At midway through December and no word from the President, we can safely assume that the Club will not be hosting Christmas this year – the first time in 132 years that the previously convivial Club’s doors have been shut to celebrations. The 2020 AGM has gone missing too. Yes. It’s supposed to happen in …
Have you noticed that Celtic Club members are expected to pass the Minutes of the previous AGM without having read them? Members who give proxies don’t see any Minutes. This does not happen in other Clubs for a very good reason: members of Clubs have the right to see the AGM minutes before the meeting. …
How astonishing that lifts can suddenly be provided for customers with big pockets, but not for the Celtic Club. What is really going on?
President Brian Shanahan’s latest letter shows continuity and change going hand in hand. Starting with the constants in Brian’s rule; we have had an ongoing parade of colourful characters. Now we have Carl Walsh, currently President of the Irish-Australian Chamber of Commerce – as a new Committee member. Carl Walsh has accomplished many things including …
The rate of loss of Secretaries and Treasurers has been phenomenal. Now the rot is spreading to the Committtee.
In 2016, the Club was in a strong position due to the work and sacrifice of members over 130 years. The Committee was handed a Club that had: Total capital assets of approximately $28 million, A brilliant location in the CBD, A profitable enterprise, A growing membership base steadily attracting younger people, Annual income of …
Surprising how many members have been hounded out of the Club as a result of one witch hunt or another. If you’ve been to recent meetings, the AGM or any Special meetings, President Brian Shanahan will have delighted in telling you that ‘the Secretary and the Treasurer’ are responsible for all the Club’s woes. Losing …
As we know, the President admitted in March what has been obvious for some time – the Club is not returning to Queen St. So the ‘no-sale’ group were absolutely right. But what on earth happened? To refresh your memories, the Buy Back option was first proffered during after the no sale vote in 2016, …
In his most recent email to a select group of members, the President admitted that the Club had lacked a Treasurer for approximately eight months and promised that he would soon advise the general membership of the appointment of (yet another) Treasurer. No details were given of the selection process followed, though clearly the job …
As Dire Straits readers know, most of the Club’s $17 million have been put into ME Bank: a BBB rated bank now under investigation by ASIC for its conduct. So much for the bank described by the Secretary at the 2019 AGM as “… a massively reputable bank..” which had not been exposed to the …
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