Equestrian Australia

Equestrian Australia

The National Board

During the 1990s, the governing body of the EFA, its Federal Council, explored ways in which to make the EFA a truly national organisation, rather than one composed of members of individual State Branches. On July 12 1997, the EFA became the Equestrian Federation of Australia Ltd, a company limited by guarantee, with a Board of Directors comprising the State Chairs and a number of appointed Directors. In 2001, the general membership was able to elect a further three Board members directly.

At a General Meeting at Sydney Airport on Sunday, 18 January 2004, the shareholders (Branches) of the Equestrian Federation resolved to implement the recommendations of a Governance Review that had been undertaken over the previous 18 months. This resulted in a totally new form of "governance", with a skills-based Board of five directors elected by the "shareholders" from nominations by the general membership of the EFA.

In 2009, the Branches as the only voting members decided to make some chages to the constitutional provisions and also adopted a major 're-write' of the constitution itself. This constitution is likely to become effective 01 February 2010.

Those of you interested in the details of this major change from a "representational" Board system can download the Final Recommendations of the Governance Review Committee (PDF - 71KB).
  
 
Summary of Board Meeting 10 April 2010 Summary of Board Meeting 06 February 2010
Summary of Board Meeting 06 December 2009 Summary of Board Meeting 25 October 2009
Minutes of the 2009 AGM - DRAFT  
Summary of Board Meeting 05-06 September 2009 Summary of Board Meeting 21 June 2009
Summary of Board Meeting 18 April 2009
Summary of Board Meeting, 01 March 2009
Minutes of the 2008 AGM Summary of Board Meeting 2 (PM - after AGM), 14 November 2008
Summary of Board Meeting 1 (AM), 14 November 2008 Summary of Board Meeting, 20 September 2008
Summary of Board Meeting, 18 April 2008 Summary of Board Meeting, 21 June 2008
Minutes 2007 AGM & Joint Shareholder Session Summary of Board Meeting, 09 February 2008
Summary of Board Meeting 24 November 2007 Summary of Board Meeting 01 September 2007
Minutes of Meeting with Branch Chairs 17 June 2007    Summary of Board Meeting 16 June 2007
Summary of Board Meeting 29 April 2007 Summary of Board Meeting 04 February 2007
Summary of Board Meeting 17 November 2006 Minutes of the 2006 EFA AGM 
Summary of Board Meeting 24 September 2006 Summary of Board Meeting 12 August 2006
Summary of Board Meeting 24 June 2006 Summary of Board Meeting 22 April 2006
Summary of Board Meeting 11 February 2006 Summary of Board Meeting 21 November 2005 
Minutes of 2005 AGM and Joint Session 20 November 2005 Summary of Board Meeting 26 September 2005
Summary of Board Meeting 07 August 2005 Summary of Board Meeting 03 June 2005

 

The Board of Directors (from 24 October 2009):
   
Chairman Mr. Paul Cargill (1st term; to 2012 AGM)
   
Other Directors Mrs. Natalie Nichols (Deputy Chair) (1st term; to 2011 AGM)
  Mr. Graeme Bowker (1st term; to 2011 AGM)
  Mr. William Fell (1st term; to 2012 AGM)
  Ms. Mary-Louise Ganter (1st term; to 2012 AGM)
  Ms. Robynne McTaggart (1st term; to 2012 AGM)
  Mr. Graham Sharley (1st term; to 2012 AGM)
   

 

Board Committees
   
Audit & Governance Committee Graeme Bowker
  Mary-Louise Ganter
  Graham Sharley
   
Remuneration Committee Paul Cargill
  Graeme Bowker
  William Fell
   
ICDF & High Performance Committee Paul Cargill
(International Competition & Development Fund) Robynne McTaggart
  Natalie Nichols
  CEO (non-voting)
   
Major Events & Sponsorship Committee Paul Cargill
  William Fell
  Robynne McTaggart
  Natalie Nichols

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State Branches

Member Associations Equestrian New South Wales Equestrian Victoria Equestrian South Australia Equestrian Queensland Equestrian Western Australia Equestrian Northern Territory Equestrian Tasmania