Archives for October 2014

As a result of feedback received from players about the proposed voting process for the new UKBGF board, a number of changes have been made.  The final amended process is described below.

As previously announced, following the success of the 2014 UK Open the current UKBGF board feel that the time is right to move to a 100% elected federation. We want the UKBGF to be fully democratic and to be owned and represented by its members. The new UKBGF Board will decide the future constitution of the organisation, membership criteria, dues and all other aspects of the UKBGF although it is initially envisaged that the first elected board will sit for two years. The following process and timetable will be used to elect the new UKBGF board…
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Following the success of the 2014 UK Open the current UKBGF board feel that the time is right to move to a 100% elected federation. We want the UKBGF to be fully democratic and to be owned by and represented by its members. The new UKBGF Board will decide the future direction of the organisation, membership criteria, dues and all other aspects of the UKBGF. We are proposing the following process and timetable…

Proposed Process

6th October to 19th October: Feedback on the proposed voting process.
19th – 28th October: Voting process finalised in light of comments received.
29th October: Final process emailed to mailing lists and posted online.
29th October to 9th November: Self-nominations submitted.
14th November to 14th December: Voting.
15th December: Voting Closes. Results announced.

We currently propose that anyone may self-nominate to be a member of the board.

To nominate yourself you need to submit answers to the following 5 questions (each answer may be no longer than 500 words).
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