The Board of Baseball Victoria is pleased to announce changes to the Pennant Committee and President & Secretary Meetings.
The Baseball Victoria Board of Directors have conducted a review of the reinstated VSBL Pennant Committee from the 2018/19 VSBL season. The Board of Directors have resolved to change four of the Pennant Committee terms of reference. These matters were discussed and resolved at the recent Baseball Victoria Board meeting in May in order to build upon the contributions of the Pennant Committee for the upcoming 2019/2020 VSBL season.
The following changes to the Pennant Committee were resolved:
The Board resolved to reappoint Michael Gourlay as Chair of the Pennant Committee under the Terms of Reference for the Pennant Committee. The Terms of Reference have been amended to allow for the appointment of a Deputy Chairman by the Board alongside the Chairman. As the appointment of a Deputy Chairman removed an elected member of the Pennant Committee, the Board have resolved to replace that position with another VSBL club elected member, who must be a female.
Michael Gourlay has been offered and accepted the position of the Board appointed Chair for the 2019/2020 VSBL Pennant Committee.
John King has been offered and accepted the position of the Board appointed Deputy Chairman for the 2019/2020 VSBL Pennant Committee.
With John King moving to a Board appointed Deputy Chair position, this leaves open one elected position on the Pennant Committee. Baseball Victoria will reopen nominations for this vacancy shortly, with the requirement of a female to provide a more balanced committee point of view. An election will be held if more than one person nominates.
Current Pennant Committee Members for the 2019/20 VSBL season are:
Michael Gourlay – Chair (Board Appointed)
John King – Deputy Chair (Board Appointed)
Jason Blair (Elected)
Dwain Richardson (Elected)
Jake Cole-Sinclair (Elected)
Kelsey Quinn (BV Staff Member) Competitions and Tournaments Manager
Stuart Howe (BV Staff Member) Umpires Coordinator
The following changes to P&S meetings were resolved:
The Board also resolved to amend the Terms of Reference to remove responsibility for Chairing the P&S Meetings from the Pennant Committee to enable the Pennant Committee to actively participant in the P&S Meetings without the responsibility for Chairing and conduct of the P&S Meetings. The Board resolved to appoint annually a P&S Meeting Chair to Chair the P&S Meetings to proper Governance and Codes of Conduct are followed when conducting the P&S Meetings.
Kerry Gassner has been offered and accepted the role of Chair for the P&S Meetings. “I’m really pleased to be able to take on this position,” Kerry said. “I look forward to working with all the clubs throughout these important meetings to ensure that we can reach balanced and positive outcomes for all our clubs.”
These changes to the Pennant Committee and P&S Meetings will come into effect 1 July 2019, the date of the next P&S meeting.