Originally Posted by Iconoclast
Bill Gletsos has such a strong influence on the weak willed individuals around him, that regardless of his staying out of the meeting and not voting, he would be influencing the decision.
Its since become clear that NSWCA is endorsing all half-reasonable bids being put forward in NSW, as a matter of policy. So its difficult to see any conflict of interest with the NSWCA hat on. If Bill is not an instigator or promotor of any specific NSW-based bid, then he really only has one hat on for this process, and that's the ACF hat as Deputy President.
Then you have the question of whether people with an ACF hat, who also wear a state hat (and there are quite a few), whether they should be involved in voting on bids from their state. There is a structural issue here, as the ACF is a federation of states, so state-based interests are built in to the system. Might be completely unworkable to try to avoid that.
Just makes me glad I'm not involved in it!