AFL Kangaroos consider amendments
North Melbourne will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting in August to consider amendments to the AFL club's Constitution.
The move follows the Kangaroos' controversial Annual General Meeting in February which former club director Peter de Rauch labelled a "disgrace for democracy".
North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca says the evening will provide an opportunity for members to consider various amendments.
"Following last year's AGM (which was held in February 2011) our chairman advised that we would consider the issue of online voting and streamlining our election process," Arocca said on Tuesday.
"We have determined that our Constitution needed to be amended to allow the club to implement a more efficient and cost-effective process to deal with fundamental matters such as the way in which we communicate with our members, the nomination process and the actual conduct of the election.
"These proposed amendments have the full support of the Board and I am sure that our members will overwhelmingly support these changes.""
Before February's AGM, de Rauch had spoken about a legal challenge to the election because proxy voting forms mailed to members in January did not feature himself and fellow challenger David Wheaton.
Kangaroos chairman James Brayshaw polled 1559 votes, while his brother Mark (1454) and fellow incumbent Trevor O'Hoy (1787) also easily won re-election.
De Rauch received 479 votes and Wheaton polled 424.
"It's probably a perfect time to quote Tony Abbott and say 'shit happens', but the way this whole thing was run, this should be on Channel Nine's comedy program," de Rauch said on February 16.
"Today was a disgrace for democracy, but next year we should be able to force them to accept the fact that this is a members' club and the members have a say."
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