I guess it's time for my 5 cts. First of all, a massive THANK YOU to Gina for all the time and effort she's been putting into the youth roll-offs/team! If there's anything that can still be done to help please let me know.
I (planning a trip oversees and not wanting it to clash) started calling TBAQ about the roll-offs around April. It was then a discussion point for the next meeting. That meeting didn't produce any answers and the roll-offs were likely be discussed in the following meeting. The only information I could get by the end of May (when I had to finalise my travel) was that the dates will be set for sometime "later in the year".
How TBAQ works (and TBA for that matter) is a mystery to me. To most bowlers, parents & other 'regular folks' I should think. I have often thought that more transparency would be beneficial. The answers I got to some of my questions in the past, even though corrct and seemingly answering my questions, did not carry any invitation to ask any further questions.
Would it be a good idea for the official bodies of our sport to publish a "this is how we do things and this is how you can get involved" manual? And then, kindly on Totalbowling - the information sent to centres doesn't seem to reach many of us.
As for the QTBA website, I might be terribly blond but I find it very difficult to find any concrete practical information there. As for the AGM, I can't say the rules are an invitation for participation. It states: "1.4. At any Annual General Meeting of this Association, any person being a TBA member in good standing may be permitted, with the approval of the Chairman, to attend such Meeting as an observer and such person shall not be permitted to speak at such Meeting without the permission of the Chairman and such person shall not be permitted to move, second or vote on any motion put before such Meeting."
If I was to make the effort, and I would, (5 hour drive etc.) it will be based on wanting to be involved and make a contribution, not on being kindly allowed to observe.
A by the way question: why do parents have to be TBA members in order to be able to be involved, contribute or even attend a meeting?
As for the youth sub-committee: if I read the by-laws correctly, the sub-committee would/should have been nominated and elected in the March AGM. I'm wondering why I wasn't reffered to the committee when I made my inquiries in April-May.
I (planning a trip oversees and not wanting it to clash) started calling TBAQ about the roll-offs around April. It was then a discussion point for the next meeting. That meeting didn't produce any answers and the roll-offs were likely be discussed in the following meeting. The only information I could get by the end of May (when I had to finalise my travel) was that the dates will be set for sometime "later in the year".
How TBAQ works (and TBA for that matter) is a mystery to me. To most bowlers, parents & other 'regular folks' I should think. I have often thought that more transparency would be beneficial. The answers I got to some of my questions in the past, even though corrct and seemingly answering my questions, did not carry any invitation to ask any further questions.
Would it be a good idea for the official bodies of our sport to publish a "this is how we do things and this is how you can get involved" manual? And then, kindly on Totalbowling - the information sent to centres doesn't seem to reach many of us.
As for the QTBA website, I might be terribly blond but I find it very difficult to find any concrete practical information there. As for the AGM, I can't say the rules are an invitation for participation. It states: "1.4. At any Annual General Meeting of this Association, any person being a TBA member in good standing may be permitted, with the approval of the Chairman, to attend such Meeting as an observer and such person shall not be permitted to speak at such Meeting without the permission of the Chairman and such person shall not be permitted to move, second or vote on any motion put before such Meeting."
If I was to make the effort, and I would, (5 hour drive etc.) it will be based on wanting to be involved and make a contribution, not on being kindly allowed to observe.
A by the way question: why do parents have to be TBA members in order to be able to be involved, contribute or even attend a meeting?
As for the youth sub-committee: if I read the by-laws correctly, the sub-committee would/should have been nominated and elected in the March AGM. I'm wondering why I wasn't reffered to the committee when I made my inquiries in April-May.