Just on that point, Gronk, and this is not indicative of my view of the Report as a whole...
Team PLC is singled out by the Board (our Board? haha) for Pittsburgh because they believe, in addition of course to the money issue, the involvement of employees of the Club, in Club time, at Club expense, whilst on the Club payroll is unlawful and in breach of provisions of the Registered Clubs Act and not in the interests of members.
Considering this Report is obviously a propaganda piece (not necessarily a negative comment on my behalf but instead just an observation) then wouldn't it come under the same heading? Involves Club employees, in Club time, on Club payroll and at Club expense?
Sure, there's a significant difference when dealing with the overall costs relating to this Report as opposed to Pittsburgh but when dealing with probity (as Gronk has mentioned) dollars mean absolutely nothing.
You cannot launch a public attack on the ethics and lawfulness of your enemy when that attack itself breaches the same guidelines.
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Also, this is clearly a propaganda piece, for those who would seek to object to my above comment. I've been trained to deconstruct and analyse texts and I'm ridiculously good at it.
The standout word from the Report that indicates this is the oft-repeated "your" in relation to "your Board" (as opposed to, say, "the Board"). The purpose of this word is to link you emotionally to the Board and subversively instill within your thoughts a belief that you are inately connected to them and they are undoubtedly working in your best interests.
Thus when the term "your Board" is used (and it isn't always) the desired effect is that the surrounding material is taken in with a positive outlook and incorporated into your own point of view.
So, when is "your Board" used as opposed to "the Board"?
Thel;argest recurring use is within the phrase "in the opinion of your Board", which came up three times. Not once is the term "in the opinion of the Board" used.
When talking about how Pittsburgh was not disclosed to "your Board" (meaning you), which has two usages.
When adressing the negative outlook on previous construction matters, "your Board" became aware of their waste.
Discussing how "your Board" set out to bring the Club back to profitability (the figures used to justify this have already been questioned in this thread).
In essence, any time there was either an emotional element or a grey area within the Report, the usage of the term "your Board" starts popping up. The whole point is to have you become emotionally attached to the information being presented before you so that you incorporate it into your own opinion.
Now, I'm not stating any positive or negative opinion in relation to this. I'm only saying one thing - this is undoubtedly a propaganda piece designed to begin the push towards the election. It is election material.
Now, there's plenty of interesting stuff in there which I will address in a later post. There's also other questions I have in relation to the material presented. This, however, was one of the first things to jump out at me as I read the Report and it kept coming up again and again as I went through it. After reading Gronk's post above, I thought I'd point this out to start with before coming back and addressing other aspects which I can hopefully do tomorrow.
Remember, this is what I am trained to do and I do it very well, so I know what I'm talking about.
I didn't realize I ticked you off that much hehe
