Italian club hires info night guard
DISGRUNTLED members of a Gold Coast Italian club say they will continue to push for answers into its financial dealings after they say an information night failed to address their concerns.
The night at the Clear Island Waters Gold Coast ItaloAustralian Club was called by the board on Tuesday after some members voiced concerns about recent decisions.
A security guard was hired for the event and denied entry to one former member, while others were allegedly told to “shut up” during the proceedings.
President Robyn Wallace, who said about 40 members were present, claimed there was a unanimous show of hands in support of her presidency.
Ms Wallace told the Bulletin: “The six board members who were present spent 90 minutes addressing all the issues would want me to be different. I moved back to Tamborine High, started talking to the counsellors there, I did heaps of different courses in school.
“I wanted to do something that I’m going to help others and give them a chance, and help them get to where they want to be.” that have been raised and pointed out the numerous fallacies that have been spread around about the club.”
Ms Wallace said some members did tell others to “shut up”. “Members are rightfully upset that this club is having its reputation dragged through the mud by a few disgruntled people so we took precautions to protect members and to ensure the meeting remained peaceful,’’ she said,
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A number of members who had previously called for an extraordinary general meeting claim they were not given the opportunity to speak or ask questions.
Member George Tessarolo, who was at the meeting, described the tiff at the divided club as a “terrible disgrace”.
“I did not feel we looked at the financials, we didn’t get an decision to reach out to those around them. “While it all does look scary and it seems like you won’t be able to get there, or you don’t have the money or time or resources … if you reach out and talk to other people you will get there in the end,” she says.
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“Some of us feel like second-class members at the moment, we have volunteered our time to build this club up only to get to this point.
“I am an Italian and very proud to be one, so I am not pleased to see this in the paper but people have been forced to speak out in this way.”