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    • Oh dear - Written by on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 22:11 - 6 Comments

    Oh dear: Alan Jones, Chika, Steve Waugh and VMWare?

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    The trustees list of the of the Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust reads like a roll call of Sydney blue blood royalty.

    Former NSW Opposition Leader Kerry ‘Chika’ Chikarovski, radio shockjock Alan Jones, ex-Rugy Union star Ken Catchpole, legendary cricketer Steve Waugh … the list goes on. Half of the list has letters after their name and the other half have several centuries of professional sporting experience between them.

    That’s why Delimiter was a little surprised to hear that a certain chief of a certain virtualisation company was looking to get his name on the list.

    “I have been a member since 1988, and with 4 children make constant use of the facilities,” VMWare Australia’s enterprising MD Paul Harapin (pitch) wrote in his pitch to be voted into the august company of the other trustees. Harapin’s candidature was circulated to SCG members before election time.

    The VMWare chief wrote that he would seek to increase the family friendliness of the Trust and open discussions around member numbers and the impact on facilities.

    Harapin’s LinkedIn profile reveals he has quite diverse interests – he is a supporter of the Sydney Roosters, and is an avid guitar player, as well as being chairman of National Adoption Awareness Week.

    But it was the last entry on his SCG pitch that caught our attention. “My experience listed above, running the 4th largest software company in the world and sitting on the board of various ‘Not for Profits”, positions me to represent your interests as a member,” he wrote.

    We think VMWare CEO Paul Maritz might have something to say about that :)

    Oh dear.

    PS: But Paul’s a pretty good bloke and has our full endorsement — make sure to vote for him if you’re a SCG member!

    Image credit: VMWare

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    1. Robotic Buttocks
      Posted 19/05/2010 at 3:25 pm | Permalink | Reply

      Nice spot, I hardly read the bio for each person. I just voted for the 2 most familiar names, Catchpole and Meagher

      • Renai LeMay
        Posted 19/05/2010 at 10:52 pm | Permalink | Reply

        Heh I didn’t spot it myself — I was tipped off by a third party ;)

        • Robotic Buttocks
          Posted 20/05/2010 at 5:54 pm | Permalink | Reply

          Looks like the cyber battle is heating up, this just popped up for me in gmail adsense…
          http://twitpic.com/1pc0fm/full

          • Renai LeMay
            Posted 20/05/2010 at 10:21 pm | Permalink | Reply

            man that is absolutely hilarious .. the fact that people would advertise on AdSense to try and get onto the trustee committee for the Sydney Cricket Ground :)

            • Robotic Buttocks
              Posted 21/05/2010 at 1:31 pm | Permalink | Reply

              It is a good thought I think. If you notice the first message in gmail, it’s the SCG members email that goes out.

    2. Robotic Buttocks
      Posted 20/05/2010 at 5:55 pm | Permalink | Reply

      Oh, the html link too… http://www.simonthorp.com.au/index.html

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