Why did Neil Besanko get life membership?

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Why did Neil Besanko get life membership?

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I thought it was based on a certain number of years at the club or a certain number of games.

If he fulfiled the criteria why did they wait so long to give it to him?


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don't know...thought the same thing myself......played 68 to 77 .....that's ten seasons......149 games too....

went on to play 4 seasons with the dons too...i'd forgotten that....


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i think he also gave years of service to the club after his playing days


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Maybe they're looking for a new match day runner?


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Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...


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GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
thanx mate...makes sense once you know....


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GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.


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ozrulestrace wrote:
GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.
I was at that AGM and I thought it was kind of obligatory to give him life membership. He was at Sydney or Hawthorn at the time. If I'd known we were only doing it out of niceness, I might have voted against.

They must have been pretty confident he would be approved because he was there to accept.


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kosifantutti23 wrote:
ozrulestrace wrote:
GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.
I was at that AGM and I thought it was kind of obligatory to give him life membership. He was at Sydney or Hawthorn at the time. If I'd known we were only doing it out of niceness, I might have voted against.

They must have been pretty confident he would be approved because he was there to accept.
Surely the board votes on Life membership, not the members. I havent been to an AGM for a few years so I cant remember.


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kosifantutti23 wrote:
ozrulestrace wrote:
GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.
I was at that AGM and I thought it was kind of obligatory to give him life membership. He was at Sydney or Hawthorn at the time. If I'd known we were only doing it out of niceness, I might have voted against.

They must have been pretty confident he would be approved because he was there to accept.
Why should that matter? I think it was a common sense decision.


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plugger66 wrote:
kosifantutti23 wrote:
ozrulestrace wrote:
GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.
I was at that AGM and I thought it was kind of obligatory to give him life membership. He was at Sydney or Hawthorn at the time. If I'd known we were only doing it out of niceness, I might have voted against.

They must have been pretty confident he would be approved because he was there to accept.
Surely the board votes on Life membership, not the members. I havent been to an AGM for a few years so I cant remember.
No.
The Life Membership nominations are always put to the members at the AGM.
So back at the start of the year the three were nominated.
The vote for all three was unanimous.
But the conferring of the awards was held over to a more public function, such as the HoF night to give the candidates greater recognition.


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Enrico_Misso wrote:
plugger66 wrote:
kosifantutti23 wrote:
ozrulestrace wrote:
GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.
I was at that AGM and I thought it was kind of obligatory to give him life membership. He was at Sydney or Hawthorn at the time. If I'd known we were only doing it out of niceness, I might have voted against.

They must have been pretty confident he would be approved because he was there to accept.
Surely the board votes on Life membership, not the members. I havent been to an AGM for a few years so I cant remember.
No.
The Life Membership nominations are always put to the members at the AGM.
So back at the start of the year the three were nominated.
The vote for all three was unanimous.
But the conferring of the awards was held over to a more public function, such as the HoF night to give the candidates greater recognition.

I went to my first AGM this year and voted in Baker! I felt involved! Haha


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IluvHarvey wrote:
kosifantutti23 wrote:
ozrulestrace wrote:
GreatNo9s wrote:Life membership for players is 10 years PLUS 150 games

Besanko only played 149 so the Hall of Fame Committee considered and then recommended Life Memebrship which the Board approved...
Similar decision was made in relation to Spida Everitt. He was a couple of games of qualifying so the decision was made to grant him life membership, once the vote was ratified at the AGM.
I was at that AGM and I thought it was kind of obligatory to give him life membership. He was at Sydney or Hawthorn at the time. If I'd known we were only doing it out of niceness, I might have voted against.

They must have been pretty confident he would be approved because he was there to accept.
Why should that matter? I think it was a common sense decision.
If it was being given to him on a discretionary basis, why give it to a bloke who's playing for Hawthorn at the time?

But he actually played 10 years and 180 games at St Kilda so he met the criteria described above.


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