Racehorse TALK

Would be happy to DD. Will try and have it up by the end of the week.

I know that Obi was concerned about how hard it was to get a copy of the consitution, so I have attached a copy for his and other's benefit.

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here you go DD ... in my best effort at a plain english explanation. 

BACKGROUND

Class A members – TAB Clubs, Country Racing Committee, Owners, Trainers, Breeders, Jockeys and Bookies. Each has a vote.

Class B members – Current directors (for the purpose of this process, excluding retiring directors who are candidates). Has 1 collective vote.

SELECTION OF DIRECTORS

- 7 months before the end of the term, advertise for Directors to fill positions to be vacated.

- 5 months before the end of the term, an independent recruitment consultant prepares a shortlist from the applications by reference to selection criteria in appendix “A” (talks about level of experience required etc).

- 4 months before the end of the term, shortlist is distributed Class A and Class B members for consideration of their preferred candidates.

- Each Class A and Class B member determines their order of preference of the candidates. (may need to have their own ballot to determine this).

- 8 weeks before the AGM, a selection committee is convened. The committee consists of the Class A and B members.

- The committee has a discussion and try and agree on who is the preferred candidate.

- If no agreement is reached, then a ballot takes place.
(I agree that the ballot process is a little backward in that it requires you to put 1 against the least preferred candidate and number up to your preferred candidate. The candidate with the highest number is selected)

Interesting  document Thenamy1 thanks for the disclosure. 
A couple of observations
C15.1 provides that the Board will consist of not less than five but no more than seven Directors.

Original 5  appointees still there but there is an opportunity to increase the number.

Maybe that's about to happen this time .


Retiring Directors are eligible for re-election.

 No sunset clause or age qualification so Bill's safe on that basis.

Provisions in C17, I think it is, looks pretty cumbersome and confusing but otherwise seems reasonably clear what it means.

Short list of candidates is either in circulation now or soon will be.

Will the veil of secrecy hold up under the intense interest this issue has created.

Time will tell 

You could be right dubbles.

I only did a quick skim and may have jumped the wrong way.

Will read it again sometime soon.

Maybe we could get Ted E's interpretation 

DD, I agree with your interpretation. The founding directors are not eligible to stand again.

Extending the time for the founding directors - Wasn't this what the kerfuffle was all about last year ?

its a sad indictment of the hatred towards bentley the un-elected that stakeholders have to pour/poor over every document looking for his next percieved/failed rort
this un-elected by stakeholders mutt needs to be sent to the pound for retired old DOGS
DITTO....hi porky

Have another shot at getting it right

My original post wrongly quoted C17 as cumbersome it is 15.5 which I had trouble with. Sorry about that.

These are the facts as I understand them

The founding Board (the current appointees) hold office for the initial term which is 3 years.

The term commences from when the Company was licensed under the Racing Act .

The Constitution is dated 26 April 2006.

Probably safe to assume the license operates subsequent to  that date.

That being so the term  ends on  the third anniversary from the  date in 2006 which brings it up  to the date 2009 .

Two directors must retire at this AGM .

C15.7 provides that  a  Director retiring  in accordance with C15.5 is eligible to apply to become a Director under C17. He has to submit a CV .

C15.4 requires two of the current appointees to retire .They don't have an option to be reappointed.

The Board consists of not less than 5 and no more than 7

It is  not possible therefore  that the two Directors retiring this time could seek reappointment .Dubbles was right

The thing that puzzles me is if this is the first time Directors have had to face an election why did QRL seek an extension of their tenure which although approved by the majority of Class A members 14/1 was rejected by the Minister.

The advertisement  for candidates appeared on or about 29 May 2009 .The Constitution requires this to begin 7 months prior to the end of the term,which suggests the term ends in late  December .So skipping some steps all will be revealed to the voters 4 months  before the AGM when the short list is circulated.


I should mention Bob Bentley was originally appointed to the old Control body in 2002 together with messrs Hammer,Lambert,Lonie and Tutt the last mentioned two resigned in 2004 and were replaced by  the two Bills Andrews and Ludwig.

It looks like the two stepping down will be Hammer,Lambert or heaven forbid Bob Bentley.