MWDBA Board Nominations – John Hughes

Player
Manly State League player – 1979 to 1986
Manly Minor League player – founding member Godfathers: 9 years 8 premierships 

Administrative Career
Manly State League committee – player representative – three years – 1981 to 1984
North Sydney President – 4 years
Manly Juniors President – 3 years
RSA founding board member. Four years
RSA President – two years (concurrent with above).
Manly State League Committee member – 5 years, current responsibility – Canteen coordinator

Coaching Career
Manly Juniors
North Sydney juniors coach – 5 years
Manly Little League rep coach – one year – 2nd place
Manly U14’s rep coach – two years
Manly U16’s rep coach – one year – 4th place

Manly State League
U18’s assistant coach – two years – one 4th place
Second-grade coach – two years  

Business Career
My business career allows me to bring to this position significant marketing experience as follows:
Coca-Cola Amatil: 9 years.
Analyst
Market Research Project Manager
Brand Manager
Senior Brand Manager

Founder: market research firm Emerson & Hughes Pty Ltd:  1991 – 2016: 100 staff across Australia and New Zealand
Founder: marketing consulting firm Spyglass Solutions Pty Ltd:   2002 – 2015: 6 staff
Founder: online marketing software firm SMP Software Pty Ltd:   Sydney – Beijing.  2004 – current
Founder: online publishing firm POP Inc:   2021 – current

The principal strategic focus of the incoming RSA board:

1. Grow juniors. As Manly Juniors president we grew the juniors’ numbers to approximately 950 players; alas falling short of my goal of 1,000 players. This should be the principal goal of the incoming RSA board as junior players become senior players feeding into both the minor league and state league.

2. Repair the current constitution. The wording of the current constitution is weak and unclear however the established principles of equal representation across the competition committees needs to be maintained and made clear. This requires the addition of 2 more board members to allow for the representation of the new Junior Rep Committee (an excellent addition).
This should be achieved in the first month of the new board.

3. Grow minor league. Goal – to offer and grow a graded minor league competition in both winter and summer such that an adult player of any ability, age, and gender can participate.

4. State League: Goal – to provide an elite baseball experience for any player wishing to develop and test their abilities at senior levels and provide a pathway to higher levels such as the ABL.