2023 Committee Nominations - Club Communication

 

Dear Member

As the onset of the season draws ever closer, so too does our Annual General Meeting for 2023.

As you may be aware, this year's meeting will take place in the Derek Randall Suite at Trent Bridge on Monday 27 February from 7pm, with members once again provided with the option to either attend in person or online via Zoom.

You can register to attend the AGM virtually here… 

We will send full joining information to those that register nearer the time. Those who are attending in person need not register in advance.

The AGM will provide an opportunity for members to hear the latest updates from the club, on recreational cricket throughout our county and from the wider game.

Our Chairman Jeff Moore, Chief Executive Lisa Pursehouse, Director of Cricket Mick Newell and Treasurer Paul Ellis will deliver reports reflecting upon 2022 and on the club’s plans for the coming year and beyond.

General Committee Election

As per the club's governance, there are four vacancies on the General Committee this year; three will be elected by the membership and one will be appointed upon the recommendation of the Nominations Panel.

Voting forms and details of the candidates standing for election have been circulated by post to members in adult categories who are eligible to vote.

If you haven't received the postal mailing but you are eligible and wish to vote, please contact the club by email to questions@trentbridge.co.uk or by telephone on 0115 899 0300. Lines are open between the hours of 9.30am and 4.3opm, Monday to Friday.

The results of the election, together with the identity of the individual appointed by the Nominations Panel, will be announced at the AGM.

Changes to the Constitution

As per the terms of the constitution, following proposals put forward by Mr John Evans and the General Committee, the club is also providing all members with an opportunity to vote in relation to seven proposed changes to the club rules; three of which the General Committee supports and four of which it does not.

Voting will come to an end at 5pm on Wednesday 22 February, so please register your vote before then.

Please note that our independent auditors will only accept one voting form per member.

See your own Email on how to vote.

05/02

As mentioned in the letter from Alan Higham, there are five candidates for the three votes (maximum) each member has.

Topping the bill, as it were, is former player and cricket celebrity Graeme Swann. In the supporting cast there is another former player in Usman Afzaal. The rest are "ordinary folk" - Dave Gunn, as mentioned in Alan's update, Penny Huggard, an existing committee member, so members may have formed an opinion on her over the last three years and Stephen Lehane, the nominee of Jeff Moore, and a member of the Nominations Panel.

As a member, I look for the committee to hopefully represent me and perhaps reflect some of what I hope the direction of the club and cricket will be in the future. Of the famous, and less famous five in their "comments" [to members] as part of the Particulars of Candidates issued with the voting forms, only two actually mention members: D A Gunn and S Lahane.

At last years' AGM, rule changes were massaged in to enable former capped players to stand for the committee, to improve the cricket knowledge on the board and cricket sub committee, so perhaps those driving those changes will feel vindicated that two former Notts and England players have stepped-up to be elected.

In another vote(s), to amend the club's constitution proposed by John Evans, one amendment seeks to stop the practice of hedging bets of getting on to the committee by taking the democratic route or taking the Nomination Panel path, by doing both in the same year. One of the above candidates is doing this.

In defence of this the General Committee says: In essence, the dual route which is open to existing and newly proposed candidates for election, ensures that the Nominations Panel always retains the widest possible pool of talent from which to recruit giving the breadth of choice to support their role in finding the best possible candidates for the General Committee. Having both routes available also provides the flexibility of encouraging previously nominated members to stand for election by the membership, whilst at the same time ensuring that they are not precluded from being considered by the Nominations Panel. The panel may still deem a candidate’s skillset as essential to complement the General Committee once the outcome of elections is known.