Post by Gordon13 on Apr 18, 2007 15:04:33 GMT
Here is the letter sent to BAFA following the EGM.
17/4/07
SGA EGM and BAFA’s Request for SGA BOD Resignation
Dear Gary Marshall,
As you know the SGA held an EGM on the 14th of April 2007 to discuss BAFA’s modernisation of Corporate Governance and our invitation to resign from the BAFA Board in replacement of a new Director to represent a British Flag Football Federation for seniors, as laid out in your letter to myself dated 06/03/07.
On a whole the SGA membership were very supportive of the BAFA plans regarding the Whole Sports Plan, and the development of the sport as a whole within the United Kingdom as presented by Ken Walters on your behalf. However, on a negative note the membership thought that the plans regarding the future of flag football were ill thought out and poorly organised, lacking the vital detail required to enable them to make any informed decision on the future of the SGA and the current infrastructure of flag football in Scotland. As a result there was no proposal for the SGA to accept BAFA’s invitation to resign their vote in the present format.
There were some questions that BAFA representative Ken Walters could unfortunately not answer.
The WSP talks of the need for “equity and diversity” resulting in a discipline orientated board. This is why the SGA are being invited to resign and ”to support a discipline focus”. Why therefore has there been no formal notification to ‘Company House’ regarding any replacement vote for flag football? And why have BYAFA or BSAFA not been ‘invited’ to resign their vote also?
The SGA membership does believe that Scottish affairs will be catered for within the ‘Nations of BAFA’. But there is some confusion regarding youth flag. Ken believed that the SFFA were running flag football in an excellent way and in his opinion BAFA would ask the SFFA to continue to run the game within the Scottish area. But it is the opinion of the SGA membership that there is a contradiction within the present WSP proposals as the SFFA is being asked to affiliate to two separate organisations, this does not adhere to the proposed “discipline focus”. It is also our opinion that all flag players, coaches, referees, volunteers and fans should be developed through the flag discipline in keeping with the WSP’s “five categories that form the pillars of our sport” and that they should not be affiliated to certain organisations because of age.
With BAFA’s WSP openly supporting “partnership for operations” between BYAFA and BAFL to streamline their discipline, we ask again why is Senior Flag being singled out for separation?
The SGA membership has embraced the BAFL proposal for ‘BAFL FLAG’. They agree that BAFL’s strong identity within the British sporting market will indeed help promote flag football as a separate sport within the American Football umbrella. As a result we have withdrawn our own proposal for flag football, issued at the last BAFA meeting.
A counter proposal has been lodged by the Inverness Rockets at the SGA EGM for the BAFA BOD’s consideration:
That the SGA resign its vote from the BAFA board with the following provisos;
1) All flag, inclusive of all age groups, are represented by a BAFL Flag directorate, with 1 vote at the BAFA Board.
2) All SGA kitted clubs are represented at the BAFA board by existing respective organisations.
This proposal was voted unanimously.
I look forward to hearing from you and I am happy to answer any questions prior to the BAFA EGM.
Regards,
Stuart McKay
President
SGA
17/4/07
SGA EGM and BAFA’s Request for SGA BOD Resignation
Dear Gary Marshall,
As you know the SGA held an EGM on the 14th of April 2007 to discuss BAFA’s modernisation of Corporate Governance and our invitation to resign from the BAFA Board in replacement of a new Director to represent a British Flag Football Federation for seniors, as laid out in your letter to myself dated 06/03/07.
On a whole the SGA membership were very supportive of the BAFA plans regarding the Whole Sports Plan, and the development of the sport as a whole within the United Kingdom as presented by Ken Walters on your behalf. However, on a negative note the membership thought that the plans regarding the future of flag football were ill thought out and poorly organised, lacking the vital detail required to enable them to make any informed decision on the future of the SGA and the current infrastructure of flag football in Scotland. As a result there was no proposal for the SGA to accept BAFA’s invitation to resign their vote in the present format.
There were some questions that BAFA representative Ken Walters could unfortunately not answer.
The WSP talks of the need for “equity and diversity” resulting in a discipline orientated board. This is why the SGA are being invited to resign and ”to support a discipline focus”. Why therefore has there been no formal notification to ‘Company House’ regarding any replacement vote for flag football? And why have BYAFA or BSAFA not been ‘invited’ to resign their vote also?
The SGA membership does believe that Scottish affairs will be catered for within the ‘Nations of BAFA’. But there is some confusion regarding youth flag. Ken believed that the SFFA were running flag football in an excellent way and in his opinion BAFA would ask the SFFA to continue to run the game within the Scottish area. But it is the opinion of the SGA membership that there is a contradiction within the present WSP proposals as the SFFA is being asked to affiliate to two separate organisations, this does not adhere to the proposed “discipline focus”. It is also our opinion that all flag players, coaches, referees, volunteers and fans should be developed through the flag discipline in keeping with the WSP’s “five categories that form the pillars of our sport” and that they should not be affiliated to certain organisations because of age.
With BAFA’s WSP openly supporting “partnership for operations” between BYAFA and BAFL to streamline their discipline, we ask again why is Senior Flag being singled out for separation?
The SGA membership has embraced the BAFL proposal for ‘BAFL FLAG’. They agree that BAFL’s strong identity within the British sporting market will indeed help promote flag football as a separate sport within the American Football umbrella. As a result we have withdrawn our own proposal for flag football, issued at the last BAFA meeting.
A counter proposal has been lodged by the Inverness Rockets at the SGA EGM for the BAFA BOD’s consideration:
That the SGA resign its vote from the BAFA board with the following provisos;
1) All flag, inclusive of all age groups, are represented by a BAFL Flag directorate, with 1 vote at the BAFA Board.
2) All SGA kitted clubs are represented at the BAFA board by existing respective organisations.
This proposal was voted unanimously.
I look forward to hearing from you and I am happy to answer any questions prior to the BAFA EGM.
Regards,
Stuart McKay
President
SGA