Minutes of CNS Delegates Meeting # 1 - 2003 Gordon Club,
Chatswood,
Monday,
18 August 2003, 8 pm
Present
Tim Wilkinson, Terry O'Donnell, Matt Seldon, Ross Rheuben, Steve Henry, Andrew McCosker,
Tony Barnes, Mitch Sturt, Stirling Hamman, Axel Newman, Ian Thomson, Craig
Hambleton.
Apologies Dave Simpson, Phil Carney
Minutes of Meeting The minutes of previous delegates meeting 8 April from
the previous season were not distributed..
Welcome
TW welcomed Stirling Hamman & Ian Thomson, presidents of Lindfield and Roseville
Clubs.
Special Business
The president had called a special meeting to discuss the need to merge with
NSCA. He gave the following reasons for merger:
- The larger clubs were now in the situation of having teams
entered in both NSCA and CNS comps, which was untenable.
- For smaller, one team clubs, a merger would have little
effect, as guarantees had been received from NSCA concerning the formation of
a "C Grade North" concerning fees and grounds.
- The history of GDJCA/CNS could be retained through
retention of trophies, life members etc.
- The difficulty of attracting new teams if the association
became too weak.
Craig Hambleton, President NSCA, gave a short address on NSCA,
and some of the details of the proposed merger, and how NSCA could support the
growth of cricket in the area.
Stirling Hamman questioned how the accumulated surplus of the
association could be distributed, saying that the original source of the money
would need to be established and refunded to the clubs and/or juniors. TW
referred to the constitution which states that any accumulated funds can be
distributed to any non-profit organization.
Stephen Henry had a number of questions from discussions from
his team. There were issues such as grounds, fees, association management
etc. Most of these issues had been discussed and addressed in the
assurances received from NSCA.
Ross Rheuben expressed concern that this was spelling a
possible end to the association, but TW noted that the history of GDJCA/CNS
could be retained through retention of trophies, life members etc.
There was some concern as to whether there could be a "trial
merger" and have negotiations on a merger at the same time, and that there was
no written offer from NSCA. TW noted that he had circulated his
discussions with NSCA previously.
TW noted that despite the objections of some present, the
proposal to merge with NSCA had the support of the majority of clubs (WP,
Wanderers, Pigs, Mac Uni, KP Philbies), while Sons of Thunder and Dreggs had
expressed no opinion (and were not present), suggesting they were not concerned
one way or the other.
TW would endeavor to hold a further meeting in the future to
finalise the issue.
Meeting was closed at 10.45 pm.
Signed and dated as true record of meeting.
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