Baseball Victoria welcomed members to the 2020 Annual General Meeting, which was held at The Views Life Saving Victoria in Port Melbourne on the evening of Tuesday 25 February.
There were 31 Baseball Victoria Member Bodies in attendance, including Victorian Summer Baseball League Clubs, Winter Associations, Victorian Baseball Association Life Members Robert Blackmore (2005), Grant Weir (2005) and Baseball Victoria Life Members Jason Blair (2009), John King (2015), Julie Jones (2016) and Michael Gourlay (2017), six members of the Baseball Victoria Board and Baseball Victoria CEO and Baseball Victoria staff.
During the Annual General Meeting, the Members in accordance with the Constitution of Baseball Victoria:
- Adopted the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held 12 February 2019.
- Adopted the Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 September 2019. This followed a presentation by Baseball Victoria Finance Director James van Beek on the key movements in the Financial Statements, which can be found in the 2018/19 Baseball Victoria Annual Report HERE.
- Adopted the 2018/19 Baseball Victoria Annual Report. A copy of the Annual Report can be found on the Baseball Victoria Website HERE.
- Ratified the reappointment of Myles Foreman as a Director of Baseball Victoria for a third term. Appointed to the Board in September 2013, Myles was elected to the role of President in February 2015. Myles brings his corporate strategic and governance experience to the role of President, with over 25 years’ experience in senior executive positions in the hospitality, entertainment and sports industries. Myles became involved in baseball through his kids, becoming a junior coordinator and club vice president before resigning to join the Baseball Victoria Board.
- Ratified the appointment of Meghan Mayman as a Director of Baseball Victoria for a first term of three years. Meghan obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Sport Coaching and Administration from Deakin University, followed by a Master of Business in Sport Management. As part of her Master’s Program, she was selected to participate in the San Diego Sports Consulting Project in July 2015, during which she delivered a report and presentation to MLB team San Diego Padres on leveraging the 2016 All-Star Event to maintain current partnerships and attract new sponsors. After working as Operations and HR Manager for Bowls Australia from 2007-2015, Meghan spent the past four years as the General Manager of Vicsport, the peak body for sport and active recreation in Victoria. She was responsible for the overall operations of the organisation, including direct delivery of projects and membership retention and growth.
- Ratified the appointment of Sam Taylor as a Director of Baseball Victoria for a first term of three years. Sam is the current CEO of InteractSport and has worked in the digital sports industry for over 15 years, specialising in the development of electronic scoring and live streaming applications. Sam is a cricketer by trade having played over 250 matches for Richmond where he is a life member, premiership player and former club captain. In between cricket seasons Sam has also played seven seasons of winter league baseball. He is also a passionate Cubs fan having followed them since childhood, long before they won the World Series.
- Resolved that based on the current criteria for assessing nominations for Life Membership of Baseball Victoria that of the three nominations received none met the current criteria and no Baseball Victoria Life Memberships were awarded this year.
Following the 2020 Annual General Meeting, Baseball Victoria will:
- Review the Life Membership criteria in the constitution and policies for nomination to broaden the opportunity for nominations and to provide enhanced clarity on the process and criteria for selection to maximise the opportunity for awarding of Life Membership.
- Review the time of the year the AGM is scheduled to include consideration of day of the week and fixtured baseball games, consistency of location and an exploration of what technologies could be implemented to reduce the need for travel and the potential of remote meetings.
The review and a decision on (a) and (b) above are to be finalised no later than mid-2020.
