The crowd was huge, the fan-soul cooked. What to draw for a chance to experience the emotions in the right direction! The annual meeting of the 1st FC Cologne could have been for the club, a signal of new beginnings. The leaders adopted a different strategy.
With the FC-anthem, the members were meeting to start in the years always been calm. But this time many of you thought of the song during their "no" card face up. In such mass that the song was not even disappear after the half. And now it was clear what was waiting for the podium: The hall thundered, "Meier out", "destroys your FC. About the impact probably not only the club superiors were shocked. wanted to sing
As vice president and chairperson Friedrich Neukirch little later, a Happy Birthday for members, had a birthday, and was whistled down furiously, many already shaking his head. This FC Annual General Meeting would either bring nothing - or end up with large detuning.
draw the anger of the people into space, in a way that each of the club carrier survived the evening without injury - that was the task that would meet the officials obviously only. This is not successful, because ultimately the Executive Board was not approved.
It was the non-discharge fails to scheduled action, but taken by many members of a spontaneous decision, the feeling, intuitive feeling. A sense because of the few competent speakers from the audience Board have been ironed out quickly. Because the board simply answered many questions with phrases. summary: Because nobody in the room had the feeling that these gentlemen presented to them straight answers, clear solutions for the future of the club.
would be almost all gone smoothly. Wolfgang Overath had moved with his speech, the majority on his side. And during the question time began, Michael Meier to speak. unimaginable at the beginning of the meeting. Meier acted every minute with more confidence. From a crumbling voice at the beginning, the statement "I only answer questions", right down to the offer to "tuition" for a member. Coupled with the lack of joviality Neukirch, Overath scratchy, sometimes insulting answers, spread among the members of an underlying sense of powerlessness.
It appeared the Board at the beginning not as an appropriate relief valve, let out this rage. wanted to wave only when the returning officer a 50-50 result at the first relief vote in favor of the Board ("I see that is the majority. Thus, the Board relieved"), the anger boiled over in many.
This Board, pointed out to them until no solutions and the members now abbügeln yet so wanted - that would not be many to take. Most, who had previously voted in the affirmative, held during the subsequent counting the no card in the air.
The receipt for an evening, the club wanted to cram the Upper somehow, the soul fan but could give no hope for recovery and wanted.
Whoever would like to read it again in chronological order: Here is my Twitter live ticker of the annual meeting : http://twitter.com/fcbuch
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