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Council Structure
At
the 2007 Annual General Meeting
the Council accepted the motion
from Neil Goodwin (Central
region delegate) to disestablish
the Central region. In
hindsight, the decision to
accept this proposal was hasty.
At
the Council level, the
requirements for a Regional
Councillor are on matters of
governance and to provide a
communication mechanism for
clubs within that region to PNZ.
Unfortunately, the decision to
accept the disestablishment of
the Central region focussed more
on the lack of services that
this region provided to its
members (inter-club competition,
regional championships etc.) .
For
geographical reasons, it makes
sense for the Central region
(and probably others) to operate
as a series of sub-regions, e.g.
Hawke's Bay operates its own
regional championships, BOP/Waitako
does the same.
According to the 2006 club
membership return (2007 figures
are not yet available), Hawke's
Bay has 66 members in 3 clubs
and BOP/Waikato has 173 members
in 5 clubs. It probably doesn't
make sense to have a Councillor
for each sub-region, but it does
make sense for the two
sub-regions to have their own
Councillor.
This avoids the problem of
trying to tack the two areas on
to the existing WPA and APA
structures to create a Lower
North Island and Upper North
Island region that exists solely
for the purposes of PNZ
governance.
After all, if the Central region
exists in order to run an annual
national championship, then it
should have the ability to vote
on matters of interest.
I
would recommend to the incoming
Council that they consult with
the eight clubs concerned and
work out a representation
process.
Relations with the PNZ Executive
Several of you will have been
advised that I have a problem
working with the Executive, and
the CEO in particular.
I
would like to point out that I
don't have a personal problem
with any of the Executive
members (Bryan Wells, CEO;
Barbara Whittington, Secretary;
and Brian Smith, Treasurer).
Disagreements with the Executive
on implementation of Council
policy and decisions have
occurred. This is to be expected
in any organisation where there
are limited number of people
involved in the running of a
national sporting organisation.
I would like to think that the
new Council Chairman will
succeed in obtaining the
Executive's support in
administering the sport over the
coming year.
Resourcing
I
am pleased that Bryan Wells took
the initiative last year by
approaching several individuals
to fill important national
positions.
In
particular, I would like to
thank:
-
Andy Gilbert for his work on
accrediting umpires. The
target of one qualified
umpire per club was perhaps
a little ambitious in the
first year, the ground work
has been done;
-
Neil Goodwin for his work on
developing a p6tanque
specific version of the
SPARC Level 1 Coaching
course;
-
Trevor Neilson for his work
on standardising national
tournaments;
-
Murray Porter for his
sterling work with the
Senior players and the
magazine.
While some of them are not
continuing beyond the AGM, it is
hoped that the Executive will
continue with the delegation of
responsibilities and not revert
back to trying to do everything
themselves.
Conclusion
I
have generally enjoyed my term
as Chairman of Petanque New
Zealand. I would like to thank
my fellow Council members for
their work and support over the
last four years that I have been
on the Council.
-
Ian Baker, John Leadbeater
and Lorraine Brock
(Auckland)
-
Murray Porter and Neil
Goodwin (Central)
-
Jean-Pascal Cuer and Ivan
Hansen (Canterbury)
-
Terry Holt, Mark Stewart and
Ron Thompson (Southern)
I
would like to wish the new
Council of Lorraine Brock, Fay
Doyle, Diane Findlay and Ron
Thompson the best as they strive
to lead Petanque New Zealand
into the future.
Michael Rocks
Chairman, PNZ Council 2007 |
