There's perhaps only one area where you get a true insight into the quality of your board and that's when they fulfil their responsibility of keeping their stakeholders informed on their progress via their annual report and annual general meeting.
This is the Annual Report that Parramatta Rugby League Club members get:
http://www.parraleagues.com.au/ContentFiles/ParraLeagues/Documents/PDRL%20Annual%20Report.pdf
This is the Annual Report that Bulldogs Rugby League Club members get:
http://admin.nrl.sportal.net.au/site/_content/document/00002741-source.pdf
I can't think of a starker comparison that clearly demonstrates two things:
A) Why the Rugby League Club should run the Rugby League
B) The levels of respective boardroom professionalism
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WHY I’M VOTING FOR PARRAFIRST
I have previously voted for 3P but on Saturday I am voting for ParraFirst. Members here know that I have recently come out in support of 3P believing that they have acted in good faith in the best interests of the club. While decisions were made that turned to shite I felt that it was more bad luck and fate rather than the professionalism of the incumbents.
I believed that the recent decisions to appoint Ricky Stuart and Ken Edwards were a boon for the club and we appeared to be heading in the right direction again. The clincher for me was going to be the Folau deal. Get that one over the line and you have got my vote.
That we could not pull the Folau deal off despite the so-called business acumen of people on the board raised alarm bells for me. Whilst other clubs are able to sign big names without the impact to their salary cap – READ BULLDOGS et al – we didn’t seem to possess the know-how to get the deal done in a tight timeframe.
Over time I have read what posters here have said about 3P and I have really taken an interest in what Parra First have put forward. I really enjoyed Darkies picture essay that put the performance of 3P into perspective (http://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/next-week-when-3p-announce-izz...) 3P’s silence has been deafening during the election campaign and now they appear to be relying on a former player to run their campaign within the last 24 hours. The recent tweets of Eric Grothe Jnr about the “juniors being everything” reek of smoke and mirrors stuff and that was enough for me.
I am voting for ParraFirst on Saturday for the following reasons;
I encourage all members here to vote 1 - ParraFirst
Jimmy, I want you to know that despite some of the big name endorsements we've posted, that personally means more to me than any other endorsement we've had.
Phil, i have been trying to work out how The Parramatta Club works.
Is there 3 boards?
Parramatta District RLC, Elections this weekend. Join by being a ticketed/non-ticketed member?
Parramatta RLC, Elections next April. Join by joining the Leagues Club?
You have to be a member for 3 consecutive years for both these clubs to be able to vote?
Parramatta NRLC, who votes for this board and can you become a member?
Hey Bevo it works like this:
PDRLC elections this week - you have to be a football member (3 years) to vote
Parra Leagues election in April - you have to be a Leagues club member (3 years to vote)
PNRL sits wholly under the Leagues Club - it doesn't really do anything except for being a legal entity. It is controlled by the Leagues Club and as such is overseen by the Leagues Club board voted in by the Leagues Club members.
As a member, all you get to vote on is the district football club. Which is incredibly important for some people, while a lot of people don't really care given they could be out of area. Unless you are a Leagues Club member you have no say in the NRL club. I've not yet anyone, probably with the exception of Denis Fitzgerald, who actually believes this makes sense.
Thanks for your time and clearing that up.
Best of luck to you and the Parra First team on Saturday.
Lol second that...
I've filled many roles and projects as a management consultant and over the years filtered through many annual reports. That reads as one of the worst I've ever encountered.
No vision, no direction. Barely ticking boxes to check of legal requirements and that's all.
The objectives read like something that would get a C- on a 10th Graders Business Studies report - again, no real vision, just a blanket statement that is so bleedingly obvious it hurts but is absolutely useless without context or plan. Disgusting. A pure and utter embarrassment. The boards of other clubs must have a good old chuckle when they see sub-par and unprofessional material like that pumped out.
I don't know which scenario scares me more, that these are intelligent people who have the gall to produce this garbage and have thus far been able to get away with it, or that these folks really are that far out of their depth that they believe this is passable.
I agree Captain and I am no businessman, but the problem is a lot of people who are voting could look at those 2 reports and the only difference they could see is that one is Glossy with lots of pics and another is rather bland looking. I believe that there is going to be a significant portion of voters that will vote based solely on a very simple message based on directon, achievements and their rivals weaknesses (both true and untrue it seems).
I actually gave 3P a complement yesterday that I was impressed that they had not resorted to cheap election tactics. Yesterday, I was feeling like whatever happened, then the members would have their say and I could move on. I've simply been looking forward to Saturday so I could get on with what I like to do, which is to support the club I love.
Can't someone, who finds club politics intriguing, just give me the crib notes version of the difference in the reports? That way I can make a pithy reply like "damn dogs", wish ParraFirst the best, but then continue on still relatively ignorant of club politics, as I await next years discussion of why Sticky has dropped so many saps from the team.
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