Tigers board battle heats up (HeraldSun)
Tigers board battle heats up
13 January 2004 Herald Sun
Damian Barrett
NINE people will contest three vacancies on the Richmond Football Club board.
Six independent candidates will compete against incumbents Gary March, Tony Jewell and Peter Welsh.
The Richmond AGM is on January 29. Voting for the board positions will be conducted by postal ballot, with the deadline for votes on January 23.
Computer technician David Clayton and business analyst Jim Giannopoulos declared before Christmas their intentions to seek directorships.
Four other candidates -- Stuart Lawrence (managing director of technology component company), John Matthies (lawyer and investor), Jason Verstak (national marketing manager of a real estate firm) and Kent Winzer are also running.
Giannopoulos is to send members a flyer outlining his intention to bring to the club "corporate opportunities" to increase revenue. "The club made a huge loss, but there are opportunities out there if we go about it properly," Giannopoulos said yesterday.
Richmond recently declared it had lost $882,100 in 2003.