Complex sentence: Most of the merger details had been worked out in negotiations by both boards including the makeup of the board of directors as well as the new club's jumper and was within a couple of days of being put to the members of Melbourne and Fitzroy for voting.
Split into simpler sentences: Most of the merger details had been worked out in negotiations by both boards. The proposed merger was within a couple of days of being put to the members of Melbourne and Fitzroy for voting.