Figured this will deserve its own topic
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Ballot period
Voting will open at 9am AEDT Monday, 28 November 2022 and close at 5pm AEDT Monday, 12 December 2022.
How to vote
You will be able to cast your vote online. You will only be able to vote once, and your vote will be registered anonymously.
What do I need to vote?
In order to vote online you will require your Voter Access Code and your Essendon Football Club Membership Number. Your Voter Access Code and link to the voting portal will be sent via email at the time the vote opens.
Election Information
Following the nomination process, we received eight (8) nominations for the two (2) positions available on the Board. In accordance with the rules of the Essendon Football Club, an election is required to determine these positions.
The candidates for election are:
- Benjamin Yeo
- Andrew Muir*
- Paul White
- Chris Ciantar
- Garry Vistarini
- Andrew Welsh*
- Alex Aeschlimann
- Ben Dunn
The order of the candidates as they appear above has been determined by lot by the independent Deputy Returning Officer. The asterisks (*) indicate current Board Members standing for election.
Candidate statements are available to be viewed here.
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And the statement from Dave Barham
Dear member,
As a 2022 member you are eligible to vote in the 2022 Essendon Football Club Board Election.
Following the standard nomination process, the Club received eight nominations for the two positions available on the Board. In accordance with the rules of the Essendon Football Club, an election is required to determine these positions.
The profiles of the eight candidates can be found at this link.
The Board encourages all members to vote in the upcoming election and believes a fair and democratic process where all candidates are respected is critical to a member-based Club like ours.
As you will know, there has been significant change at Board level and across the Club over the past three months. We have aggressively re-set the Club and continue to implement the recommendations from the Ernst and Young external review.
This is very important work and to continue this progress the Club requires stability, continuity, and unity at Board level.
As a Board we have worked hard to make the changes required for the future, including what we think is forming the best Board to take this great club forward. But, as always, this is a member’s club, and you will decide. We have a long way to go, and this is part of moving forward.
CorpVote Pty Ltd is independently conducting this voting process. They have been appointed by the Club to protect your privacy and ensure a fair voting process. Voting instructions and information will be sent to you by CorpVote, and all votes are submitted via their secure system. This is a secret ballot process.
The two candidates with the highest number of votes cast are elected. The result will be formally announced at the 2022 Essendon Football Club Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 15 December 2022
Voting will open at 9am AEDT Monday, 28 November 2022 and close at 5pm AEDT Monday, 12 December 2022.
The Club requires stability, unity, and strong leadership at Board level at this critical juncture. We have made significant progress and we look forward to continuing to build upon these strong foundations to create a Club that all our members and supporters are proud of.
I encourage all our members to vote in the process and wish each candidate the best of luck.
Go Bombers,
Dave Barham
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Interviews with candidates:
Let me know if there’s others, or post in the thread, and I’ll add them here. I’ll add any socials used for campaigning over the coming days too when I have more time.
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The Essendon board is made up of up to 10 seats with a maximum of 6 elected positions and 4 appointed positions. Terms are 3 years, with a maximum of 6 years in an appointed position and 12 years overall. If an elected director resigns before their term expires, the board can appoint a replacement to see out the term. This replacement is considered an elected member.
Elected seats (6)
- Andrew Welsh - appointed 2022 to fill Simon Madden’s vacant elected position (expires 2022)
- Melissa Green - appointed 2017 (to Chris Heffernan’s vacant appointed position), elected unopposed 2021 (expires 2024)
- Andrew Muir - Joined 2015, elected unopposed 2016 & 2019 (expires 2022)
- Kevin Sheedy - appointed October 2020 to Katie Lio’s elected position. Elected 2020 (expires 2023)
- Dean Rioli - appointed 2022 to Brasher’s vacant elected position (expires 2024)
- Tim Roberts - appointed to Sean Wellman’s elected position (expires 2023)
Appointed seats (4) (maximum of 6 years in appointed position)
- Dave Barham - elected 2015. Moved into appointed position that was vacant after Lindsay Tanner (who had been appointed) took up an elected position at the 2018 AGM. Re-appointed in 2021 (expires 2024)
- Dorothy Hisgrove - appointed August 2021 to fill Lindsay Tanner’s vacant elected position (Tanner resigned at 2020 AGM after being elected in at 2018 AGM), presumably took an appointed position in 2021 (expires 2024)
- Kate O’Sullivan - Appointed August 2019 following Ken Lay resigning. (Expires 2022 – Presumably second term to commence following AGM, through to 2025)
- David Wills - appointed following Peter Allen quitting the board in 2022 (Expires 2025)
Essendon board changes since 2010 (Names in bold indicate President)
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Past Elections
(most of this post is sourced from EFC announcements, annual reports, blitz posts of AGMs and social media - let me know if you have any corrections)
