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What: Meeting - Cairns Taipans Inc
When: Feb 14th, 2009 6.30pm, please be there by 615pm.
Where: Cairns Convention Centre - Whart Street end of the building. Meetings rooms 1 & 2

SNAKES ALIVE!!!
Feb 13th, 2009
By Denis Donaghy

G’day, and congratulations to all Syndicate members and Foundation members. Late Wednesday afternoon (Feb 11th) we were advised we were the successful bidder for the Taipans licence and other assets.

We now need to call a meeting at the Convention Centre on Saturday 14th February to arrive at a decision to incorporate Cairns Taipans Inc. We anticipate the meeting will start at 6.30pm, and we ask interested Foundation & syndicate members to start arriving about 6.10pm to register. Board positions will be honorary.

We think the make-up of the Board should possess the following skills; Legal expertise/accounting expertise/Basketball administration expertise/Marketing expertise/ General Business expertise/grass roots level basketball experience and if possible someone with elite level coaching experience to provide support and direction to coaching and administration staff with player management/recruiting and scouting.

We are now calling for applications from interested parties, so if you would like to be considered for a board position please have a brief of why you should be considered ready for us to post online (see links to forms below), together with the names of a nominator and seconder.

Positions to be elected are President, Treasurer, Secretary plus two Committee members. We propose to have 2 other positions on the Board, one to be selected by the Board to represent grass roots basketball in the region, and a nominee of the Major Sponsors to be elected by the Major Sponsors (we will determine cut off value for Major Sponsor list as we sign off agreements with the Major Sponsors).

For those supporters who have joined a syndicate (or were joined to a
syndicate) we will provide seating so you can meet, and appoint a
representative to vote (each syndicate will get one vote, just as the
Foundation members get one vote each).

Agenda - Cairns Taipans Inc - Feb 14th 6.30pm
1. Welcome and explanation of purpose of meeting
2. Explanation of voting (Foundation members/Syndicates)
3. Vote to apply for incorporation
4. Vote on who should be nominated for the purpose of applying for incorporation
5. Vote on President, Secretary and Treasurer and 2 committee members of the organisation pending incorporation. Those holding those positions will transition to those roles in the incorporated body.
6. Vote on adding to the Board following incorporation, a member to represent the grass roots of FNQ community basketball, and a position for a member to be elected by Major Sponsors to represent the Major sponsors interests
7. General Business (explanation of where to from here)


w Click here for a Board position nomination form
w Click here for proxy if you can't attend meeting
w Click here to view nominees with brief bios

Cheers
DD
(Denis Donaghy - President Cairns Basketball)

w Feb 14: Odds firm for Taipans - TCP
w Feb 13: Snakes Alive - Meeting - STT
w Feb 12: Snakes confidence up! - TCP
w Feb 11: Syndicate 15 still open! - STT
w Feb 11: Taipans brave Breakers - TCP
w Feb 10: Offer made for Snakes' - TCP
w Feb 10: Snakes Image Gallery - TCP
w Feb 10: Keep it in the Community - NBL
w Feb 10: Injury woes for Cook - TCP
w Feb 09: Losing Cairns - Joyce - TCP
w Feb 09: Message from DD - STT
w Feb 09: Taipans bid gains strength- TCP
w Feb 09: Taipans fall short on court- TCP
w Feb 09: Taipans scorched, not finished
w Feb 08: Heal Ideal Farewell - NBL
w Feb 07: Blaze take down Taipans -NBL
w Feb 07: Taipans v Blaze - Boxscore
w Feb 07: NBL Audio - Joyce & Heal
w Feb 07:
NBL Audio - Coach Beecroft
w Feb 07:
142 Snakes, 13+ Syndicates!
w Feb 06: Taipans Cleared to Play - TCP
w Feb 05:
Council May Pay Rent - TCP
w Feb 05:
Crocs - Taipans Rivalry
w Feb 05:
'Taipans Break Spirit' - TCP
Feb 05:
'Cat' inspires Taipans' - NBL
Feb 04: Taipans Go Federal! - (PDF)
w Feb 03: 'Long way from Target' - TCP
w Feb 03: 'Time to repay Taipans' - TCP
w Jan 31: 'Fans Pledge Support' - TCP
w Jan 31: NBA Star Andrew Bogut says..
w Jan 30: Save Our Snakes - TCP
w Jan 29: Taipans Open Letter - (PDF)

 

For General Enquiries: email Denis Donaghy at dd@destinationcairns.com.au or admin@cairnsbasketball.com. Or call Denis on 0417 721 772 or the Cairns Basketball office on (+61) 7 4041 2145. All messages will be answered.