POWA SGM for Constitution Amendment 5.0 – January 22nd

After our screening this Sunday, January 22nd 2023, POWA will hold a Special General Meeting in order to vote for or against a set of proposed amendments to the POWA Constitution. You must be an active POWA member to attend the meeting and vote in the motion, so be sure to check your membership is up to date before the end of the screening event.

This will be the only motion of the meeting, and the changes will not be discussed in detail, so if you wish to vote, please go over the changes prior to the start of the SGM. These changes are focused on POWA attempting to become an incorporated entity as outlined in the official document INC: A guide for incorporated associations in Western Australia.

The majority of changes were gone over in detail in a previous post. Since we asked for feedback from members on these changes, one additional amendment has been made to the final draft of Constitution 5.0. This change is outlined below.

This section on page 3 of the Constitution:

• 5. Special General Meetings
  • I. An extraordinary Special General Meeting outside of the quarterly meetings can be convened for any reason pertaining to club matters. The meeting may be called by either;
    i. The POWA Committee; or
    ii. 50% of POWA’s members.

Has been updated to:

• 5. Special General Meetings
  • I. An extraordinary Special General Meeting outside of the quarterly meetings can be convened for any reason pertaining to club matters. The meeting may be called by either;
    i. The POWA Committee;
    ii. A single member of the POWA Committee; or
    iii. 50% of POWA’s members.

For reference:
Constitution Version 4.2, which is POWA’s current Constitution
Constitution Version 5.0, which contains all proposed amendments and what we will be voting on in the SGM.

As always, feel free to reach out to the Committee if you have questions via Facebook, Discord, or email us at powaclub@gmail.com.