The two resolutions put forward at tonight's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Essendon Football Club have been convincingly defeated.
The resolutions, seperately, called for the removal of Chairman, Ray Horsburgh, and the removal of Managing Director, Peter Jackson, from the Essendon board.
The first resolution, to remove Mr Jackson, was defeated.
Of the 7,701 valid proxy votes, 6,782 (88%) voted against the resolution. The vote of those attending the EGM tonight reflected the result of the proxy votes.
The second resolution, to remove Mr Horsburgh, was also defeated.
Of the 7,701 valid proxy votes, 6,176 (80%) voted against the resolution. The vote of those attending the EGM tonight reflected the result of the proxy votes
Around 700 people attended the EGM.
Essendon board member, Daryl Jackson, chaired the meeting.
""These were serious charges being put against two members of the board so it was important this meeting was conducted fairly, properly and allowed a members to put forward their votes,"" he said.
Former Essendon Chairman, Graeme McMahon, was among those present and spoke against both motions which he described as ""damaging"".
He said while the people who put forward the two motions are passionate members and it's their right to call this meeting, the motions were ill founded, misguided and driven by the emotion of the decision not to renew Kevin Sheedy's contract.
""The Club belongs to its members and its good that they take an active interest in the Club but if members are unhappy and want to change the board it must be done calmly and sensibly with suitable candidates put forward. That opportunity arises each year and if you want to make change use the Annual General Meeting, not a meeting like this.""
