ignored. There was no meaningful engagement with us. We have had a leading law firm draft a Model Constitution, especially tailored for our Melbourne Football Club. It is our contribution to improving the Club’s off-field performance. Included in the message is one statement we agree with – ‘it’s important your voice is heard’. Their proposal is a hotchpotch of amendments, crafted in their Closed Shop. They should have entirely re-written our relic of a Constitution. We are better than this! Our Model Constitution has now been passed to the AFL, who we met with.. Thank you if you have already voted AGAINST Deemocracy Mailer_Conversation_web.pdf Deemocracy+Proxy+Guide_web[100]-1-1.pdf

We just have to keep winning and at least doubling the oppositions score to stay where we are. What Brisbane and Adelaide do is up to them, but I can't stomach barracking for the Pies to win ( yes I can if it means we finish top)

Earl Spalding?

Shown little, and hasn’t physically developed.

Not quite....if I remember you have to OPT IN to get the card.....the electronic version will remain the same.

Quick....alert @Demonstone!

Since the club hasn't posted this: Highlights why and when and strategic oversight.

Players from Geelong Falcons are a bigger recruiting risk than WA

Bit like the VCE these days.......Nobody fails!

I was intrigued to see a big improvement in kicking this week, particularly for West, Heath and Mithen. They previously barely could kick 20 m but seem to be getting much more distance, and importantly seem to have been told to put it on the boot rather than looking to handball as first option. Importantly, kicking long has now become the critical part of the territory game, when in previous years, possession was king. And now we have a good number of players who can kick it a long way. Since overhead marking is still a below par skill, the ball doesn't rebound like in the mens game. Better to have it in your forward 50 than risking 3 or 4 handballs to get it there.

And both those teams will lose % next week, because one is not going to double the others score and more.

Love Mackin. For someone playing her first season, she can kic,k mark, bounce the ball and like Goldrick just straightlines everything!

And that is exactly what the current Board have been promising for years, but still nothing to show for it.

Geelong have done very well in convincing players to take less than their market rate: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/09/09/this-is-what-geelong-do-hawkins-shock-2023-salary-revealed/ If this article is correct, then combined with the departure of Selwood, Higgins and Dahlhaus that gives them a good amount to play with to pick up the salary for Bowes. Also apparently the new CBA sees an increase in salary cap for 2023, but I haven't seen figures.

Not enough room to build indoor facilities, gyms, pools, video rooms, meeting rooms etc that are needed today. And then somewhere for the administration and football departments.

Adem must be very pleased to have dodged a major bullet....... https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-lost-faith-in-their-new-ceo-how-did-it-come-to-this-20221004-p5bn6x.html https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/new-essendon-boss-andrew-thorburn-quits-one-day-after-appointment-20221004-p5bn6s.html