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Formal Complaint made re Katrien Meire LinkedIn profile

Coyotejohn1947
Coyotejohn1947 Posts: 1,163
in General Charlton
Following repeated personal message requests to Katrien Meire on her LinkedIn profile to do so, she has so far (midnight on 5th Jan 2018) refused to remove the Charlton Athletic logo from her main profile picture.

Therefore, a formal complaint has now been logged in the following terms with the LinkedIn administrators citing inaccurate profile information:

The profile holder was, in the opinion of the majority of Charlton Athletic supporters, a deeply unpopular CEO of the above football club for 4 years from 2014 to 31st December 2017. Any internet search or press search will support this statement. Katrien Meire resigned from her post as Charlton Athletic CEO on the 31st December 2017 and has now (from 1st January 2018) taken up a similar role at Sheffield Wednesday FC.

However, Katrien Meire is continuing to use the branded Club logo of Charlton Athletic FC on her main profile picture. Would you please ask her to remove it forthwith as she no longer has any official connection with that club; the profile picture is therefore inaccurate and indeed, I find it offensive in the sense that I would not wish to be reminded on LinkedIn of her association with this Club - one whose history she once dismissed with the words 'I don't care.' (Je m’en fous de l’historie du club’’ - L’Echo, Brussels 29/09/15)
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  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    edited January 2018
    I work nights
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,679
    I'm with the OP on this. If you're going to use social media & other "connection" outlets then it should not only be accurate but truthful. Now, where is that LIAR banner.........
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,278
    Anyone got connections with the blades ? a few chorus's of LIAR would be nice :smiley:
  • Dennis_inthelastmin
    Dennis_inthelastmin Posts: 262
    Don't worry about contacting Blades fans - won't be too long before it's Wednesday fans singing Liar and asking us to borrow the banner
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,809
    Charltonparklane said:

    I work nights

    Posting on CL. Where can I get a job like that?

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  • Coyotejohn1947
    Coyotejohn1947 Posts: 1,163
    edited January 2018
    Shrew said:

    Most people I know on linked in hardly ever visit the site and haven’t updated their profile for years let alone weeks. People need to let go of this weird obsession.

    I disagree in the case of Meire.

    She arrogantly sets herself up as this savvy marketing aware all-round business/football guru and contract law genius (I love doing the all the contract work - on Jim White interview) and yet she is too lazy to update her own profile?
    She has a vast network of contacts on her profile and endorsements from people all over Europe plus she is a member of several European Linkedin Associations who communicate via on-line media.

    I stand by the fact (and I put it as a personal opinion only) that I find it objectionable that Meire is utilising still the branded logo of the Club which I have supported for over 50 years when she knows full well that branding is important in her world (e.g. 'Brand it more, market it more' - Dublin televised webinar 2015).

    and its not really good enough to say simply she's gone/move on.
    This woman has no place in English football. It's not just somebody else's (in this case Sheff Weds) problem - she is an FA Council member and will be in a position to attempt to shape direction there - so she's not gone has she - she is still capable of inflicting more damage if not directly then indirectly.

    Rant over but no I'm not prepared to let things go where Meire is concerned just because her toxic presence is no longer at The Valley.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,907
    I really don't think this achieves any purpose ..just my opinion ...
  • Coyotejohn1947
    Coyotejohn1947 Posts: 1,163
    lolwray said:

    I really don't think this achieves any purpose ..just my opinion ...

    Fair enough, just mine as well - that's what we are all doing on here isn't it?
    Guess it would be a dull board otherwise!
  • rememberbillybonds
    rememberbillybonds Posts: 759
    She destroyed Charlton, my club, thankfully has moved on. She should not be allowed to continue in football as if nothing has happened.
    I do fear for football when the Sheffield Wednesday owner gives her a similar job.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,475
    Dave2l said:

    She hasn't refused to remove it, she just hasn't bothered. If she didn't reply to emails etc when she was the CEO, then she is probably unlikely to remove a LinkedIn profile picture immediately after a fan of a club she no longer works for, requests it.

    She is a talking point for sure but it's getting a little too much.

    I miss the days when Charlton was just about competitive football...and off field issues were not really that interesting.

