Effecting Change at NZF

Correct. Steve and I resigned. I was naughty and abused a referee while coaching, was subsequently suspended, and the Board took the view that it should be a hanging offence. So I resigned. It was all pretty amicable although I think they over-reacted. 

Steve resigned in absentia at same meeting.

Jess Fraser and Paul Houliston joined in the last few months and both of them impressed me. Phil Barry and Dave Trueman are also very sharp.

This article offers a few nice little insights into the current issues at NZF from Sport NZ's point of view:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/9269511/Miskimmin-All-Whites-have-mountain-to-climb

I think Miskimmin's right to point out that NZF are responsible for a lot more than just the All Whites and in grassroots and the elite women's game they have been doing pretty well. I guess if you are sexist and/or elitist you might not think those areas are important but as a Govt body that certainly won't be Sport NZ's view.

It's also good to hear that they (Sport NZ) are apparently closely involved with the search for a new Chief Exec - I hope so. In fact, when you think about all the money they put into football anyway I reckon one of the most cost-effective things they could do in relation to football would be to top up the CE's salary. An extra $100k could be the difference between getting a good or a great CE and would probably generate a pretty good return-on-investment for Sport NZ, compared to some of their other funding.

I also thought it was interesting that given the chance to criticise the governance of NZF and the high turnover of CEs he chose not to. Sport NZ have never pulled any punches in the past when they've been unhappy.

that was a pretty daft thing to say, of course people care and we're also free to have an opinion about how our sport is run, be it good or bad.  and we don't have to spend our whole lives per-occupying ourselves with the ins and outs so that we feel entitled to have an opinion.  especially when the gaffs are very loud and clear.

i may have misread what terminator was saying

i though terminator was alluding to us deserving poor governance because of our appathy

No mis-reading. That's exactly what I'm saying.

And I'm in no way having a crack at people's right to an opinion. What I am saying is that hardly anyone who has posted any criticism of NZF on this forum recently will actually do a single practical thing about changing the situation (and sorry, but giving $10 to the U17s and writing "NZF are a disgrace" in the comments doesn't cut it for me).

Let me ask this:

Is anybody even aware of which NZF Board members are elected?

Does anybody know which ones are up for re-election at the next NZF Congress?

Does anyone have any idea who their Federation intends to a) nominate b) vote for, at the next Congress? (Or even at the last Congress?)

Has anybody ever bothered to read the NZF rules to find out more about how the process works and how to influence it?

If we can't answer simple questions like this then yes, we get the governance we deserve.

i should add, that if someone i knew and trusted did take affirmative action, i'd definitely be open to knowing the processes that could help them step up.

I also think they get a good dollop of financial support from Sport NZ as they as seen as a team with potential on the world stage. 

Plus I image most women are not prima-donnas like the men so don't expect first class flights, 6 star hotels etc and don't have their clubs on their back because of the crazy salaries the're on.