NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of Yachting South Australia Incorporated 

Yachting South Australia (YSA) has called a Special General Meeting to be held at 6:30pm on 6^th March 2023 at the SA Sports Federation, Military Road, West Beach.

The purpose of the meeting is for Member Clubs to vote on a proposal to voluntarily cancel the registration of the YSA Inc as an Incorporated Association. If passed, YSA will be replaced by a South Australian Regional Advisory Committee (RAC), a committee of Australian Sailing. 

In 2016, YSA and all other Member Yachting Associations (MYA’s) agreed to move towards a new governance structure model under the banner of “One Sailing”. This was done to strengthen the national governance framework of the sport, reduce duplication, create more efficient management/ organisational structure and develop closer relationships with Clubs and Classes. 

YSA believes it no longer needs to exist as a separate legal entity, which will further streamline and strengthen the governance structure of sailing, both here in South Australia and nationally. This proposal follows other MYA’s who have recently deregistered- YNSW (2018), YTAS (2020) and YVIC (2022).

The proposed change of structure should have minimal impact on clubs. It is intended to be a logical step in simplifying the governance framework of sailing. The YSA board initially raised this topic at the Club Conference in June 2022 and has been regularly communicating with clubs and classes, including a subsequent briefing at the AGM September last year. The YSA board met on 6^th March and resolved to call a Special General Meeting for clubs to vote on the proposal to deregister.

CLICK HERE for the Notice of the Special General Meeting which will commence at 6:30pm on 6^th March 2023 at the SA Sports Federation, Military Road, West Beach.

Supporting Documents:
1. Explanatory Memorandum (appendix 1)
2. South Australian Regional Advisory Committee Charter (appendix 2)
3. Asset transfer principles (appendix 3)
4. Yachting South Australia financials- as at 31 January, 2023 (appendix 4)
5. Country voting forms (appendix 5)

To assist in planning we ask Delegates to register for the meeting: REGISTER HERE

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either myself, members of the YSA board or Kylie Baker at Australian Sailing.

  
Regards,

Kirsty Dunn
President, Yachting South Australia Inc