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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Well you'd hate to ruin the look with a woman on Board I guess.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

who cares what sex they are?

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So hard to earn, so easily burned
In the fullness of time
A garden to nurture and protect

#DopeThenStash

some people?

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Chicks obviously.

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STURDYISM!!

Who cares whether you get to vote for them?

After reading some of the posts since Saturday perhaps it's best the huddled masses not vote on important matters

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

All the best to the new guys, I hope they do a great job and bring new ideas to the table.

Although, you sometimes have to wonder why we bother with elections, haha.

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It is an interesting situation. I can see the merit in boards hand picking people to join them but it was not that long ago that a board full of sheep got us in big trouble.

I'm going to hazard a guess here and say that I think that less than 2% of TalkingCarlton members actually vote anyway, so their arguments are null and void.

Wondering if this announcement will be greeted with a "shock and awe" campaign or with rapturous applause from the usual suspects..

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"I will rejoice in their anguish, delight in their failure and revel in our success"

We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!

Just did a quick check. Female board members at the various clubs:

Adelaide, 0.
Brisbane, 1.
Carl, 0.
Coll, 1.
Ess, 1 (I think.. can't find anything on their site)
Fremantle, ? (can't find anything on their site)
Geel, 1.
Haw, 1.
Melb, 1.
NM, 0.
Port, 0.
Rich, 1.
St K, 0.
Syd, 1.
WC, 1.
WB, 2.

Interesting that clubs with female board members have the solitary one. Which tends to suggest that the appointment is a token one. I'm sure those selected are well-credentialled (well, question marks on Camplin at Collingwood) but it's highly suspicious that all these clubs seem to stop at one.

A bit like "we need a female board member, who's the best option?" rather than picking the best people and letting the sexes fall accordingly. Seems to suggest that clubs are keen to tick the 'female board member' box.

A notable exception is the Bulldogs.

Synbad missed out again?

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"I had to eat"

geez...stating the obvious! suck
hey....
why wasn't Dave Gilmour elected?
That'd add some real atmosphere to those dreary meetings.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Them's a lot of Board Members.

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

Well we really are a democracy of the members aren't we. How many on the board now 15?
If these guys are really committed how about they insist on putting themselves up for a vote. This suggests that if you are a Pratt relative, democracy doesn't apply, which further suggests that we are still very beholden to Pratt family money which is an issue in terms on independent decision making. For instance if Jeannie says Elliott is still a family friend and she'd like him back at the club which way do we jump?

It also indicates we have too many on the Board and some are deadwood. Maybe we should spill the positions and get the board down to 10 and the new guys could then be voted in and the deadwood voted out.

I like the idea of talented and wealthy people on the board, but really dislike the idea of bypassing the election process. Hopefully one of these guys is a president type and will be able to give Sticks a rest.

One of the problems of the Elliott era was an erosion of responsibility by the members allowing the Elliott junta to go the way of all good banana dictatorships.

Bet a female board member at Carlton would be negatively associated with the "can you smell what the Blues are cooking" campaign by the Herald Sun. We'll get accused of being sexist, old fashioned "get back in the kitchen" types.

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"GIBBS."

We have an insanely large board and really need to implement contingencies like sunset clauses of four years immediately.
No problem with the two new additions, its just that we now have way too many cooks.

The 'fish rots at the head' tag line could be replaced with "too many cooks spoil the broth"

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"GIBBS."