What does that mean?

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Means I don't think much of her personal taste/style.

I'm not really sure why style would be a criterion for suitability on a board......

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Just lie back and think of premierships

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.”

Deliver one, and I'll relax.

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Spoilsport, thats half the fun of reading stuff on here. Have a look at Talking Stuff the Neo's down there are clueless about anything.

On the main board its mandatory

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L.M 35-06

I think you're talking about a different kind of style

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Wow........

so much for being called "supporters"............!

come on people.......lets not forget that.........!


kindest regards tommi

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that'siti'mnotchangingthistagain......!

I was speaking with one of the other board members over the weekend an this is basically how the appointment panned out....

Mrs Pratt was already the 'Patron' of the football club. In her regular discussions with the the board in that capacity she asked "what else can I do to help?". As one of the best fundraisers in Australia she was asked to help out with fundraising.
Mrs Pratt has then said " I'd like to know and understand more about the business" .
The board have then said " Why don't you join the board then to get a better feel of it - your portfolio can be fundraising"
Mrs Pratt agreed and then said " OK , but I want the membership portfolio as well"

So the way I see it - we have have an astute business woman with unparalleled fundraising capabilities and a strong historic connection to the CFC who has PUT HER HAND UP and has said that she want to do more to help the business side of the football club in fundraising and membership strategy. She is doing this in a voluntary capacity as are all board members.

It would also be naive to say that she knows nothing about football as she has been around the game since her husband won the Morrish Medal in 1953.

Expect results almost immediately - if anyone remembers how her late husband operated - things happen very quickly when the Pratts are on the case.

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Ecclesiastes 1:4, "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but The Blues abide forever."

thanks darknavy, terrific perspective

Yeah buuuuuuttttttttt!!!


Sorry.......couldn't resist

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.”

That's good. Who was the exisitng board member that was responsible for fundraising and membership?

Budzy's dad

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.”

Thanks for the insight darknavy.

I am so excited with the news.

I too would like a democratically elected board, but I don't know what that means at Carlton.
I do recall vividly when the Greens won the German election in 1980 and by the end of their reigh in was obvious that democracy = anarchy.

What I do know is that I do not want an oligarchy or an autocratic style of governance over my club like we had in the Elliot era.
Believe me, there are thousands of members who would love a seat on the board to feed their ego, but could add no value whatsoever.

Having Jeannie there makes me feel so much more comfortable, because I'm sure it's not ego that drives her with the CFC.

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

And in defence...

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

and especially going forward when in defence

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I was interested by this discussion to see the sizes of the boards of all clubs -

12 - Carlton
10 - Adelaide, Essendon*, Port Power
9 - Hawthorn, Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
8 - Collingwood, Femantle, North Melbourne, West Coast
7 - Brisbane, Geelong, Cold Coast

Perhaps we are a little top heavy but still glad to have Jeanne Pratt on board

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Ecclesiastes 1:4, "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but The Blues abide forever."

Knowing several members of the Pratt family personally I can tell you now with absolute confidence that all politics aside the one and only reason Jeanne has come forward and presented her availability and resources to the CFC is simply because WE HAVE NOT WON A FLAG IN OVER 16 FLOWERING YEARS AND THATS JUST NOT NEARLY GOOD ENOUGH, and she simply does not see failure as an option, just as her late great husband did.

End of story.

Had we won some silverware in the last decade (being very reasonable here, not talking NAB crap cups either) or even come close for god sakes, I severely doubt Jeanne would have felt the need to be involved.........

If Steve Kernahan rings up a large corporation for sponsorship, he would be lucky to get a meeting
If Jeanne Pratt rings up a large corporation for a sponsorship, she would be unlucky not to walk out with $50,000.

It is a tribute to the board that they have been able to appoint Jeanne without a spill & it wouldn't suprise me if she could appoint people to balance the books better than Swan.

Why is Sticks President and Swann CEO?

The more I read this the more miserable I get.

And you want to pay tribute to a board that has a President that would be lucky to get a meeting with a large corporate and appointed a CEO who can't balance the books.

Err woof, he means large corporations of the multi-national variety, the kind that even Collingwood wouldn't be able to seriously entertain.

As for Swann, the books aren't his strong point but he has a decent head on his shoulders. Having a whiz with the books hasn't helped Melbourne.

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