tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76186277196493882.post238196548274182630..comments2010-06-10T07:03:09.415+10:00PokieWatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13474313304023995835noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76186277196493882.post-43461407533314070282010-06-10T06:44:56.173+10:002010-06-10T06:44:56.173+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76186277196493882.post-49020621639605784192009-01-04T12:50:00.000+11:002009-01-04T12:50:00.000+11:00Anonymous was better off staying with his first reaction.<BR/><BR/>Firstly, it would be simple for the club to stop calling all ticket holders members if they are not truly members.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I don't know if Eddie ever called the Pies the 'people's club'. I don't even know if other clubs have different voting practices.<BR/><BR/>What I do know is that Stephen Mayne does not write this blog. I do.<BR/><BR/>I know that every public company meeting I have gone to, advised, or have been a director of; allows proxies. The CFC does not.<BR/><BR/>I know that unless you enrolled as a CFC Social Club member you were not allowed to attend the 2008 meeting unless you had joined as a 2008 member. This disqualified my attending even though I was prepared to pay a full 2009 membership.<BR/><BR/>This practice is unacceptable in light of the fact that resolutions and discussions at the 2008 meeting affect the CFC in 2009.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous is right that the CFC is not a public company. Anonymous is wrong to think that the CFC (like shareholders) does not exist for the benefit of its members. As Anonymous states "it is a membership club run by its members" and in the case of the CFC, you have to read the fine print to find out if you are really a 'member' or something less.PokieWatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13474313304023995835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76186277196493882.post-7232174496912660542008-12-23T10:43:00.000+11:002008-12-23T10:43:00.000+11:00Actually that is misleading. Social club members can vote. Collingwood Football Club is a Social Club. It may behave like a big business. All football clubs do. But it is a membership club run by its members. A season ticket is a cheap way of seeing matches (which helps the club) but it is not a membership ticket.<BR/><BR/>Collingwood social club is not a public company and members are not shareholders so Steven Mayne should not expect to walk in to a Collingwood AGM, wave aproxy and speak as he could at a BHP General Meeting.<BR/><BR/>I am not a great fan of Eddie McGuire's or of poker machines but I am sick of ignorant people making ignorant comments about Collingwood Football Club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76186277196493882.post-14024609287601087232008-12-22T16:52:00.000+11:002008-12-22T16:52:00.000+11:00Only the more financial members can attend the Pies AGM, the poorer season ticket holders are not welcome.<BR/><BR/>The peoples Club?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com