Before you start to the process to recruit your club’s coaches, you need to have a good understanding of the type of coaches your club is seeking. To do this you need to consider a number of key factors: Firstly, the level of skill and competency of the players is...
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Risk identification and management
Risk identification and management is the process of identifying occurrences and situations which have an unsatisfactory outcome and putting in place steps (strategies) to minimise or hopefully eliminate the risk. It is impossible for clubs to eliminate risk but...
Creating a culture of coach support and development
Like playing, coaching is not always an exact science. Even the most experienced coaches are learning every day. While having all your coaches undertake formal or accredited coach training is a great move forward, it is still only the first step. The next step is to...
The power of a strong meeting agenda
The Club secretary in consultation with the President will be responsible for preparing the Annual General Meeting Agenda and inviting members and guest to attend. Again, a great place to start in preparing the agenda for the upcoming AGM is to review previous year’s...
Understanding and defining your club’s audience
Clubs most club don’t fully appreciate the size of their audience, that is the full extent of the number of people supporting or interested in the club. Most clubs, when thinking about their potential fundraising market simply consider their current players, members,...
Who should be invited to attend the AGM and what are the notification requirements?
It is a key of incorporated associations legislation requirement that all members entitled to vote are notified of the AGM. Furthermore clubs must not doing anything with the intention of prohibiting a member attending the AGM or casting their vote. Updating the...
What is a facility management plan?
A Facility Management Plan is a formal planning tool used by your club to manage the current and future operations of your club facilities. This plan is put together to ensure efficiency of operations is increased, save money over the life of your facility and even...
What to put on your website
Online membership The Mornington Football Netball Club sell different levels of club memberships online. Not only can they sell memberships to people anywhere around the world, but the online functionality collects the money and deposits the funds straight into the...
Annual General Meeting voting procedures
In most instances voting at an AGM is a simple process as most AGMs are only attended by a small number of hardy members but this is not always the case. Regardless of the number of people attending the AGM it is vitally important the voting on resolutions, motions...
How to run an effective Annual General Meeting
The power of an AGM agenda The AGM agenda provides direction, structure and purpose to the meeting. The agenda should be drawn up jointly by the chairperson and secretary and should be followed in order, unless the meeting directs otherwise. The agenda should be...