Further to my post on Tuesday about the Australian Newsagents’ Federation, I was disappointed to read tonight that the ANF is advanced in reviewing applicants for the CEO role. This search is being undertaken at the same time that the ANF is in deep discussion with at least two state associations and others about their future. Restructure scenarios have been put on the table, some a radical departure form the current structure. The ANF Board is kidding itself if it thinks it can tell the states it wants to discuss a new structure and then go ahead and appoint a CEO without knowing what the new national body looks like.
Given the failure of the ANF to serve the needs of newsagents over Bill Express and the multi million dollar cost of that mess to newsagents and for the reasons I outlined Tuesday, newsagents would, in my view, be better off ignoring the ANF and creating a new national body to serve their policy and some national representational needs.
Until someone offers a new national body we should work with what we got.
How can the ANF restructure with only a part-time CEO? They need a good dedicated CEO asap for them to attempt the very things you are suggesting are reasons to put off looking for a new CEO for. The logic here confuses me except you seem to want to make the current weakness of the ANF as an excuse for them to not improve.
If the membership has dropped off so much how will they be able to afford the wages? Or do they have a lot of cash in there still from the years before?
I tend to lean towards a whole new everything, with a firm criteria as to what and in what order will be accomplished. I get the impression the current ANF think they are the King of all of us which is a big mistake.
We need a national body to work for us and us only, on what we want only, this body can’t have a money making mindset.