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A special meeting has been called to stop the constitution being changed that would of reduced members rights.

The Club Trustees have called the meeting to maintain members rights.

I encourage all members to get along and VOTE AGAINST The changes and support the Trustees.

Bazza wrote: A special meeting has been called to stop the constitution being changed that would of reduced members rights.

The Club Trustees have called the meeting to maintain members rights.

I encourage all members to get along and VOTE AGAINST The changes and support the Trustees.

Baz, not sure abt Souths but EP (and every club I think) has to change their constitutions to be in line with legislation passed in 2015 and enacted in 2016 - www.commerce.wa.gov.au/announcements/new...sociations-and-clubs explains it.

My understanding is that the bulk of the changes are in wording for the current world, no president but a chairperson and the like.

We have had a Mr Percy and a legal group looking at it and I reckon that there is a bit of change phobia attached to it but that is just me and my thinking.

It also looks like no change and you get the government template put in place like it or not.

The changes are outside the 2016 new act.

Bazza wrote: The changes are outside the 2016 new act.

That is a bit weird but SF management may want more stuff, was just trying to help!

They are removing the members ability to elect the President.

Seems that Baseball WA is well ahead of the times in terms of state sporting bodies.

In the mid-late 90s, the then West Australian Baseball League was looking at restructuring, to amalgamate with a couple of other baseball related incorporated bodies.

It was advised by one of Perth's pre-eminent lawyers to set up the new body as a company (under corporations law) rather than an incorporated association. A couple of the major benefits were:

- the ability to raise funds (by the sale of shares)
- the ability to trade (as per the new Association laws in WA)

This also meant that the "members" (ie the clubs and other shareholders such as umpires etc) elected the board, which then selected the chairman/woman (President).

As far as I am aware, the structure has been very successful - but as always, heavily dependent on the quality of the people who stand for election.

Bazza wrote: They are removing the members ability to elect the President.

Whish is what happens in a corporate world ......... which really is the way WAFL 'clubs' need to go so they survive.