Please see the details below for the Sutherland District Basketball Association 36th Annual General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 26th of June 2024

Time: 730pm

Location: Sutherland District Basketball Association

• Nominations for Life Membership are called for and are required to be lodged with the Association Manager by Monday 3rd June 2024 at 5 pm

• Life members may be elected at each annual general meeting of the Association on the following basis:
Life membership is restricted to those who have contributed to the control, promotion, integration or fostering of participation and development of basketball by their participation in activities of Sutherland District Basketball Association Incorporated for a total period of ten (10) years and who are nominated by a member for election at an annual general meeting

• Notices of Motion are called for and are required to be lodged with the Association Manager by Tuesday 18th June 2024 at 5 pm

• Nominations for the Board of Directors for 3 positions are called for and are required to be lodged with the Association Manager by Tuesday 18th June 2024 at 5 pm

In 2024, the SDBA board is changing its focus from a primarily inwards looking group, to externally focused.

What this means is that the board now has a management team in place within the association that has the “business” running well and in a position of self-sufficiency.

The Sutherland Shire Council (SSC) has begun a path for future development through its Leisure strategy which has been adopted in full in October 2023, we need to position the Association at the front of mind for the council to ensure our growth remains positive and our junior, senior and wheelchair athletes have an appropriate venue and facilities in the Shire to continue to grow and develop.

The board is now seeking members who have skills, knowledge and interest in working with the council, government and other key stakeholders as we go on this journey.

Funding, partnerships, development and planning are all key topics we need to be across in order to partner with the SSC to ensure our home, or future home is both state of the art and capable of supporting our projected future growth.

The SSC has released the Leisure Centre Strategy and implementation plan, this and the current SDBA strategic plan should be read and the focus for our future can be seen.

If you have a desire to help keep SDBA and its members on an upward trajectory and have skills, or the capability to help us on this journey, we urge you to nominate for the board of directors at the upcoming AGM.

We are on the precipice of an exciting future.

CLICK HERE to see the skills matrix and the 2024 board nomination form to register your interest

CLICK HERE for Nominations of Life Membership

CLICK HERE for Notices of Motion

Direct any further enquiries to adriand@sutherlandbasketball.net.au

CLICK HERE to view the Sutherland District Basketball Associations Strategic Plan 2020 to 2023

CLICK HERE to view Financial Statements for year ending December 2022

All current registered association members are entitled to vote in person 

As per the Constitution 

34. VOTING (1) On any question arising at a general meeting of the Association a member has one vote only. (2) All votes must be given personally. (3) In the case of equality of votes on a question at a general meeting, the vote is lost. (4) A member is not entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Association unless all money due and payable by the member to the Association has been paid. (5) A life member will have one vote.

If you would like to become a voting member (non-player), you must 

(1) Sign up for an account via: sutherlandbasketball.com.au/members/member#

(2) Email competitions@sutherlandbasketball.net.au to advise that you would like to register as a voting member

(3) You will receive an invoice of $20. This must be paid in full before being eligible to vote

Note: Registration is renewable yearly

Election of Life Members:

Life members may be elected at each annual general meeting of the Association on the following basis:

(a) Life membership is restricted to those who have contributed to the control, promotion, integration, or fostering of participation and development of basketball by their participation in activities of Sutherland District Basketball Association Incorporated for a total period of ten (10) years and who are nominated by a member for election at an annual general meeting of the Association;

(b) Names of the nominees for life membership shall be submitted to the Association Manager at least twenty one (21) days prior to the annual general meeting at which such nominees are to be proposed as life members;

(c) Nominees for election as life members to be elected must obtain the votes of at least three-fourths of those members attending and eligible to vote at the annual general meeting;

(d) Not more than two life members shall be elected at any one annual general meeting;

(e) A history of the service of each nominee for election as a life member shall accompany the application/s;

(f) Life members will be awarded a badge of a design to be approved; and

(g) Life members will be entitled to attend and to vote at all general meetings of the Association.

Reference: page 8: SDBA Constitution

**DOWNLOAD LIFE MEMBER NOMINATION FORM HERE

**EMAIL COMPLETED NOMINATION FORM HERE

Note: 2024 Life Member Nominations must be received by 5pm on Monday 3rd June 2024

If you have any further queries feel free to email Adrian Dark (Association Manager) via adriand@sutherlandbasketball.net.au