Market
Advertises For Traders – apparently QVM are adverting for tenants for pop-up
opportunities at the market over Christmas. We have been told that this relates
to shops that have been vacated but not yet required for construction works. Do
you have an idea that might be suited to a pop-up?
Alternative
Trader Representatives – the current TRC set-up allows appointment of Assistant
Trader Representatives to attend meetings when the elected aisle representative
is not available. With a number of the TRC Representatives from the top-end
withdrawing from discussions, management have been active this week to find
alternative candidates. We can expect some new faces at the next meeting and maybe a surprise or two.
Tuesday
Night Trading Option – extending our trading hours is currently the subject of
a trader survey (see separate article) and one of our senior traders believes
we should seriously consider the option of a Tuesday Night Market. He says that mid week
markets seem to work well, and traders would have Wednesday off to recover (?).
It could also be a good lead in to the Wednesday Night Market. We think it is
an idea worthy of serious consideration.
Insider
Trading – a question from a few traders about whether it is appropriate for an
ex CEO with an intimate understanding of our market to purchase a business
here. Ex CEO Malcolm McCullough is understood to have purchased a shop in the
deli hall. We are not sure what specific objections these traders might have
but perhaps they could elaborate in the Have Your Say section below.
Our
Celebrity Tipster Is Fired – we don’t want to make a big deal about this
because tipping horses is a very difficult game but when our resident tipster,
Guru Pete, was unavailable we called on a celebrity tipster (one of our
traders) to pick a horse in the Melbourne Cup. This tipster has an Irish
background, and the first three places in last Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup were
Irish bred so you would think he might have picked a winner. But no, as the
saying goes, his pick is still running. Another Irish trader did back the
winner so maybe we just picked the wrong celebrity.
Have Your Say – click here.
COMMENTS:
12/11/2017
22:50:00 Alternative trader
representatives "Under these
most unusual set of circumstances all vacated positions should be declared
vacant and fresh elections held.
In the
interest of open and transparent governance Trader representatives should be
elected by traders to act on their behalf and not curated by Management to fill
any positions.
As some representatives were previously elected
unopposed fresh expressions of interest would seem the most fare and
logical." Thanks for your comments. It does appear the system has broken down and your proposal offers a solution. In the end we want trader representatives who will commit to a process. Some worthwhile candidates may have been simply put off by an election. Political events don't give elections a good name. We may find that giving traders another avenue of making a contribution produces better representation. Let's see. - Ed.
13/11/2017 07:22:11 Trader Reps "If I am reading between the lines correctly and you are suggesting that perhaps some previous trader representatives are considering of making a come back then may be their campaign slogan could be Back to the Future?"
😄- Ed.
13/11/2017 10:58:21 Have your say - insider trading "It is a conflict as he has had access to sensitive and confidential information about the other businesses he is competing against. Especially given how recent his departure from CEO was all of the information gathered in confidence is still relevant. This includes each trader’s rental figures but also details on the future direction of businesses as this was something deli hall traders have been required to discuss in recent times."
Thank you - your concern makes sense. - Ed
14/11/2017
22:09:40 New Trader Reps "In order to move forward in the future
we must learn from the past. Issues brought to light by previous committee members need to be quickly identified and
rectified so that similar problems do not happen in the future. Other wise we
could be right back where we started.
Then a new committee may be able to make a worth
while contribution. "Thank you for your contribution - Ed
15/11/2017
17:54:02 Best markets in Germany "I came across this and found it
interesting, maybe a piece similar about our markets???? -
http://www.heydaphne.com/2017/11/5-1-best-christmas-markets-in-germany.html
" Thanks Andy. Those Christmas craft markets are amazing. - Ed