Geoff Kidd wrote:
Is that correct and are both groups really as separate as the website
makes them appear to be?
The final sentence of the above quoted para also talks about the
voting rights at "combined board meetings". Does that mean that there
are also "separate" board meetings?
In the 2nd quoted para it also mentions a matter dear to my heart and
that is that the President, Vice President and Treasurer are elected
from the members. I don't recall being involved in that, so I guess
that narrative is not referring to election "by the members".
I'm sure many of those mentioned above are dedicated and capable
people, but the arrangements appears to me to be convoluted and based
on the above and previous posts, is undemocratic (in that all GFA
members don't have a direct vote for the Board members [or the
Executive Board Members]) and the combination of the separate Board
and Executive Board + a total of 15 on the 2 "Boards" + the
involvement of Management members on the Board (which makes it not a
truely independant "Board") + a 5 repeat five year term for the
“Executive” makes me ask .... Just where does the power really lie in
all of the above? Is it really with the members & their elected
representatives?
Can anyone help with the above?
The way things work is as follows:-
*The Board consists of* the Regional representatives (5 regions)
each wielding two votes if a vote is necessary plus the Heads of
Department (Airworthiness, Sports, Ops, M&D) plus the GFA President,
VP and treasurer.
*
The Executive consists of* the Heads of Department (Airworthiness,
Sports, Ops, M&D) plus the GFA President, VP and treasurer.
Election/Appointment of board/executive members:-
1. Regional representatives are elected through the mechanisms laid
down in the constitutions of the various regional associations. In
the past in Qld (and possibly still in the other regions), voting
inside the regions was by club representatives. In Qld, this was
changed to allow a direct vote by the membership.
2. Heads of Department are elected by their peers - subject to Board
approval. So, the Chairman of the Ops panel is elected from within
the Ops panel and so forth.
3. The president, vice president and treasurer are elected by the
Board at the Annual Board Meeting (which follows the AGM).
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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