Management and Administration O
rienteering Australia (OA) in 2020 was managed and administered by:
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A Board of eight members (until June 2020) headed by President Blair Trewin. Part-time paid officers: The Executive Officer, Head Coach, High-Performance Operations Manager, National Mountain Bike Orienteering Manager, Manager of Coaching and Officiating Administration, Sporting Schools Coordinator and the Editor of the Australian Orienteer. The position of Manager of Coaching Development was filled in 2020 with the appointment of Russell Blatchford (Newcastle Orienteering Club). Part-time contracts for the Editor of the Monthly eNewsletter and the website curator. A series of online Zoom-based workshops, to replace the 2-day Annual Conference. The meetings were attended by various Board members, delegates from each State and the ACT, and given the opportunity by the virtual nature of the workshops, interested members or Orienteering Australia were also able to attend. Athlete, mountain bike orienteering representatives, and relevant OA officers also attended. Additional appointed (volunteer) officers: Public Officer, OA Schools Coordinator , elite and non-elite rankings officers, and the Badge Scheme Secretary.
Membership of the Board Board members in 2020 were Blair Trewin, President; Mike Dowling, Director, International; Bruce Bowen Director, Finance; Jenny Casanova, Director, Technical; Bill Jones remained as Director at Large; Prue Dobbin, Director at Large (until June 2020) and Paul Prudhoe continued as Executive Officer. The positions of Director, Unspecified Portfolio with particular responsibility for risk management, and Director, Media & Communications remained unfilled in 2020.
Board Meetings The Annual General Meeting was held virtually in April (using Zoom) due to COVID restrictions. Because of COVID, the 2020 Annual Conference was not held, instead a series of virtual workshops were held, with all States represented. The Board held monthly meetings by Zoom as indicated in Table 1.
Table 1: Board Member Attendance Meeting
132
133
134
135
AGM
136
137
138
139
140
141
W’shops
142
Date
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Apr
May
Jun
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Nov/Dec
Dec
Total
Blair Trewin
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
13
Bruce Bowen
Y
-
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
-
Y
Y
11
Jenny Casanova
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
13
Steve Craig
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
13
Bill Jones
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
13
Mike Dowling
-
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
-
-
Y
Y
Y
Y
10
Prue Dobbin
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
*
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Paul Prudhoe
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
-
Y
Y
12
Note: Prue Dobbin stood down from the OA Board, as Director and Minutes Secretary in June 2020. From Julia Prudhoe (ONSW) acted as Minutes Secretary 4 Orienteering Australia Annual Report 2020
