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The NTSA regret to announce that it has withdrawn from the SSAI. This decision was not reached lightly, but after careful consideration of the resources expended against very limited returns. It was felt that these resources would be better directed towards the NTSA's own core activities. The committee of the NTSA wish to thank all the SSAI committee members with whom they have worked closely over the years and of course will continue to work with within the framework of the FCP. |
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 Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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2006 AGM and your new Committee |
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Written by Mark Dennehy
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
 A preliminary report on this year's Annual General Meeting, and the new NTSA Committee and their plans and goals.
First off these are just quick highlights - the full minutes of the meeting are still being prepared by the outgoing secretary but they may take a while to be fully collated.
The minutes of the last AGM were contested; the outgoing board's recollection of events differed significantly from that of other attendees at the 2005 AGM on two points relating to the election of Children's and Antidoping officers.
Reports were presented from the discipline coordinators for smallbore and airgun. Considerable heated debate took place over events that took place at the Nationals this year where it was felt by WTSC that the rules had been unfair to one of their shooters who would otherwise have made Irish shooting history by winning the overall, ladies and junior's titles in one match (instead she won the overall and the junior's titles, not being able to enter the ladies' match). An apology for the confusion over the rules was given by the NTSA board.
The PRO sent in a resignation letter, and after examination for libellous material, it was read out, with a clarification being made that the latter half of the letter did not relate to any shooter in particular.
The secretary gave a comprehensive and detailed report on correspondences and attendance at meetings and also on his efforts in the role of collegiate officer.
The paralympic officer sent a report in which was read out by the secretary and indicated a considerable body of work was being undertaken, but that the paralympic officer was unfortunately unable to volunteer again this year.
The chairman's report began by giving the sympathies of the NTSA to the family and friends of Paddy Ashe, a founding member of the NTSA. A minutes' silence was observed, both for Paddy and for those who had lost family and loved ones during the year.
Disappointment was expressed at the polarised situation that had built up in the NTSA over the past two years.
The loan to DRC to build a new 50m firing point was explained to the membership. The treasurers report indicated that the NTSA's finances have been somewhat depleted from approximately €18k to approximately €4k this year, and the NTSA share of the ISC grant has actually fallen from last year despite the ISC grant rising by 22% in the interim.
Ten minutes break was then observed. During this time, since several of the motions were dealt with by the outgoing committee through full reports on the areas being enquired into by the motions, WTSC withdrew motions 5,7,9,26,27,28,30,32,35,36,41,45,48,49,65,68, and 71.
Before the motions were discussed, it was acknowleged by the NTSA board that the WTSC motions were in fact the motions drafted and submitted by WTSC and not the motions of any one person in particular. This was later referred to by the board and by WTSC when it was demanded by an NTSA member that the person who drafted a motion be identified.
The Children's Policy motions were voted on and passed unanimously. Motions 18 through 22 were discussed, the questions therein answered by the board and the motions subsequently withdrawn by WTSC.
(Note that I don't have the precise order in which the following motions were considered; the full minutes will)
Motion 10 was amended to post the NTSA committee meeting minutes to the chairmen of all the affiliated NTSA clubs, voted on and passed.
Motion 56 was not debated extensively. Technical points on how the classification of smallbore shooters is done were made and the motion was withdrawn.
Motion 59 was voted on and passed.
Motion 61 was discussed extensively. Amendments were made to permit nominations from the floor on the day of the AGM if none had been made prior to this, and a vote was called but defeated by 4 votes.
Motions 1 and 2 saw debate on the fundamental purpose of the NTSA, but were then ruled out of order by the chairman.
Motion 23 was debated and saw heated exchanges. No vote was called due to time constraints. It was agreed at this point on the suggestion of WTSC to proceed with the election of officers and to return to the remainder of the motions in a further general meeting at a later date.
Officers were then elected.
- Liam Crawford was nominated by WTSC for Chairman and elected unanimously.
- The post of ViceChairman received no nominations, the outgoing vice-chairman retiring from the NTSA after a long and successful period in office.
- Anthony Corballis of UCD was elected as Treasurer, the outgoing treasurer retiring from the NTSA after an equally long and successful period in office.
- Mark Dennehy of WTSC was elected as secretary.
- Geoff Cooney of WTSC was elected as Air Rifle Coordinator.
- Kealan Symes of RRPC was elected as Target Rifle Coordinator.
- The post of Smallbore Pistol coordinator received no nominations.
- Ray Kane was elected as Fullbore Coordinator.
- The post of PRO received no nominations.
- Volunteers for some of those other posts were nominated and accepted at the meeting - Brendan Doherty of UCD was nominated as Collegiate officer and Marina Cunningham of WTSC was nominated as Children's Officer.
Those posts left vacant and other posts were agreed to see volunteers sought and co-opted to the board in the coming weeks.
This concluded the AGM. Since that point, a further volunteer, Brendan Byrne of RRPC, has been coopted to the post of Smallbore Pistol Coordinator, and most of the remaining posts have been taken up by board members pulling double duty. Thus, the current committee of the NTSA is as follows:
- Chairman, Development Officer: Liam Crawford
- Secretary, PRO: Mark Dennehy
- Treasurer, Fundraising Officer, Anti-doping Officer: Anthony Corballis
- Airgun Coordinator: Geoff Cooney
- Smallbore Rifle Coordinator: Kealan Symes
- Smallbore Pistol Coordinator: Brendan Byrne
- Fullbore Coordinator: Ray Kane
- Children's Officer: Marina Cunningham
- Collegiate Officer: Brendan Doherty
Contact details and photos are going up on the committee page, which is on the main menu to your left...
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Smallbore Rifle - May 2008
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