Rowing ACT adopts new Rules (/Constitution)
At a General Meeting on 3 December Member Clubs passed a special resolution to replace the Constitution with new Rules.
The trigger to the change was a cross-sport governance review conducted by the Australian Sports Commission. The opportunity was then taken to modernise the constitution as its provisions did not contemplate a digital world including electronic commerce and the internet. There are many changes but some of the major ones are as follows.
- The Association is now known formally as Rowing ACT rather than the ACT Rowing Association.
- Plain English has been used and terminology significantly reduced.
- Some whole-of-sport objectives are recognised.
- The rights and obligations of members are spelt out.
- Boat Racing Officials are now Individual Members of the Association in their own right.
- The Committee has been replaced by a slightly larger Board.
- Only the President will now be directly elected. The two other officials, the Director of Finance and Secretary, will be elected by the Board.
- The President and Directors will serve two-year terms.
- Some Directors will be appointees of the Board to allow the Board to achieve diversity or fill skill requirements.
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