The Board of Management of Baseball Queensland is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Gareth Jones to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Baseball Queensland.
Gareth is a well-known, highly respected individual within the Queensland and Australian baseball community and will bring to the role decades of experience in sports development and operations management. Commencing his career with Baseball Queensland in 2001, Gareth has successfully delivered operational plans and accreditation programs, driven membership recruitment as well as increasing opportunities for players to participate in pathway programs.
The board is confident that Gareth is the right person to drive the Organisation forward to support the strategic direction of Baseball Queensland.
Please join us in congratulating Gareth on this new challenge.
BQ Pathway programs stand alone as the only Baseball Australia endorsed and supported pathway programs available in Queensland. We also understand that having a wider choice of programs provides you with more opportunity, and we see that as a good thing. We would like to provide you, as our members, with some advice and things to consider when selecting programs in which you will participate.
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To all GBL Member clubs as addressed,
As per the GBL Competition Committee Charter, the GBL Competition Committee are seeking nominations for the vacant positions for the 2021/22 season.
There are currently 5 vacant positions, with those appointed to serve a two-year term.
A member of the GBLCC may only be elected as follows:
• As a nomination in writing via the prescribed form; and
• Signed by the candidate and the GBL Club who nominated him or her; and
• Given to the Returning Officer no later than 14 days after the original call for nominations;
• A nominated member for the GBLCC must be a GBL club member.
No two members of the GBLCC can be members of the same GBL club. Therefore, no club member from the following clubs may be nominated as part of this process:
o Pine Hills
o Redcliffe
o Windsor
o Ipswich
o Wests
These clubs can however nominate someone else from another club if they feel they deserve a spot on the GBL Competition Committee.
If your club would like to nominate a person to serve as part of the GBL Competition Committee, please fill in and return the attached nomination form no later than the 17th of June 2021 to Matt Glasson as GBL Chairperson at gblchair@baseballqld.asn.au
Once all nominations have been received on the 17 June 2021, the list of nominated persons will be distributed to all GBL Clubs to vote on.
The top 5 nominations with the highest votes will then be elected to the GBL Competition Committee.
Regards,
Matthew Glasson
GBL Competition Committee Chairperson
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The Greater Brisbane League (GBL) Committee met with representatives from the constituent Clubs and Regions on Saturday 29 May at Redlands Rays Baseball Club to discuss a review of the competitions and number of proposals that might be implemented within the competitions moving forward.
Presentations were delivered to the assembled representatives across three key areas; Senior Competitions, Junior Competitions and Rule Updates.
The GBL Committee identified some of their goals for the next two seasons as:
• To provide more game time for junior players – improve the value proposition.
• To facilitate improvements to the competitions for all that play.
• To encourage more coaches to develop more players in various positions.
• To align junior competition grades with Baseball Australia.
• To create more uniformity in rules between all levels of baseball.
• To provide more equitable competitions.
• To grow participation in all competitions.
BQ Game Development Director, David Badke was pleased with the level of engagement at the meeting stating “It’s great to be part of this consultation process, to hear all the views of the people involved working to improve the competitions. I look forward to the next GBL season”.
The GBL Committee will take some time now to digest and work through the feedback collected during the meeting and start to formulate resolutions on how to proceed for the coming season.
Baseball Queensland is an organisation that has a strong community and family focus. Our success depends on how we support our people. Baseball Queensland is seeking applications for persons interested in joining the Board of Baseball Queensland to fill a Casual Vacancy for the position of Director – Membership Services.
The successful applicant will be appointed by the BQ Board under the terms of the BQ Constitution – Item 3.8 CASUAL VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
The skills we are seeking for the person appointed are as follows:-
- Identify and arrange delivery of volunteer education re club management & governance
- Liaise between clubs and staff for the delivery of services
- Develop grass-roots growth- and capacity-building strategy for clubs
- Identify and assist with membership tools such as registration portal
- Liaise with Director Finance to review membership fees
- Assist with Grant applications & Strategic Plans
The possible sub-committees to fall under this portfolio are as follows
Suggested Sub-Committees:
Your commitment to this role will be attendances at a monthly Board meeting, regular discussions with Board members via electronic media, attending to the Membership Services portfolio and managing sub-committees as required. A copy of the BQ Director skills matrix is linked to this communication. Please email your written application for this position to Gareth Jones gareth@baseballqld.asn.au stating your skills and experiences that may be appropriate for this position.
Click here for Director Skills Matrix Questionnaire
Nominations close June 16
