“Boxing is our most important sport” – Brian MacNeice, delivering the 1st IABA Governance Review Workshop.

“Boxing is our most important sport” – so says author of the IABA Governance Review, Brian MacNeice, in the first 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.

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. The first workshop will take place on Monday, June 20th, via Zoom, at 7pm.

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.

Brian MacNeice is the author of the IABA Governance Review Report and delivered this evening’s workshop, which was open to any adult member of an affiliated club. Workshop attendees were invited to submit questions to be taken at the workshop during the registration process.

A second workshop will take place, via Zoom, on Monday, June 27th. Registration will open Tuesday afternoon.

You can watch this evening’s workshop here:

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.