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  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    Swans chat Vote 1, Jason

    The 2013 Member Election will be the sixth opportunity for members to elect a director.

    Traditionally the Board has taken the view that it was not appropriate for it to support or canvas support for a candidate. However, as Jason Ball is offering himself for re-election, the Board feels very strongly that it should indicate to members the importance of retaining Jason on the Sydney Swans Board.
    2013 Sydney Swans Member Election Notice
  • Primmy
    Proud Tragic Swan
    • Apr 2008
    • 5970

    #2
    I would vote for Jason in a heart beat. I notice he is on deck at all functions, he is involved, intelligent, forward thinking. We are lucky to have this option.
    If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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    • stellation
      scott names the planets
      • Sep 2003
      • 9718

      #3
      Should the club really be endorsing a candidate? "As a vegetarian I am utterly opposed to the consumption of meat. Apart from well aged wagyu, who can say no?"
      I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
      We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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      • mcs
        Travelling Swannie!!
        • Jul 2007
        • 8161

        #4
        You are correct in questioning whether the club should be endorsing a candidate stellation, but Ball has done an awful lot for our club, on and off the field, and done it exceptionally competently as well. So I don't feel too unesasy about the club publically stating their support for him to be returned to the board.
        "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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        • Triple B
          Formerly 'BBB'
          • Feb 2003
          • 6999

          #5
          He's come a long way since some knew Ball as TPOSWGFWC...
          Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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          • Reggi
            On the Rookie List
            • Jan 2003
            • 2718

            #6
            Originally posted by Triple B
            He's come a long way since some knew Ball as TPOSWGFWC...
            !#*_\#!!# you. Done my penance
            You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby Ziegler

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            • Triple B
              Formerly 'BBB'
              • Feb 2003
              • 6999

              #7
              Originally posted by Reggi
              !#*_\#!!# you. Done my penance
              Waiting for DoctorJ to join in....lol
              Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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              • Doctor J.
                Senior Player
                • Feb 2003
                • 1310

                #8
                Originally posted by Triple B
                Waiting for DoctorJ to join in....lol
                You beat me to it.

                LMFAO

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                • Reggi
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2718

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Doctor J.
                  You beat me to it.

                  LMFAO
                  Yeah? Really. #^*<>#\\# you as well
                  You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby Ziegler

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                  • stellation
                    scott names the planets
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 9718

                    #10
                    Originally posted by mcs
                    You are correct in questioning whether the club should be endorsing a candidate stellation, but Ball has done an awful lot for our club, on and off the field, and done it exceptionally competently as well. So I don't feel too unesasy about the club publically stating their support for him to be returned to the board.
                    Oh look, I understand he's been excellent and he seems like a lovely and capable fellow, to boot- but I still don't think it's appropriate for the club to endorse him (or any candidate).
                    I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                    We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                    • Chilcott
                      Regular in the Side
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 595

                      #11
                      Originally posted by stellation
                      Oh look, I understand he's been excellent and he seems like a lovely and capable fellow, to boot- but I still don't think it's appropriate for the club to endorse him (or any candidate).
                      Why???

                      I would have thought it's common sense to endorse the right candidate.

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                      • stellation
                        scott names the planets
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 9718

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Chilcott
                        Why???

                        I would have thought it's common sense to endorse the right candidate.
                        I guess just because if it's an election I believe the candidates should be on a level pegging and should all have equal opportunity to show voters what they can bring to the table. The club obviously takes this view as well as they have stated it's their policy not to endorse a candidate, but in this case have decided to deviate from it. I think it gives him a significant advantage over other potential candidates, his skills and experience should present as a significant fair advantage and really Jason (like all potential candidates) should speak for himself. Every candidate should have equal opportunity to explain why they are the right candidate.

                        I have no issue with the Swans website being used, I should add, for candidates to speak to potential voters (assuming all candidates have the same opportunity).

                        I'm not suggesting that it's abnormal for a body to endorse a candidate for election to its board, I just don't like it. It seems a bit boys clubish to me, that's all.
                        I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                        We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                        • DamY
                          Senior Player
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 1479

                          #13
                          Vote 1, Jason

                          A fair point, an election should be as fair as possible.

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                          • Doctor J.
                            Senior Player
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 1310

                            #14
                            Originally posted by stellation
                            I guess just because if it's an election I believe the candidates should be on a level pegging and should all have equal opportunity to show voters what they can bring to the table. The club obviously takes this view as well as they have stated it's their policy not to endorse a candidate, but in this case have decided to deviate from it. I think it gives him a significant advantage over other potential candidates, his skills and experience should present as a significant fair advantage and really Jason (like all potential candidates) should speak for himself. Every candidate should have equal opportunity to explain why they are the right candidate.

                            I have no issue with the Swans website being used, I should add, for candidates to speak to potential voters (assuming all candidates have the same opportunity).

                            I'm not suggesting that it's abnormal for a body to endorse a candidate for election to its board, I just don't like it. It seems a bit boys clubish to me, that's all.
                            To quote Kent Brockman: "I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work"

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                            • Doctor
                              Bay 29
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 2757

                              #15
                              I'm a little uncomfortable with it as well. If Jason Ball runs and issues his own statement with endorsements from the club I could live with it, but this seems like rigging I guess. That doesn't mean that Ball isn't the best candidate mind you, it'd just be nice if we were able to determine that for ourselves.

                              Any chance of more info about what he's achieved while he's been on the board and why we should vote for him other than because Richard Colless wants us to?
                              Today's a draft of your epitaph

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