Parramatta Leagues Club board sacked, administrator appointed

[Twizzle]

whats on the agenda for the EGM ?

 

[emjaycee]

Apologies - I had this ass about.

Clause 84 (b) covers the issue of 100 members of the club requesting the Board to call a meeting and sub-paragraph (iii) states:
"if the Board does not within 21 days from the date of the deposit of the request duly proceed to call the meeting to be held no later than 2 months after the deposit..."

So, Stagger is right - D day for the club calling the meeting is tomorrow (based on 21 days from 24th June when the request was deposited) and the meeting needs to be held by 24th August.

 

[ash411]

Apologies - I had this ass about.

Clause 84 (b) covers the issue of 100 members of the club requesting the Board to call a meeting and sub-paragraph (iii) states:
"if the Board does not within 21 days from the date of the deposit of the request duly proceed to call the meeting to be held no later than 2 months after the deposit..."

So, Stagger is right - D day for the club calling the meeting is tomorrow (based on 21 days from 24th June when the request was deposited) and the meeting needs to be held by 24th August.

hmmm... Interesting.. You think they will?

 

[emjaycee]

hmmm... Interesting.. You think they will?

To be honest, I don't know.
They (the Board) have been busy with the breach notice no doubt, but that is only one of their duties and it doesn't excuse them from the rest of their responsibilities.

I think there was a PLC Board meeting yesterday so they would hopefully have resolved to call the meeting and have instructed the CEO/Secretary to do so.

 

[emjaycee]

hmmm... Interesting.. You think they will?

i am confident that Losco will go down the path of getting 50% of the people that submitted a petition to call the meeting of the Board doesn't.

 

[emjaycee]

I am hearing that Joe Laws, the Chairman of Tyrepower, yes the Chairman is a 3+ year member and would potentially put his hand up for a role on the PLC Board if it was merit based.

The more I hear of the potential candidates, the better I feel about this process.

 

[phantom eel]

They have 2 months to hold EGM and you have to give the membership 21days notice of meeting, Correct?
If somehow these board members f**k this up I can see the NRL taking the license of the leagues club, might not be a bad thing in the short term.

Yep, I would say OLGA could suspend governance of the Club if the LC Board/Management don't follow their governance obligations under the Act. The NRL would then be more than entitled to withdraw the licence to play in their competition from the Parra LC/NRL entity, and take control of the future governance of our team.

This is preferable to anything other than the Losco EGM option imo, and even then I'd be happy for the NRL (with independent consultants) to just run the merit based process for a new board as per the process set out by Mr Losco's petition... saves a messy EGM!

 

[emjaycee]

Yep, I would say OLGA could suspend governance of the Club if the LC Board/Management don't follow their governance obligations under the Act. The NRL would then be more than entitled to withdraw the licence to play in their competition from the Parra LC/NRL entity, and take control of the future governance of our team.

This is preferable to anything other than the Losco EGM option imo, and even then I'd be happy for the NRL (with independent consultants) to just run the merit based process for a new board as per the process set out by Mr Losco's petition... saves a messy EGM!

What would more likely happen is that OLGA would dismiss all directors and appoint an administrator into the PLC. The administrator would likely be appointed for say 12-18 months and would be responsible for both the PLC and PNRL as a fully-owned subsidiary of the PLC. If this was to happen if would be hopeful that the Administrator would do 2 things:
1) use the Merit Based process to appoint the PNRL Board
2) enact sufficient by-laws into the PLC Constitution to immediately effect the necessary constitutional changes that would once and for all remove the factionalism and ticket based election process. This could be achieved with the introduction into the PLC of changes such as trienniel elections, the merit based process for election of the initial Board, limiting the number of PLC directors that cross to the PNRL Board to 4, etc.

 

[ash411]

What would more likely happen is that OLGA would dismiss all directors and appoint an administrator into the PLC. The administrator would likely be appointed for say 12-18 months and would be responsible for both the PLC and PNRL as a fully-owned subsidiary of the PLC. If this was to happen if would be hopeful that the Administrator would do 2 things:
1) use the Merit Based process to appoint the PNRL Board
2) enact sufficient by-laws into the PLC Constitution to immediately effect the necessary constitutional changes that would once and for all remove the factionalism and ticket based election process. This could be achieved with the introduction into the PLC of changes such as trienniel elections, the merit based process for election of the initial Board, limiting the number of PLC directors that cross to the PNRL Board to 4, etc.

That might actually be a good thing if that were to happen.

 

[84 Baby]

I am hearing that Joe Laws, the Chairman of Tyrepower, yes the Chairman is a 3+ year member and would potentially put his hand up for a role on the PLC Board if it was merit based.

The more I hear of the potential candidates, the better I feel about this process.

not having a go at them, but where were these people when f**k nuts were running for board?

 

[emjaycee]

not having a go at them, but where were these people when f**k nuts were running for board?

Joe Laws has previously run as an independent but of course we members have only voted for tickets in the past.

 

[phantom eel]

So less than 5 hours until the club is breach of Registered Clubs Act? I haven't received notice of an EGM date yet...

 

[emjaycee]

Tick tock
Tick tock

 

[parra-matters]

I think they think they can just ignore it and do as they please, and that's why we are in this mess now.
They think they are above the rules/laws.

 

[emjaycee]

I think they think they can just ignore it and do as they please, and that's why we are in this mess now.
They think they are above the rules/laws.

Actually i think they probably think the 21 days starts from the date the 101 signatories are verified as being valid, which would mean Tuesday.

 

[Chipmunk]

Can I ask what would happen if the entire current board stood for re-election and were re-elected?

 

[phantom eel]

Jake would blow a gasket?

 

[emjaycee]

I would follow the Wanderers

 

[Chipmunk]

I would follow the Wanderers

And what would you do if the Wanderers put up a ticket and was elected and gained control of the PLC board?

 

[phantom eel]

Can I ask what would happen if the entire current board stood for re-election and were re-elected?

Well Sharp, Serraro and Issa are still eligible for PLC Board elections, just not eligible to serve on the PNRL Board.

That is, until OLGA has finished it's investigation regarding the PLC/PNRL Board's recent behaviours - which may end up in Sharp, Serraro and Issa being ineligible for PLC elections for a period of time?

Our PLC elections are not due until next year, and we still have 4 PLC Directors in place... unless OLGA appoints an adminsitrator for PLC, and gets rid of the whole PLC Board? If it does appoint an administrator for a period of time (e.g. until next year's elections) then the NRL would really come into play with their views of how our PNRL should be better governed/structured into the future...

To me, it seems to all come down to the timing of whether the OLGA investigation outocmes will interrupt processes already underway for the PLC Board/Management needing to deal with the various petitions for a PLC EGM, and interrupt whichever appointment/election options successfully emerges from that meeting? I'd reckon the NRL would rather deal with a single PLC administrator in sorting this out, to get to an eventual PNRL governance structure that is sustainable and stable - rather than having to negotiate governance changes with a new bunch of people around the table at the Club, however they come to be appointed....