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Confirmed PNE Fan Advisory Network Launch – How PNE Online Is Involved.

Confirmed PNE Fan Advisory Network Launch – How PNE Online Is Involved.

Thracia said:
No doubt - but as I noted above, all that shit about season cards was ditched from the eventual Terms of Reference.

Also ditched was this bit from the 2024 draft: "There will be mandatory rotation of 25 per cent of the membership every three seasons in order to keep consistency."

Everyone can now serve for 6 years, then get themselves "elected" again after a 2-year break, for potentially another 6 year term, and so on forever.

Can't be having too much rotation when it's really just Ben's chums.
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I hadn't seen any mention of these changes of terms in the MOU meeting notes (granted, I don't give them more than a quick glance) so I wonder how these changes came about and who decided/agreed on them?

Even just the setting up of this group highlights perfectly how it will go...
 
Pennyhome said:
I’ve not paid much attention to it tbh , hadn’t realised who was on the list

I think it’s all a bit pointless but that’s just my opinion
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You're probably right, I won't be standing again.

I don't mind losing in a fair vote but the whole process and lack of transparency suggests it was anything but.
 
LostinSpace said:
You're probably right, I won't be standing again.

I don't mind losing in a fair vote but the whole process and lack of transparency suggests it was anything but.
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It does feel a bit odd. Honestly, I treated it as a job interview and felt they did too. So I was quite surprised when it went to a vote. It felt like it should have been a vote or an interview!
 
Bobbage said:
I hadn't seen any mention of these changes of terms in the MOU meeting notes (granted, I don't give them more than a quick glance) so I wonder how these changes came about and who decided/agreed on them?

Even just the setting up of this group highlights perfectly how it will go...
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The link @Tony-Garstang posted above is an early draft by Ben Rhodes, written in 2024 before anything had been made public, and before he then spent a year fannying around tweaking how the FANnies would work.

The whole thing has been bureaucratic and long-winded, with unsatisfying results, which will no doubt be 3 hallmarks of the FAN.

The crowning turd was the fuck-up whereby they announced people could vote for "up to 9" candidates, which then quietly became "you must vote for 9" because they ballsed-up the online voting form, leading to an obviously flawed and invalid "election" where people would inevitably vote for their 1 or 2 carefully-chosen picks, then be forced to add any 7 or 8 absolute fucking randos to make it up to 9 to get the voting form to register - it just says everything about how the FANnies will operate.

Candidates who missed out will at least be spared the frustration of being anywhere near it.
 
Thracia said:
There were only 12 candidates, not 13.

Wonder if the PSC's double dip candidate made it... 🙄
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Maybe one dropped out prior to the interview process , I’m sure that there were 13 names originally…

I remember thinking what an odd number…

Anyway, its irrelevant.

On a separate note , Ben Rhodes is guest speaker at the Sporting Memories weekly session next Tuesday in the Great Room.

There might be one or two questions relating to the FAN selection process
 
Ando60 said:
Maybe one dropped out prior to the interview process , I’m sure that there were 13 names originally…

I remember thinking what an odd number…

Anyway, its irrelevant.

On a separate note , Ben Rhodes is guest speaker at the Sporting Memories weekly session next Tuesday in the Great Room.

There might be one or two questions relating to the FAN selection process
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I had an email from Ben Rhodes, which presumably everyone else who stood received, that it was 12 in the election, can’t say I bothered counting them though.
 
I got an email yesterday saying I'm in, so thanks for any votes from people on here. No fixed date for a first meeting yet but they're aiming for this month and I'll be interested to see how it runs and how any output is communicated. I don't know who the others who got elected are yet either.
 
Fe said:
I got an email yesterday saying I'm in, so thanks for any votes from people on here. No fixed date for a first meeting yet but they're aiming for this month and I'll be interested to see how it runs and how any output is communicated. I don't know who the others who got elected are yet either.
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We done. It’ll be interesting to hear what you think about the meetings once they start and if you think you and the others elected are being listened to.
 
Fe said:
I got an email yesterday saying I'm in, so thanks for any votes from people on here. No fixed date for a first meeting yet but they're aiming for this month and I'll be interested to see how it runs and how any output is communicated. I don't know who the others who got elected are yet either.
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Congratulations!

Are you or have you been involved in anything like this before or maybe the Facebook and Instagram groups mentioned on here? Just curious.
 
Walton said:
Item one on the agenda, just sign this paper to say what is said in this room stays in this room. 😟
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That's already enshrined in their Code of Conduct.

And anyone claiming they only wanted to get on the FAN so they could feed back to the fans the reality of these meetings, will be disappointed to learn they're not allowed to "bring the FAN into disrepute in any context", and "when communicating or otherwise commenting on FAN policies and interests, in either an official or unofficial capacity, [they must] act in accordance with collective responsibility".

So we're only going to hear how great the FAN is, and the rest is silence.
 
I say this with respect for the efforts of supporters giving up their time to try and improve the fan experience.

But I honestly don’t know why anyone would give this stuff the time of day. Utterly futile.
 
Fe said:
I got an email yesterday saying I'm in, so thanks for any votes from people on here. No fixed date for a first meeting yet but they're aiming for this month and I'll be interested to see how it runs and how any output is communicated. I don't know who the others who got elected are yet either.
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your massive contribution in here obviously counted towards your successful application, remember to let us all know how it goes!!!
 
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