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As part of your facility management strategy clubs need to consider the ‘whole of life’ or facility life cycle costs of their facilities and assets. Typically, clubs will find all facilities tends to follow a similar pattern in the life cycle process with operating...
Almost as soon as a season starts Presidents and their committees should start preparing for their Annual General Meeting (AGM). Many clubs don’t think about their AGMs until after the season and that makes it so much harder and a lot more work organising it and...
The purpose of committee meetings is often mistaken by community sports clubs. Many people feel that decisions and plans can only be made in a club by the club’s committee, so often individuals postpone making decisions or creating detailed implementation plans...
An Event Manager once said that “it may seem like you are headless chickens backstage – but as long as the audience doesn’t suspect anything is wrong – then you have done your job right!” This is a great iceberg analogy as it demonstrates that what goes on underneath...
Start of the year - planning and recruiting In the initial stages of the year, new committees will come together and their primary focus will be on seven main areas: Finalising the legislative and compliance tasks from the previous year Finalising the legislative and...
When considering what kind of event you should run you will need to define the goals and objectives of your event clearly and understand exactly why you are planning to run the event. This ensures that your event fulfils the needs and expectations of your club, and...
Effective committees have a number of consistent characteristics including: Information to be discussed and considered at the upcoming meeting is provided prior to the meeting Clear meeting agenda’s are considered and stuck to throughout the meeting Strong meeting...
Many events club hold actually need licenses and permits from Council or other bodies. The idea of licences and permits can be overwhelming for many clubs and volunteers. It is however extremely important the you club organises these early in the planning process....
If relationships are the key to fundraising, then the foundation of strong relationships is communication. That means that your clubs communication strategy is actually the most important part of fundraising. We are not talking about the communication strategy in...
As part of updating members as to the activities of the club throughout the year clubs generally create an Annual Report to members. As we continually say, check your club rules and your relevant incorporated associations act to determine if they define any...