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Parramatta Leagues Club board sacked, administrator appointed

Stagger eel

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Well done to all involved..

I wouldn't expect the board to make any decision until they've exhausted all avenues to save their skins... I'm not expecting the NRL to do them any favors though
 

phantom eel

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I'm tired already... and you're telling me I shouldn't rest until August 24th...?

Seriously though, it is as you say great to see members doing something about the state of our great club, in a positive merit-based vein rather than through a factional (Eagleston) method.
 

emjaycee

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Parramatta's dysfunctional board appears to be on borrowed time after the 101 signatures required to force an historic member-forced meeting were officially lodged with the club on Friday.

Long-time Parramatta Leagues Club member Chris Losco is behind a push to immediately overthrow all current Eels directors save for Geoff Gerard, who would assist in forming a committee to identify a replacement board based on merit. The process would include the NRL, Clubs NSW and a specialised recruiting firm to ensure the best candidates are selected from a pool of eligible members that would run the club until at least the next election.

Losco handed in 114 signed copies of his resolution which, if declared valid, will give the current board until July 15 to convene a general meeting by August 24.

The NRL is expected to enforce its provisional sanctions against the so-called 'gang of five' next week, but the landmark meeting – which requires 50 per cent of attendees to vote in favour – will give the Eels a fresh start following the salary cap rorting saga.

"This is a point in history where, as a club, we can come together and select, based on merit, the best possible board," Losco said.

"Leaving behind the factions, the revenge, the political instability, we can really move forward as a membership with a board capable of repairing Parramatta's standing in the game with members, fans, sponsors and the NRL."

The Eels are in complete disarray are being investigated by at least three statutory bodies, including the NSW Fraud Squad, the Australian Tax Office and Liquor, Gaming and Racing. It's expected long-suffering members will vote for change although there are at least two other groups, including one organised by local businessman Andrew Eagleston, preparing to stage coups of their own.

Losco wants the current Eels board to engage with members during the process but expects to be met with resistance.

"I'm sure the directors will have a multitude of lawyers review it and call it non-constitutional or argue semantic or legal points of view," he said.

"But the bottom line is the membership want change, they want the best, independent people in charge.

"I'm asking other people building other teams or factions in the traditional way at Parramatta to support my merit-based proposal. If their people are that good, they should fly through this process. That way the member and fan base will have comfort the best possible people are being selected.

"It's not via association or friendship or ethnic groups, but the best possible people."

Losco said it was imperative to put in place a stable board and management, which would then allow for the retention of head coach Brad Arthur.

"No one has bled for the club like Brad has for the past six months," he said. "To lose him would set our football team back five to eight years.

"It's not an outlandish statement to say the future of the football club, at least in the medium term, with Brad Arthur."

At present, the same seven directors sit on both the leagues club and football club boards, but Losco said constitutional reform was required to allow at least a partial separation to ensure directors had the unique skill sets for each role.

Source: Clicky
 

Eelementary

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"It's not an outlandish statement to say the future of the football club, at least in the medium term, with Brad Arthur."


It's not an outlandish statement- it's straight up gibberish.

f**k me dead - do these "professionals" not proofread at all?
 

phantom eel

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They forgot the word 'lies'... 'lies with Brad Arthur'.

And those professionals are probably outsourced offshore somewhere on minimum wage (or will be soon enough).
 

Eelementary

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They forgot the word 'lies'... 'lies with Brad Arthur'.

And those professionals are probably outsourced offshore somewhere on minimum wage (or will be soon enough).

Yeah - I know what they meant to say.

But it irks me no end to see this from people who make a living off of written English.

At the end of the day, it's laziness, and I find it unacceptable.
 

phantom eel

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Fair enough.

But news organisations have been cost cutting for years with the advent on online publishing, and I think these days they make their money more from the clicks and traffic, rather than the quality of the written words (available for free).

So speed is favoured over accuracy I guess, in a fast paced world etc etc.
 

Eelementary

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I'd say you're right, mate - but it still irritates me.

I just read a review of the new Subaru Levorg on Cars Guide, and the twat that wrote the article (and, evidently, his dipshit editor) used the incorrect word (he should have used "to", but used "too"). He also wrote "their's" instead of "theirs".

