Mark from Brisbane link said:
Possible peace Plan.
Max Delmege to step aside from the board appointing another Delmege person (not neccesarily another Delmege) in his place, still retains his share of voting BUT potentially takes away the drama's attached for a new CEO.
Scott Penn steps down as Chairman but retains board position, again same reason as above.
Football Club rep to take position of Chairman of the new board.
AND here's the \"curved ball\".
The Football Club person to be a woman......seconded to the board to replace Kerry Sibraa who has resigned.
Some have suggested Sarah Murdoch but that won't happen (she doesn't have the time nor is in the country enough)......perhaps one of the high profile \"Eagles Angels\".......I don't have a full list of them, maybe a Layne Beachley or Melinda Gainsford????
We'd be the first club to appoint a woman as Chairman........AND, if anyone can \"broker a peace\" it might be one of those ladies!!!
Just an idea......any thoughts everyone???
 I had misread this as *what was going to happen* rather than a proposal. Hence the curt one-liner. My bad.
However, of all the proposals being put forward - they do seem reasonably complicated.Â
I would suggest there is one critical question that needs to be answered and then resolved before anything can really be decided about the club's shape going forward.
Are the differences between Delmege and Penn reconcilable?
If they are not then one or the other should buy the other out for a reasonable price. Whilst ever there is disagreement and impasse between the two parties, everyone else is just caught in the crossfire - players, staff, fans, FC members etc etc etc.
Beyond the resolution on that issue, I would suggest there is great merit in researching the structures for other privately owned entities. How does it work for Man Utd for instance? Or some of the big NFL entities? Surely there must be lessons in their success for us?
I just think the current structure is convoluted, it has grown organically and is designed to address several insecurities from several directions. Perhaps it's far better to throw out the whole current structure and start again along the lines of succesful models elsewhere?
The only thing that would be not negotiable in terms of retention would be that Manly stays put. But even this would need to be considered in light of the Brookvale upgrade. If all the energies gone into recent in-fighting had gone into lobbying governments for funding it would have been no bad thing.Â