Been trying to think of a partial solution to the governance of the Wests Tigers in the instance HBG do not relinquish its license or have it revoked?
Given media reports of the last few days citing PVL, it is probably long odds of the NRL appointing an administrator now or HBG selling/relinquishing its license.
So really we need to fight for a constitution & board structure that, i) protects & progresses the interests of the Wests Tigers first & foremost and also ii) promotes the interests of the license holder/s (HBG,WM,BT).
In terms of Board structure, this could be a solution that achieves the above ...
- 3 x independents (1 as appointed chairman, must meet skills matrix from Crawford/Barnier report)
- 2 x HBG representatives (proviso written in constitution is both must be the member-elected directors at HBG)
- 1 x WM rep
- 1 x BT rep
* There has to be a minimum of 2 women on the board I believe to meet NRL standards.
The important thing here is that the HBG reps are the member-elected non-debenture holders on its board. So in that way, there is a democratic process to fill this position on our WT board.
For a benefit of HBG, it gives Wests Tigers members an incentive to become members of Wests Ashfield and those members then have voting rights in these elections for the 2 positions (can vote once a member for 3 years).
Currently there are NO member-elected directors on the HBG board as the election was cancelled this year due to the supreme court action. Click this
link to read. And this
link for more info.
Furthermore, there can still be lobbying of Liquor & Gaming to change the governance of HBG but the above Board structure could be a solution for all parties.
