Boxing Reaches Communities Other Sports Often Struggle To Access: IABA Governance Review Workshop

Boxing reaches communities that other sports struggle to access– so says author of the IABA Governance Review, Brian MacNeice, in the second of two workshops on the review this evening. Brian goes through the foundations of the review, the boxing bodies he consulted in writing the report, and the various recommendations.

You can watch Workshop One here:


You can watch Workshop Two here:

The workshops took place as affiliated clubs attending the EGM on July 10th will be asked to vote on accepting 7 of its 64 recommendations-namely, recommendations 14 to 21. Workshops were open to any adult member of any affiliated club.

EGM Motions

Motion 1

“That the Company Constitution and the Company Rulebook 2019 be amended to reflect the Recommendations of the Governance Review as they relate specifically to the composition of the Board of Directors.”

Motion 1 explained:

The Board of Directors have agreed at a meeting held on 9th May 2022, that the recommendations of the recent Company Governance Review (herein, “the Review”), copy attached and available on the Company website, that dealt specifically with the make up or constitution of the Board of Directors be put to the members at an Extraordinary General Meeting for their approval. Those recommendations are set out at Recommendations 14 – 21. If the EGM adopts the changes, then a new Board will need to be constituted and they will be tasked with bringing all the other recommendations contained in the Review to the membership.

If Motion 2 passes at the EGM, the newly constituted Board will decide which of the remaining recommendations to implement, and how they will be implemented.

Registration for the EGM is now open

Eligibility: All clubs who have submitted affiliations for the 2022/2023 season by June 30thare eligible to attend

Attendees: Eligible clubs may nominate any two adult members to attend as delegates – one to be a voting delegate, one to be a non-voting delegate. Delegates nominated by clubs must verified members – this means they must be included in the club’s affiliation application, through Blocworx, for the 2022/2023 season as members and be over the age of 18. *Please note, delegates will be required to present photographic identification (passport, drivers’ licence, etc) on the day of the EGM.  

Registrationregister here

Closing date for registration: 12:00 (noon), Thursday 07th July

EGM

Date of meeting:             Sunday 10th July 2022

Venue of meeting:          Hannon Hotel, Athlone Rd, Acres, Roscommon

Time of meeting:             11:00 AM

The purpose of this EGM is to consider the following two motions:

Motion 1:

“That the Company Constitution and the Company Rulebook 2019 be amended to reflect the Recommendations of the Governance Review as they relate specifically to the composition of the Board of Directors.”

Motion 2:

“That Articles 5 and 73(e) of the Articles of Association of the Company Constitution be amended to replace the word “State” with “Island of Ireland.”

EGM documents are attached – the letter to members and:

  1. Notice of EGM.
  2. Agenda for EGM.
  3. Mark-up of the proposed amendments to the 2019 Rulebook and the Company Constitution.
  4. Irish Athletic Boxing Association Governance Review Final Report April 2022. Also available on the Company website at http://iaba.ie/site3/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IABA-Governance-Review-Final-Report.pdf

Should there be any questions that you might wish to raise at the EGM concerning the proposed changes to the 2019 Rulebook and the Constitution or any other matter, it would be very helpful if these were submitted in advance either by post care of The Company Secretary to The National Stadium, 145 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, or by email to info@iaba.ie no later than Friday 01st July 2022 at 17:00 pm. This will facilitate us in providing the fullest response to any queries at the EGM.