    To be fair, this really isn't that interesting ;)

    Also, my LinkedIn profile is 6+ months out of date now and LinkedIn is used relatively commonly in my field.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Move on people, she has left!!!!!
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,486
    Chef_addick said:

    Move on people, she has left!!!!!

    Mmmmm.......yes and no!
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,053
    I use the club emblem as my WhatsApp image - do I need to remove it? #confused
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,979
    newyorkaddick said:

    I use the club emblem as my WhatsApp image - do I need to remove it? #confused

    Only if you've switched team

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  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,887
    charltonbob said:

    Anyone got connections with the blades ? a few chorus's of LIAR would be nice :smiley:

    @eaststandmike is about the best bet or there is @SheffieldRed :wink:
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,010
    Wonderful. That will show her not to mess with us.
    ffs.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,486
    edited January 2018
    I can fully understand some folk wanting to let off a bit of steam in her direction.....the wounds of her tenure at The Valley are still very evident and her toxicity will remain for a good while yet.
    Let’s not fall out over whether someone wants to fire off a few passing shots at her, she’d likely enjoy the thought of that as would those who post on “The site who’s name shall not be mentioned”.
    It will slowly but surely slow down to a trickle and as Kevin Nolan said to me a couple of weeks back and I quote........”One day we’ll all look back at this and laugh.”
    As I said in a previous post.....The Valley has been toxic for 4 long painful years and needs decontaminating and ASAP, but some folk do feel the need to demonstrate their anger......I can get that.
    So let them have their day in the sun if it’s going to make them feel more a part of the Addicks family and maybe a part of the decontamination process as they would see it.......after all, it’s not really doing any harm is it.


  • Coyotejohn1947
    Coyotejohn1947 Posts: 1,163
    lolwray said:

    I really don't think this achieves any purpose ..just my opinion ...

    As the author of the OP I hope to make my last (if not the last comment) on this thread - although that does create a hostage to fortune......................

    @lolway doesn't think the the LinkedIn complaint achieves any purpose and I can understand that in the wider context - certainly given that Meire is no longer at Charlton and any day now (hopefully) the Club will be rid of it's despicable owner and we can all indeed move on to new things.

    What I would say is that Katrien Meire was never loathe to get her PR people to conduct regular trawls of Social Media/web sites in order to remove any perceived criticism or inaccurately presented information where she could. Why should Meire not be subject to the same level of scrutiny when she is pedalling incorrect information on a site which is dedicated to the presentation of professional accreditation?

    As mentioned in an earlier posting Meire lives and breathes Branding and yet cannot take the time to correct her own profile and is therefore still 'branded' in the LinkedIn community to the Charlton (brand) club.

    Any request fro the LI admin to correct her profile would maybe cause a little embarrassment - don't really know - so I guess it is uncertain what is achieved other than an indication to Meire that she is not above the same kind of scrutiny that she likes to deal out to others and will no doubt continue to employ as a tactic in her new role.

    Like, I say, final thoughts really - over to you to comment further or put to bed and get to the more pertinent threads on here.
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,053
    If you owned or were a director of a company and learned that a random individual was making demands about how your logo was used, what would your first reaction be?
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,626
    She's gone and not our problem, it's all a bit petty really. Focus on getting Roland out. One down, one to go.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Two to go....
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,161
    Like @SDAddick, LinkedIn is part of my professional life. I use it daily. As a rough estimate around 20% of profiles I look at have obviously not been updated for several months or more. I am sure she will get round to it, once she has silenced the pesky Massive forums, because she will wish to boast to the world about her "promotion".

    Having said all that, I am with @Uboat above on on this :-)
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,626
    Addickted said:

    Two to go....

    If the big man goes the rest will follow.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    As far as I am concerned she is gone.
    I also think that there is every reason to suggest she ought to be allowed to start at Sheffield Wednesday with a clean slate. We don't need Owls fans to continue our campaign for us, and she can be judged on what she does. I see she has appointed(ish) their new manager already, and her Dutch is better than the owners, her Thai might be a bit wanting though.
    We don't need to forget what she has done, and the sensible approach is to observe Sheffield Wednesday with a kind of informed fascination.

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