This is an update from the 6th Board Meeting, held on Thursday 10 February 2022.
- The Board reviewed and approved the following selection policies for 2022 Asian Championships:
- MAG Snr & Jnr
- WAG Jnr
- RG Snr & Jnr
- The Board reviewed and approved the updates to the following policies:
- P003 Bursary Policy
- P013 Media & Communication Policy
- P028 Annual Awards Policy
- P029 Refund Policy.
- P038 Volunteer Management Policy
- The Board reviewed and approved the Life Membership application for Mr Sng Puay Liang, nominated by Prime Gymnastics and seconded by Trampoline Singapore.
- The Board reviewed the new Fitter for Life programme and the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gymnastics Australia. The “Fitter for Life” is a fun fundamental movement programme for older participants that allows them a social opportunity to exercise in a safe environment, with the aim to help improve their mobility, strength, and coordination; with activities in these classes catering for everyone’s needs.
- The financial statement as of the 31 December 2021 were presented and the forecast continues to indicate that SG are within budget, with a forecasted deficit of approximately $6k which is an improvement vs the budgeted deficit of $18k.
- The Board ratified the 2022 Appeals Tribunal comprising the following personnel who will be responsible for reviewing any selection policy appeals:
- Mr Chai San Gan (Chair) – former 1st Vice President of the MC
- Ms Lim Siew Kuan – former MC Member and Lawyer
- Mr Kang Kim Yang – former MC Member and Lawyer
- Mr Choy Kah Kin – former President of the MC
- Mr Hoe Wah Toon – Chairman of the Athletes Commission
- The Board approved that all National Team travel is to be deferred in 2022 unless the tour is to:
- Major Games approved and managed by SNOC,
- Asian Championships,
- Key events selected by SG where athletes are attending to achieve Major Games qualifying scores and the destination offers a VTL,
- FIG sanctioned events identified by SG where the destination offers a VTL.
These recommendations will be re-evaluated between July – August 2022 regarding National Team travel for the last quarter of 2022.
- Ho Mun Wai was appointed as a general member to the Governance Sub-committee.
- The Board discussed and evaluated the fundraising activities for FY22/23 with the following activities being planned:
- Digital Auction
- Mass Participation – Singapore record for the 'Most Cartwheels Performed by A Group in X Hours, across multiple venues' which will be scheduled at the same time as National Gymnastics Day on 17 September 2022.
- Golf Charity Event
- Development of an SG mascot and merchandise range.
- The Board will also look into the benefits and risk of digital collectibles or NFTs as a recurring fundraising revenue sourc
- The Directors discussed a Board evaluation process and plan with the following outcomes:
- Conduct a board evaluation survey in March 2022 that the Governance Committee will develop, compile, analyse, and report back the results with recommendations to the Board for action in April 2022.
- The Governance Sub-committee to develop an ongoing Board evaluation plan that will be implemented from FY22/23.
- The next Board meeting was held on 10 March 2022 and an update will follow soon.