PROPOSED ATHLETIC RULES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1927, Page 15

PROPOSED ATHLETIC RULES

TURNED DOWN BY WELLINGTON CENTRE.

A motion, notice of which had been given by Mr. H. M'Cormick, to delete rules 9 and 24 of the centre's rules, was discussed at a meeting of the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last evening. The motion was seconded by Mr. J. A. Peterson.

Mr. MCormick's suggested alterations were.—Rule 9 (a): There shall be an administration committee consisting of the president of the centre, the chairman of the centre executive, the secretary, the treasurer, and four other representatives appointed by the centre executive. (2) .The function of the said committee shall be to receive all correspondence addressed to the centre and to take such aqhon thereon as may be deemed necessary,' and generally to exercise and perform the powers and duties of the centre executive subject to the control of the centre executive as hereinafter mentioned. (5) Meetings of the administration committee shall be held once in each mouth, and at any time on the requisition of the secretary. (4) At all meetings of the administration committee four shall form a quorum.

■ Rule 24.—(1) Ordinary meetings of the centre executive shall be held once in every three months, and at any other t^%^ tM. requisition of the secretary. • -L£ e ll bus "iess of such ordinary meetings shall be to receive a report and summary of accounts from the administration committee; to transact such other business as may be referred to it by the administration committee, and to consuder such matters as way be brought before it by delegates or by correspondence from sub-centres or affiliated clubs. (3) At any such meeting any decision of the administration committee may be reviewed and may be reversed by two-thirds of the delegates present voting in favour of a resolution to that effect. (4) The administration committee shall be bound by any resolution duly passed at any meeting of the centre executive. • (5) The administration committee shall be "bound by any resolution passed at any annual meeting, in support of his motion, Mr. M'Cormick said that the scheme was the same as that adopted by the Canterbury Centre.^ The Wellington Centre, in his opinion, was -getting too big to transact business efhciently. He felt that some of the delegates did not realise the amount of detail work which fell to the lot of some, particularly to Mr. Kitto, the secretary, and assistant-secretary. It was not a fair thing that Mr.- Kitto should be called upon to do such a great deal of -work. The question also arose whether under existing conditions business was dealt with in a proper manner "In my opinion," added Mr. M'Cormick, "it cannot be. The centre meets here once a month, and all sorts of matters are brought up, to which delegates cannot Always have notice. Matters are sprung on to them, and they are unable to give them very much consideration." If his scheme were adopted he felt it would be of much assistance in the government of the sport.

The general feeling of the meeting was against the proposals, and the motion was lost.