WACA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

  MEETING FORREST PARK HQ

WEDNESDAY 21st AUGUST 2007  

MINUTES

 

Chairman:      The President Doug Hall opened the Meeting at 6.30pm

 

Attendees:      Colin Chynoweth, Kay Chynoweth (VP), Brian Hadley (Sec), Eleanor Roberts, Connie Shaw. Ian Tarling.

Apology:         Brad Maguire

                           

702 Appointments:

i) The President welcomed Eleanor Roberts to the Committee and congratulated her on her appointment to fill the vacancy for an ordinary member.

ii) The President welcomed Brad Maguire to the Committee and congratulated him on his appointment to fill the vacancy of Treasurer.

iii) The Secretary registered the potential for conflicts of interest arising from Brad’s position as Treasurer of the Forrest Park Club and received Committee approval for procedural and attendance guidelines agreed with Brad designed to eliminate conflicts.           

 

It was resolved that:

 

703 Previous Minutes:

the Committee endorsed the President’s signature of the minutes of the 18th July 2007 Management Meeting as true and correct.

704 Donations:

the Committee on behalf of WACA thank the Cambridge Club for their kind donation to defer the expenses of the State Golf Croquet Team.

                                               

705 Committee Reports:

i) Finance:

a) the Committee record their thanks to our Administrator Ellen Nicholls for her out of job description work in reconciling and detailing 2006/7 receipts and payments prior to the production and  auditing of accounts.

b) the Committee record their thanks to Brad Maguire for his kind offer to investigate how AGM timescales could be met that were at risk re the completion of the audit due to the lack of a Treasurer from October 2006 onwards.

ii) Coaching:

the Committee record their appreciation of the efforts of Merle Barber of the Halls Head Club who has worked tirelessly for Coaching for several years and wish her ongoing playing success and enjoyment following her retirement from the Coaching Committee.

iii) Refereeing: the Committee record their support for the Referees Golf Workshop later in the month and request the President and Secretary each to attend one of the workshops.

iv) Match that WACA endorse with immediate effect the ACA’s recommendation for the abolition of the 45 second rule in association croquet.

 

706 General Business:

AGM the Committee record their unanimous opposition to the Como Club’s motion on notice regarding golf croquet the non integrated aspect of which was considered to be potentially divisive and contrary to WACA’s strategic governance objectives.

 

Next Meeting:  TBA.

 

Signed as true and correct……………………...........…………………..Doug Hall – President