DCUK proposes constitutional reform
At the recent meeting of the DCUK Board of Trustees, it was agreed that a proposal that had been presented by the WGUK Board would be put to the membership for consideration. The proposal involves a re-organisation of the charity to provide greater representation for the winter guards. At the recent meeting of the DCUK Board of Trustees, it was agreed that
a proposal that had been presented by the WGUK Board would be put to
the membership for consideration. The proposal involves a
re-organisation of the charity to provide greater representation for
the winter guards.
At the moment only drum corps may be members of DCUK and have voting
rights at General Meetings. The name of the Charity will be changed.
Although a name has not yet been decided, this will only really affect
dealings with The Charity Commission and other similar business. DCUK
will then elect its own Board of six members, in the same way as WGUK
recently elected its own Board.
In each case a member of the respective Judging season will sit on the
DCUK and WGUK Board. The Chairman, Deputy Chairman and the Judges
Representative will all then sit on the main charity Board along with
the Charity Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Treasurer - all of whom would
be elected by the whole membership.
The result of having two separate boards, each devoted to a specific
aspect of the activity is to allow greater autonomy and accountability
to the summer and winter activities and to allow the winter activity
fair representation in the management of the organisation.
DCUK Chairman, Gavin Johnson, commented: "This is an exciting time for
DCUK, the Charity, and this reform will give each aspect of our
organisation much better control over how they run their respective
seasons."
The proposal will be presented to, and voted on, at the Annual General
Meeting, which has been brought forward to 22nd October, in order to
accommodate time for the changes to take place prior to the start of
the Winterguard season. (Text: dcuk.org.uk)
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