President’s Message
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hen it comes to Dogs Queensland, 2022 is a bit of a watershed or milestone year for me. It was in 2012 that I was put in the President role by the RNA with a council of 16 people and worked towards incorporation of the CCCQ as a corporate body separate from the RNA. And we achieved that at the end of that year after many consultation sessions across the State and a number of draft constitutions, first as an incorporated association and later as a company limited by guarantee. Many people contributed to that good outcome and democratic elections of directors on our governing board have followed. With the exception of 2 years I have been a director over this pretty dynamic 10 years. And during my 2 year absence from the Board, I was actively involved with members in bringing on a Special General Meeting that passed resolutions ensuring that any sale of the Durack grounds and purchase of the former Masters site at Parkinson could only occur with a vote of members. For after all, we are a member organisation and all of us as members have an important responsibility to take a real interest in our governance. Whether we show our dogs or engage in one or more of our many dog sports it is so important that we value our right to have a say as a member of Dogs Queensland. And 2022 is an important year for each member to give some thought about our governance and to have their input. First of all, we have a Special General Meeting coming up on 9 February with an important question to be resolved about the directorship of Mr Woodrow. The motion to be voted on is “Mr Christopher Woodrow is removed as a director of Canine Control Council (Queensland) Ltd”. If you think that Mr Woodrow should remain a director, you will vote “Against” the motion. If you think that Mr Woodrow should not remain a director, you will vote “For” the motion. For members who are unable to make the meeting here is information about lodging a proxy form in the office by 7pm on Monday 7 February 2022. Whichever way you choose to vote, if you would like to put your vote in before the meeting you can do that by nominating the Secretary, Mr Harrison,
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as your proxy and completing the proxy form. Here is a link to the form. Once completed with your membership number you can then scan and email it to Mr Harrison on email rob@dogsqueensland.org. au or you can deliver it to the office. This needs to happen before 7pm on Monday 7 February 2022. Alternatively, you can appoint, by proxy, a member to cast your vote as you direct. A member is limited to exercising a total of five (5) proxies for other members. This proxy form must also be lodged in the office by 7pm on Monday 7 February 2022. The Secretary can hold an unlimited number of proxies and, of course, the proxies must be voted as you direct in the proxy form. When using the proxy form, if you wish to vote in favour of the motion, you put a cross in the “For” column. If you wish to vote against the motion, you put a cross in the “Against” column. Secondly, the 4 year term of six of our directors will expire at the end of March 2023. Nominations for these director positions will open in November this year for about a month with the election being held in January 2023. Being a director can be rewarding and it is a way to give back something
