He said he would tell Korda,who took over the presidency from Eddie McGuire in April,that he would collect signatures for an extraordinary general meeting - and forced spill - if they did not volunteer to put all positions up for a vote.
He said he suspected that Korda,who sought the meeting with him,would “try to talk me out of it.” Hatley was open to either an imminent spill,or one at the end of Collingwood’s season.
He said Korda had sought the meeting after Hatley spoke with Collingwood chief executive Mark Anderson about the process for an EGM,which requires the signatures of 5 percent of Collingwood’s voting members,a fraction of their membership of about 80,000.
“They’ve got 40 days to respond after that,” he said of the signature collection.
Hatley said he had not spoken to prospective challengerJeff Browne,who wants to unseat Korda and become the next Collingwood president and has been preparing a ticket to run against the incumbents.
Hatley toldThe Age that the appointment of state government senior officialDr Bridie O’Donnell - who has not been a member for two years and thus cannot be a voting director on the club board - was “the final straw” for him before deciding to collect members’ signatures for a spill.
“I just want the opportunity to have democracy restored,″ he said.