The AERA has continued to work on a restructure and draft Constitution that will serve Australian endurance riding.
We have collated and discussed ALL comments received last year on the first consultation draft, and made changes as appropriate. The current Draft AERA Constitution is the version dated 2 October 2019.
The main differences between the proposed Constitution and structure and our existing Constitution and structure are:
The Division Associations (DAs) are members of the AERA under the proposed arrangements, making the AERA directly accountable to the DAs as its members. The DAs will be represented by delegates.
The AERA Management Committee has been reduced in size from up to 17 people to 8 people, which will be cheaper to run and result in more efficient meetings.
Essentially, the objectives of the AERA remain as they have always been:
* to be the national co-ordinating body for endurance riding in Australia
* to ensure consistency of the rules of the sport across all Division Associations
* to ensure consistency of accreditation of ride officials
* to supervise the annual Tom Quilty Gold Cup
* to liaise with relevant national and international groups
* to maintain a national database
* to negotiate and implement a national insurance package for the sport
Similarly, the objectives of the Division Associations remain:
* to process rider memberships and horse records
* to affiliate endurance rides and ensure they are conducted according to the rules
* to manage a ride calendar
* to process ride results and enter these into the national database
* to resolve disputes between members
* to encourage ongoing accreditation of ride officials and veterinarians
* to be the co-ordinating body for endurance within their area
Division Association Management Committees and members are invited to make comments on this draft until 8 November 2019. Please send your comments to Kim Moir, AERA Secretary at kim.moir@aera.asn.au
Please contact your AERA delegates with any questions.
AERA Constitution - Consultation Draft 2