From:	Arthur, Bruce
Sent:	Thursday, 16 June 2011 5:47 PM
To:	'Geoff Hudson'; Barry Giles; Ian Greenwood; Margi Freemantle; Margi 
Freemantle; Ian Stirling; Debbie & Ian Dodd; John Sheahan; Bruce 
Arthur; Blair Trewin; Wally
Cc:	craigfeuerherdt@gmail.com; ruthg@netspace.net.au; 
voa@netspace.net.au; 'evan barr'; 'Don Fell'
Subject:	RE: Motion for submission to the VOA Council Meeting - July 2011
Attachments:	Motion 1 - Move Park-Street Orienteering to a Cost-Centre 
Structure.docx

Hi Everyone,

Thankyou for the opportunity to attend a constructive meeting last Friday.  I think that people got a 
better understanding of Orienteering Victoria finances and the services that are provided to all 
members.  We need to all take ownership of this and ensure that members understand this better.  I 
also thought that we reached a good compromise to allow Geoff to trial some new ideas but still within 
the structured organisation of the Park & Street Committee and Orienteering Victoria.

However, my interpretation of the outcomes of Friday’s meeting was different to what Geoff 
suggests in his motion.  My understanding was that any changes would be trialled in Geoff’s 
experimental series first and then reviewed prior to further consideration.

An alternate motion that is more in line with my understanding of the agreements reached is as 
follows:
It is moved that an experimental Park-Street Orienteering Series be run as a Cost-Centre – 
responsible for setting its own fees and charges, managing its own promotion and development 
and providing financial reporting and dividends to its stakeholders. This means that for this 
experimental series, the OV levy component (but not OA component) would be waived, but 
instead OV be one of the stakeholders that would share in any profits. A review would be 
conducted by Orienteering Victoria Council at the conclusion of the series to evaluate success.  If 
this proves successful then wider implementation will be considered.


I feel that this motion has a much better chance of approval with the Council but still provides the 
opportunity for what we agreed last Friday to go ahead.
Clubs need to consider that any decision that has an impact on levy income will need to be 
compensated by either a substantial decrease in services from OV, or alternatively an increase to 
membership fees or club affiliation fees.  My above suggested motion should be possible without any 
significant impact.  However the financial implications of Geoff’s motion 1 are un-costed and my 
concern is that this could have major impacts.

Other cost centres would also not be considered until after a review of the experiment/pilot.

Kind Regards
Bruce Arthur 
President Orienteering Victoria 
H 03 9481 8191 
M 0458 391 261 
E brucearthur1@bigpond.com 
W http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au 


From: Geoff Hudson [mailto:geoff.hudson@gmail.com]  
Sent: Wednesday, 15 June 2011 12:09 AM 
To: Barry Giles; Ian Greenwood; Margi Freemantle; Margi Freemantle; Ian Stirling; Debbie & Ian 
Dodd; John Sheahan; Bruce Arthur; Blair Trewin; Wally 
Subject: Motion for submission to the VOA Council Meeting - July 2011

At the meeting on Friday evening, I was asked to draft the motion or motions arising 
from the meeting.

I believe the attached paper summarises the key issue.

I'd appreciate your comments/feedback - there is little point putting up a motion if it is 
likely to be defeated. This would send us all back to square 1.

Please REPLY ALL with feedback.

Geoff