Please remember that the Club Offices will be Closed from 7:00pm this evening (Friday 1st November 2024) until 9:30am Wednesday 6th November 2024.
Voting is available from 9:30am to 7:00pm Monday to Friday (except as above)
Voting is also available from 9:00am to 8:00pm on Saturday 9th November 2024
Voting closes at 12noon on Thursday 14th November 2024.
We have attached the Ballot Paper and the Voter Identification Form (which has been updated with an additional category for EDJBA/VJBL players 18 or older) for your convenience. Ballots already lodged correctly remain valid.
Voter Identification Form.B.2024
Additional Voting Hours
As of today, Tuesday 29th October 2024, the secured ballot box will be available from 10:00am until 7:00pm Monday to Friday.
In addition, it will be available on Saturday 9th November 2024 from 9:00am to 8:00pm.
The location is unchanged – outside the upstairs Club offices in the Montmorency Secondary College Basketball Courts, Level 1, 27 Simms Road Montmorency VIC 3094.
Voting materials and envelopes are available on the table adjacent to the ballot box.
Please Note: all EWBC venues will be closed from Friday evening 1st November 2024 until Wednesday morning 6th November 2024 for the Melbourne Cup Day weekend. There will be no games and no training, and the offices will not be open, during this period.
The Annual General Meeting of the Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club will be conducted by Zoom meeting at 7:30pm on Monday 18th November 2024.
All Members of the Club are eligible to attend.
There are two candidates for the position of President:
Therefore a ballot is required.
We have attached Statements by each of the Candidates. (now available above)
We have attached a Ballot Paper, which may be completed by eligible Members wishing to vote, as well as a Voter Identification Form to ensure voting integrity.
Instructions for Voting
There will be a table set up outside reception, with envelopes, Ballot Papers and Voter Identification Forms, or the Member may print their own.
Please note that voting by email is not available and any Ballot Papers returned by electronic means will not be counted.
Eligibility for Voting
In compliance with the Club’s Statement of Rules, the following Members are eligible to vote:
-EWBC Players as below, provided that their birthdate is on or before 31st December 2011 (i.e. turned 12 during or before 2023);
a)Players enrolled in Saturday Junior Domestic for Summer 2023-2024, Winter 2024 and/or Summer 2024-2025 (that is, the past 12 months);
b)Players enrolled in Friday Junior Championship in 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 (that is, the past 12 months);
-NBL1 and BigV Players in 2024 (that is, the past 12 months)
-Parents and guardians of Players under the age of 18
-Coaches, assistant coaches and any other officials of the Club
-One delegate of a Senior Domestic team competing in the Spring 2024 season
-One delegate from any Club or school with a team in a competition organised by Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club Inc. There are presently no schools or clubs in this category.
-Life members
-Any other interested persons at the discretion of the General Committee. There are presently no persons in this category.
Members under suspension may not vote.
A Member may only vote under one category.
Inquiries
Inquiries may be addressed to AGM@elthamwildcats.net.au.
Narelle Kent Chris Mullins
Secretary Returning Officer
