AFA members are cordially invited to the 2010 AFA Annual General Meeting being held in Cairns (venue to be announced) on Saturday 27th November 2010 at 2pm.

The Agenda is published here..2010 Agenda

The day after the AGM we will have a friendly dive in nearby Lake Eacham, a beautiful lake on the Atherton Tableland and the site of this year's Diversworld Australian Freedive Championships.

Nominations for Committee Positions

Ahead of the AGM, the AFA offers the opportunity to members who wish to be part of the Committee, to put forward their candidacy. Please note that any fully paid-up member can nominate for any position on the Committee.

The list of Committee positions is:

President

Treasurer

Membership Officer / Secretary

Website Officer

Media Officer

Safety Officer

Technical and AIDA Liaison Officer

Sponsorship Officer

Clubs Officer

Competitions Officer

As a paid up member of the AFA, you are invited to stand for any post in the Committee.

If you would like to stand for any of the positions on the Committee, please send in a couple of paragraphs in a summary of why you want to stand, what you can offer the AFA and your background experience to committee@australianfreediving.org by midnight Friday November 5th 2010. After this time only nominations for uncontested positions can be accepted.

Once the nominations are collected a list of nominees will be emailed to members. In the event where more than one nomination is received for a Committee position, a vote will be undertaken by email. This will be controlled by an independent third party, details of how to vote will be sent out after nominations close.

Members will be invited to vote for candidates from midnight Saturday November 6th 2010 until midnight Saturday November 20th 2010. The results of the vote will be announced at the AGM on November 27th 2009.

A list of the Committee roles and responsibilities is included below.

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

List of Committee Roles and Responsibilities

President

• Responsible for organising Committee and AGM.
• Casting voting when the vote is tied at Committee meetings.
• To chair any meetings of the AFA.
• Direct and support the AFA Committee in achieving the goals of the AFA.

Treasurer

• Holder and administrator of all AFA funds for the benefit of the AFA.
• Shall keep proper books and records of all sums received and expended on behalf of the AFA.
• Produce a Statement of Financial Performance and Statement of Financial Position on an annual basis, which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the AFA and sufficient to explain its transactions.
• Shall arrange for all AFA funds and securities to be kept on deposit with a bank or banks approved by the Committee by Committee decision, and shall maintain a current account or accounts upon which cheques or other orders may be signed by any two Committee officers.
• Issue receipts for membership fees and other monies received.
• Organise signatories for the bank account mandate ensuring there are always two signatories.

Membership Officer / Secretary

• Maintain a current list of member with their detail and do all pertaining to membership including membership cards and updating the membership database for the Website usage.
• Shall take minutes of all committee meetings.
• Send out letters on behalf of the AFA.

Website Officer

• Add/ edit the content of the AFA website and any associated forums.
• Back up the AFA website on a regular basis.
• Maintain the security of the AFA website.

Media Officer

• Develop and maintain contacts with the diving and freediving community.
• Create and/or edit AFA publications to be made to the media.
• Respond to media requests for any information relating to freediving.
• Liaising between press/media and AFA members who they wish to contact.

Safety Officer

• Shall be responsible for all aspects of safety, including but not limited to:
- Develop and maintain safety guidelines for AFA individual members.
- Develop and maintain safety guidelines for AFA clubs.
- Develop and maintain safety guidelines for AFA competitions.
- Develop and maintain safety guidelines for Australian record attempts.
- Develop and maintain the risk assessments for AFA pool and open water activities.

Technical and AIDA Liaison Officer

• Be the central point of contact for all communication with AIDA.
• Liaise with the membership to gather comments regarding AIDA International issues.
• To be the international figurehead for the AFA.
• Maintain a record of AFA judges.
• Maintain a list of current Australian records.
• With respect to new record attempts, ensure compliance with the AFA National Record Rules.
• Propose and present any changes to the AFA Records Rules to the Committee for approval.
• The Technical and AIDA Liaison Officer must have experience with AIDA rules and regulations and be an AIDA Judge, or have previously competed in an AIDA event.

Sponsorship Officer

• Develop and maintain connections with businesses and organisations which sponsor the Australian team.
• Actively seek new sponsorship opportunities for Australian freediving and the Australian team.
• Liaise with team members and potential sponsors to ensure duties agreed with the sponsor are carried out fully and in line with the agreement.

Clubs Officer

• Shall build the clubs network.
• Shall liaise with all affiliated Clubs.
• Shall ensure that all affiliated Clubs members are AFA members.
• Shall inform the committee of any help or equipment needed by the Clubs.

Competitions Officer

• To organise any AFA run competitions.
• To be a resource for members in running their own competitions.
• To be responsible for team training.
• To be responsible for team fulfilment of AIDA requirements.
• To ensure international competition representation.
• Maintain a record of competition entrants and results.