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Canberra Raiders seek second female board member
Canberra Raiders seek second female board member as NRL demands more representation for women
The Canberra Raiders want to become just the second NRL team with two female board members as the NRL takes steps to make female representation on club boards compulsory to help clean up the game's image.
Canberra Raiders chairman Allan Hawke confirmed the club is investigating suitable female candidates to join Raiders Group chief financial officer Yvonne Gillett, who was elected onto an eight-person board this year.
The Raiders have one board spot vacant and Hawke confirmed they have identified a number of female candidates worthy of filling the position.
"We are examining that issue [second female board member] right now, we just haven't got to the end of that process,'' Hawke said.
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-l ... zszs3.html
The Canberra Raiders want to become just the second NRL team with two female board members as the NRL takes steps to make female representation on club boards compulsory to help clean up the game's image.
Canberra Raiders chairman Allan Hawke confirmed the club is investigating suitable female candidates to join Raiders Group chief financial officer Yvonne Gillett, who was elected onto an eight-person board this year.
The Raiders have one board spot vacant and Hawke confirmed they have identified a number of female candidates worthy of filling the position.
"We are examining that issue [second female board member] right now, we just haven't got to the end of that process,'' Hawke said.
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-l ... zszs3.html
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I don't think making it compulsory to have a female board member will do jack all..
I support the move to have women as board members, but having a lot harsher penalties such as suspensions, fines and deregistering players a lot sooner such as 1st or 2nd offences would be a bigger deterrent
I support the move to have women as board members, but having a lot harsher penalties such as suspensions, fines and deregistering players a lot sooner such as 1st or 2nd offences would be a bigger deterrent
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"That issue"
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I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
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The Raiders board needs a real outsider and I can't think of a greater outsider than another woman board member. So bring it on. If they honestly choose the best person for the job, then all the better.
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Backwards positive pr I guessdeanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
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LOL at talking about 'best qualified' when the Raiders board consists of mouth-breathing, moronic dinosaurs.
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You'd struggle to phrase it worse than thatRaider 85 wrote:"That issue"
"that issue" Is something you use when talking about Todd Carney.
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I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
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Does deflect attention away from what is happening on the field.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
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I know, right!?Schifty wrote:You'd struggle to phrase it worse than thatRaider 85 wrote:"That issue"
"that issue" Is something you use when talking about Todd Carney.
Fair dinkum, every time someone from the Raiders speaks it's like their mouth is falling down the stairs.
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"Overlooked" / "excluded" appear to be popular terms. Question - has our club had an overt policy by which we only employ men in said positions, thus the aforementioned terms being regularly used?greeneyed wrote:I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
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Ever heard of unconscious or unrecognised bias? Question: if half the talent for boards is female, and there's no "overt policy that only men should be appointed", why has the first female board member only been appointed this year? After 35 years? And it's not like women have not been heavily involved in football clubs, is it? Or are they only fit to run the canteens?Raider 85 wrote:"Overlooked" / "excluded" appear to be popular terms. Question - has our club had an overt policy by which we only employ men in said positions, thus the aforementioned terms being regularly used?greeneyed wrote:I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
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I'll take that as a no, GE.greeneyed wrote:Ever heard of unconscious or unrecognised bias? Question: if half the talent for boards is female, and there's no "overt policy that only men should be appointed", why has the first female board member only been appointed this year?Raider 85 wrote:"Overlooked" / "excluded" appear to be popular terms. Question - has our club had an overt policy by which we only employ men in said positions, thus the aforementioned terms being regularly used?greeneyed wrote:I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
Anyway, I'm not particularly interested in getting in this with you - I've seen you go back and forth with others until blue in the face in another thread. I just find it amazing how people can be so confident in using terms such as "overlooked" and "excluded" when, in fact, it cannot be proven to be the case.
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Can't be proven but the fact our Board was a sausagefest for 30 years is very interesting evidence.Raider 85 wrote:I'll take that as a no, GE.greeneyed wrote:Ever heard of unconscious or unrecognised bias? Question: if half the talent for boards is female, and there's no "overt policy that only men should be appointed", why has the first female board member only been appointed this year?Raider 85 wrote:"Overlooked" / "excluded" appear to be popular terms. Question - has our club had an overt policy by which we only employ men in said positions, thus the aforementioned terms being regularly used?greeneyed wrote:I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
Anyway, I'm not particularly interested in getting in this with you - I've seen you go back and forth with others until blue in the face in another thread. I just find it amazing how people can be so confident in using terms such as "overlooked" and "excluded" when, in fact, it cannot be proven to be the case.
