Governance Review
Process Overview
- Squash Australia committed to a Governance Review through its 2011 Annual General Meeting.
- With the financial and organisational support of the Australian Sports Commission a review process was established and a reviewer put in place.
- This lead to submissions being called from the Squash and wider community in September 2012.
- The appointed reviewers (exSport) produced and submitted their report Strengthening Squash Australia(linked below) to the Squash Australia Board late in 2012.
- The Squash Australia Board accepted the Report and endorsed all fourteen recommendations to the Members for their consideration in early 2013.
- A National Governance Workshop was held March 2013 to facilitate the members consideration of the Review recommendations.
- The Workshop outcomes based on the review recommendations were considered for progression by the Board and the Members, with priority given to a number of changes to the existing Squash Australia Articles and the drafting of a Squash Australia Constitution to replace the existing Squash Australia Articles & Memorandum of Association.
- The Squash Australia Articles were amended at a General Meeting August 2013 in Brisbane where a working group was formed to develop the Squash Australia Constitution, comprising Carol Kawaljenko, Peta Murphy and Bob McComas.
- The Squash Australia Board resolved several Committee Terms of Reference and approved the Squash Australia Governance Policies Procedures document at its October 2013 Board meeting.
- Parameters on the draft Constitution were to be discussed at a November 2013 President's Council, which did not progress due to only four members being able to attend.
- The first draft Squash Australia Constitution was brought to the Members for discussion at a National Workshop and General Meeting in February 2014.
- With member input both at and following the February 2014 National Workshop and General Meeting subsequent drafts 2 and 3 were produced. Draft 3 being put to the members and falling short of the required 75% majority to approve at a Squash Australia General Meeting May 2014.
Documents
- Draft 3 Squash Australia Consitution
- Draft 2 Squash Australia Consitution
- Draft 1 Squash Australia Consitution
- Strengthening Squash Australia (appended draft Squash Australia Governance Policies Procedures document)