Headplant wrote:
The most disappointing thing abut the meeting for me was that a number of members (and I'm not talking about loves Princes Park and the sound of his own voice Fisher from the USC) raised in a very rational and relevant way (Synbad being one of them) the issue of poor member communication and media/brand/marketing image, and all Collo could do was stick to his "we have a 3 year plan" script ... I could have made a far better response myself without the need to stick to a preordained set of well worn phrases which said nothing and just left many with the sense that real member concerns were neither being heard or addressed.
I do not really have a ptoblem with reducimg the AGM quorum, although 25 IS very low, and of course they had a large number of proxies in favour, given the resolutions this was what I expected (80% in favour).
My other concern is that the new policy of register once and you remain registered is NOT working in practice, as a number of people such as myself, who are certain they did register in 2005 membership (myself an AFL member and registered via fax), have discovered that they were not recorded as registered this year.
This is serious and needs to be addressed.
Precisely my concerns as well.
The registration issues is a big one and it just seemed that the issue was ignored.
From the meeting the major issues worrying the supporters seem to be (in no particular order):
1) Problems with regards to the voting registration process.
2) Standard of social club facilities/future of the social club.
3) Board's ability to market the club.
4) Board's focus on reaching a cash neutral position in two years. By itself a noble goal, however it means we are treading water for 2 more years, surely some other initiatives can be made in that time.
5) Concerns over future AFL/CFC lease arrangements at Princes Park.
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