EGM Proposal

Click the button above to download the petition. Please print the letter, sign it and post to PO Box 599 Baulkham Hills, 1755. We will be organising another pickup at the Eels vs Souths game at ANZ Stadium this Friday.

This process would encourage the best possible candidates to step forward via a formal interview process. Every candidate will be judged on their merit, avoiding "tickets" and factionalism. We strongly disagree that an EGM should be used for members to consider a shallow pool of candidates.

The Constitution does not allow for members to call a new election. Also, each election comes with inherent divisiveness and recriminations. This proposal allows a board of high-quality individuals to put the club back onto its feet before the next annual election without any election baggage. Members would be using their democratic right to install the next board based on merit, for the betterment of the club.

A board should be accountable, and all directors are accountable for the unsuccessful response to Salary Cap allegations. A new board, without the baggage of recent problems, is required for the club to move forward.

Under the constitution the club must be given 2 months notice, during which we would hope caretaker provisions would be put in place. Our hope is that the directors may choose to step down earlier to fast-track this process. The process would be completed and a new board installed in time for the Eels to go into the off-season with a fresh team behind it.

This proposal is being put forward, having spent months canvassing the business community for high-calibre, CEO-level candidates who have indicated their enthusiasm to be a part of a fresh beginning for the club and who would ask to be considered via a merit-based process.