Listed of course in rank order of importance :
- Conducting their meetings and all other business behind closed doors to guarantee absolute privacy and secrecy
- Creating an ever stronger power base capable of suppressing all forms of dissent and criticism
- Abusing their power in a multitude of novel and exciting ways in order to achieve personal objectives and ambitions
- To pump up their already inflated egos even more
- Helping themselves to some extra income and financial benefits , under the pretext reimbursement of expenses and administrative salaries
- To win major favours and privileges from those to whom smaller favours and privileges have been handed out
- Revelling in the kudos and prestige of undertaking vitally important roles and functions in the running of the club
- To distance themselves at all costs from the rank and file ordinary members , commonly referred to as riff raff
- Actively seeking and quickly seizing any other opportunities to gain profit , advantage and benefit to enhance their status and positions within the organisation
- To protect the own , to watch out for each other , and to do what is necessary to facilitate effective cover-ups and/or excuses
- Quick to transfer blame and/or responsibility for any cock-ups , by back-stabbing those deemed as expendable
- To spend vast sums of money on the buildings , computers and equipment at the expense of promoting the game to a wider audience and market
- Forever seeing themselves as masters rather than the humble servants of those they are meant to represent
- Making decisions based on needs rather than common sense , honesty and integrity
- Feigning to take on board the wishes and concerns of the wider membership