Annual General Meeting Report

The Club held the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday Night December 10th.

At the Annual Meeting the Club reported an Operating Profit (before depreciation) for season 2013 of $50,677.

Directors Bill Withers and Ian Massara completed their terms as Directors and were thanked for the wonderful service that they have provided the Club.  Both Con Tripi, President and Adam Kelly, CEO expressed thanks for the contribution that they have made to the Club, Bill, in driving a values system in the Club to build better culture, building systems and process and encouraging innovation and Ian, for his affinity with our staff and players and the guiding hand he was able to be.

The Club welcomes new Directors John Ipsen and James Begley.

John is currently CEO of a private company and brings a wealth of experience in corporate governance, compliance, risk, project and financial management to the East Fremantle Football Club.

In addition to large-scale commercial forestry board and management expertise, including most recently CEO of an ASX listed company; he has over 30 years of experience in the commercial forestry industry.  John brings a network of long-held vendor and customer relationships at both national and international level.

He has played, coached and captained numerous associations of Cricket and Australian Rules football throughout Western Australia and Victoria. He has also represented senior country Australian Rules football and Cricket Clubs at Board level.

John's experience and skills will allow him to contribute across a number of areas within the Club including but not limited to future facilities requirements.

James Begley played 61 games with Adelaide and St Kilda and ran the leadership program at the Fremantle Dockers Football Club between 2007-2011.  Previously he worked for Leading Teams in Melbourne delivering leadership programs to clients such as Mirvac, Austereo, AFL players association, NZ Women's cricket team and NZ surf lifesaving.

James is the Executive Director at Pickstar, Managing Director at Tract Group and General Manager at LifeSkills Coaching.

James has facilitated the leadership program at East Fremantle for the past four seasons and as Director will provide strategic direction with respect to Leadership and Culture.

The Club announced a new Guernsey for the 2014, a Guernsey very similar to that worn in the Foxtel Cup campaign of 2013 along with new Platinum Partner and Jumper Sponsor Copyworld.  Copyworld is the exclusive dealer for Toshiba photocopiers, multi-function devices (MFD's) and facsimiles. In addition, Copyworld partners with Microsoft and other information technology companies in order to look after your entire IT network.  Copyworld's Perth Office is at 21 Frederick Street, Belmont.  

Three life members were also announced on the night, Des Cornish, Mick Jez and Steve Malaxos which was well received by all in attendance.

The report that appeared in today's West Australian from Shayne Hope reflected on comments made at the annual meeting regarding our facilities requirements.  It accurately reports that the redevelopment of the Sharks' traditional home ground remained the priority, but the club has been forced to explore other options in a bid to remain competitive.

Steve Malaxos announced the success of our recruiting to date with Bradd Dalziell (West Coast), Jamie McNamara (Williamstown) , Cameron Eardley (Geelong) , Brock O'Brien and Adam Waight returning to the Club along with interstate recruits Tim Bristow (Launceston) and brother James Bristow (Golden Square, formerly Peel Thunder).

The offices at the Club will be closed on Friday December 20th and re-open on Monday January 13th.