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I'll take it that you've not heard of unrecognised or unconscious bias then. I find it amazing that some choose not to see or even ask why.Raider 85 wrote:I'll take that as a no, GE.greeneyed wrote:Ever heard of unconscious or unrecognised bias? Question: if half the talent for boards is female, and there's no "overt policy that only men should be appointed", why has the first female board member only been appointed this year?Raider 85 wrote:"Overlooked" / "excluded" appear to be popular terms. Question - has our club had an overt policy by which we only employ men in said positions, thus the aforementioned terms being regularly used?greeneyed wrote:I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
Anyway, I'm not particularly interested in getting in this with you - I've seen you go back and forth with others until blue in the face in another thread. I just find it amazing how people can be so confident in using terms such as "overlooked" and "excluded" when, in fact, it cannot be proven to be the case.
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@ Shifty
For which a range of factors may have contributed. Anyway, as I said above, I really don't want to do this
Perhaps when billyt returns home from shredding his Clubsport's tyres, he can shed his well educated views on this topic - suffice to say I'll have whatever he's having - how could I not.
For which a range of factors may have contributed. Anyway, as I said above, I really don't want to do this
Perhaps when billyt returns home from shredding his Clubsport's tyres, he can shed his well educated views on this topic - suffice to say I'll have whatever he's having - how could I not.
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@Schifty
And it's not like women have not had heavy involvement in rugby league over those 30 years. Or there have been no women in the business community who would have brought their skills and experience to the club over the past 30 years. It's strange, isn't it?
And it's not like women have not had heavy involvement in rugby league over those 30 years. Or there have been no women in the business community who would have brought their skills and experience to the club over the past 30 years. It's strange, isn't it?
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Ive got no problem with it. Agree 100% with GE
In a perfect world, you'd just have the most qualified people and roughly half of them, give or take, would be women... But we dont live in a perfect world and RL clubs have been boys clubs for years, until they break that cycle and women being involved at the highest level is par for the course, mandating their presense on boards is IMO an entirely acceptable proposition.
As Schifty suggested, it's not a coincidence that until this year our board has been a total sausage fest.
In a perfect world, you'd just have the most qualified people and roughly half of them, give or take, would be women... But we dont live in a perfect world and RL clubs have been boys clubs for years, until they break that cycle and women being involved at the highest level is par for the course, mandating their presense on boards is IMO an entirely acceptable proposition.
As Schifty suggested, it's not a coincidence that until this year our board has been a total sausage fest.
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I might get the wife to apply for this position. A move to Canberra and free tickets for life.
She wants to know more about the salary package though...
She wants to know more about the salary package though...
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They could bring in Germaine Greer and introduce the Feminine Mystique as required reading and it wouldn't make any ****ing difference if she doesn't have the backbone to stand-up to the nepotism, cronyism and gross incompetence that is strangling this club.
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I agree, definitely need more women involved.
Apparently Bonehead and the had to get his own tea and bikkies, causing him to stack on another blue.
Oh wait....you want the females to vote and have a say.....
Apparently Bonehead and the had to get his own tea and bikkies, causing him to stack on another blue.
Oh wait....you want the females to vote and have a say.....
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I got my own tea and bikkies, Off the woman in the tuck shop where all female employees belong.
*Jokes*
In all honesty though I've been the victim of this kind of thing, position I was well and truly qualified for was given to an unqualified woman because they wanted more females on the staff. She subsequently stunk up the joint and I was promoted above her but that was no great shock to me.
*Jokes*
In all honesty though I've been the victim of this kind of thing, position I was well and truly qualified for was given to an unqualified woman because they wanted more females on the staff. She subsequently stunk up the joint and I was promoted above her but that was no great shock to me.
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Why does it have to be a female?
Should go to the most qualified person.
Should go to the most qualified person.
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Male or female, I only hope she is independent and was not picked to be another family farm lackey.
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Is there a Furner sister?papabear wrote:Male or female, I only hope she is independent and was not picked to be another family farm lackey.
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Wheres Loz? She could make the climb from GH member > GH Mod > Raiders Board Member
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There is. Cathy.Raiders Lim! wrote:Is there a Furner sister?papabear wrote:Male or female, I only hope she is independent and was not picked to be another family farm lackey.
She is a delightful lady who did a lot of really good work for some of Canberra's most vulnerable children.
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There are no canteens on the family farm, just relatives and cattle.greeneyed wrote:Ever heard of unconscious or unrecognised bias? Question: if half the talent for boards is female, and there's no "overt policy that only men should be appointed", why has the first female board member only been appointed this year? After 35 years? And it's not like women have not been heavily involved in football clubs, is it? Or are they only fit to run the canteens?Raider 85 wrote:"Overlooked" / "excluded" appear to be popular terms. Question - has our club had an overt policy by which we only employ men in said positions, thus the aforementioned terms being regularly used?greeneyed wrote:I guess it's because the talent in half the population has to date been overlooked.deanoman wrote:I'm all for equality but why does this make news. We should live in a world where the best qualified gets it. If a lady is deemed most qualified, good luck to hear! Why do we need to read a story about it?
Maybe a woman in the dairy will teach the players how to milk it like some other teams I could mention.
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