No doubt - these organisations are full of excuses for their incompetence.

However, I just can't excuse their idiocy and/or laziness.
 

emjaycee

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Wondering why a thread relating to future board election process got merged into the salary cap thread.

The root of one may have been in the other but unless there is a limit on the number of open threads this doesn't make sense.

Can a mod either split them or perhaps send me a PM to explain why they were merged please?
 

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The walls are closing in on Parramatta’s beleaguered board of directors after long-time member Chris Losco officially launched a move to vote them out of power.

Losco, who has been a representative on of the club’s members group, on Friday lodged the 101 signatures required to force an extraordinary general meeting.

Under Losco’s plan, existing director Geoff Gerard would be the only survivor, although he would step down once a suitable board had been identified by a committee.

The committee would include representatives of the NRL and Clubs NSW. Losco’s list of signatures still need to be vetted to ensure they meet the requirements to force an EGM, but he insists it is merely a formality.

“I expect the board to be called an extraordinary general meeting within two months of today’s date,” Losco told The Weekend Australian.

“I want the process to be as transparent and clearly defined as possible to ensure the members vote for it on the night of the extraordinary general meeting.

“It is on. I have names and forms up my sleeve. In fact, I had more dropped in this afternoon. Forms continue to flood in every day. We will be ensuring we have enough (signatures) if there are questions on any member’s legitimacy.”

Losco confirmed he had been in discussions with representatives of the other group pushing for an EGM. That group is being led by another member Andrew Eagleston with the backing of former Macquarie Bank boss Bill Moss.

“I have been urging them to join with me to fight for a board selected on merit,” Losco said.

“I am continuing to have those discussion with those people. If their team is as good as they say it is, they shouldn’t have any problem.”

The move to unseat the board comes as the NRL prepare to make a final decision on sanctions against the club and directors over salary cap rorting. Three directors including chairman Steve Sharp and two officials have been provisionally suspended from the football club pending a final decision.

The club is also facing an investigation from NSW Police and the Office of Liquor and Gaming.

“My understanding is this is the first ever member-driven general meeting in the history of the club,” Losco said.

“This is hugely significant for the membership. This is absolutely critical we come together and make the right decision - it is to reject the factions, ignore the history and politics of Parramatta and select a board that can take us forward together based on merit.”
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...e/news-story/fb7c63d7aa9142a8d43cbc34bb66124d
 

Gronk

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FOR the first time in Parramatta’s 69-year history, Eels members have lodged a motion proposing to overthrow the club’s board.

The move gives the Eels board a mere two months before they are set to be forcibly removed by Parramatta members at an extraordinary general meeting expected to be held in August or September.

The proposal to dump the board, put forward by Eels member Chris Losco after he obtained the signatures of 100 members, would have new directors recommended as part of a hiring process proposed to involve a recruitment firm, the NRL and Clubs NSW.

There are also believed to be separate proposals that could potentially piggyback on Mr Losco’s proposal, provided they can also get 100 signatures.

These are believed to involve proposing specific groups of candidates to replace board members.

The proposal comes at the worst possible time for the beleaguered board, also under siege from investigations by police, NSW Liquor and Gaming, and the Australian Taxation Office.

It also comes just days away from the final sanctions for salary cap abuse to be handed down by the NRL, which is expected to confirm its original sanctions against the club of a 12 competition point penalty, $1 million fine and individual punishments of the so-called “Gang of Five” — chairman Steve Sharp, chief executive John Boulous, deputy chairman Tom Issa, director Peter Serrao and football boss Daniel Anderson.

The NRL investigation was sparked by The Daily Telegraph’s “Dodgy Deels” series of articles.

Mr Losco said yesterday he would not choose a team to stand against the current board.

“I’m not the best qualified person to select a board at Parramatta,” he said.

“We want to have people who are qualified and on the board for the right reasons. What we really need is for the club to repair its damaged relationship with its members, its fans, its sponsors and the NRL.”

The lodging of Mr Losco’s proposal comes a day after it emerged Eels director Tanya Gadiel had penned a legal letter against Phil Sim, a key agitator trying to overthrow the board and a key backer of Mr Losco’s EGM proposal.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...s/news-story/b07a8ee5a3b563b44eaf2195a6d4831a
 

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