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AGM Overview
Notice of the Annual General Meeting for the Pedal Power Association is hereby given. Below further details regarding the AGM.
DATE: Monday, 30 September 2024
TIME: 18h00
RSVP: Click here to register
The AGM will be a virtual meeting and members will be invited to attend electronically. If anyone cannot access the virtual platform, please contact us. The Pedal Power Association will host the meeting using Zoom that will allow participants to connect remotely. Please Click Here to register to attend the AGM. Please note that you must be a paid-up Pedal Power Association member to attend and vote at the AGM.
If you have any questions to put forward to the Committee, please send them to info@pedalpower.org.za by Monday, 23 September 2024. We will then address these questions either beforehand if of a specific nature, or, if of a general nature, obtain the relevant facts in time for the meeting.
AGENDA
- Welcome
- Apologies
- Adoption of minutes of previous AGM
- CEO's report
- Election of Executive Committee members
- Chairman’s report
- Treasurer’s report
- Consideration and adoption of motions concerning the affairs of the Association of which due notice has been given
- Any other business
EXCO Committee nominations
Nine vacant positions on the committee become open at the AGM. In terms of clause 4.2 of the PPA Constitution, nomination of candidates for election to the Executive Committee shall be in writing, signed by the member as well as the proposer (both being paid-up members of the Association) and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate nominated, to be emailed to info@pedalpower.org.za no later than 16h00 on Monday, 23 September 2024. Only paid-up members of the Association may vote at the AGM in terms of clause 4.2.1 of the PPA constitution.
However, we urge members to submit nominations soonest so that they can be uploaded to the PPA website prior to the meeting, giving members sufficient time to consider such Nomination forms are available upon request from info@pedalpower.org.za. The Chairperson of the meeting may, in their sole discretion, allow nominees to the Committee to consent to their nomination at the meeting itself, if, in their opinion, there are special grounds therefore and provided the nomination was received timeously. This means that the Chairperson cannot accept a late nomination, only a late consent to a nomination. Voting cannot be done by proxy.
Here is an overview of what is expected of a PPA Executive Committee member:
• Be a paid up PPA member;
• Have a full understanding of the PPA constitution;
• Understand and accept the fiduciary responsibilities and duties required of a member of a governing body;
• Have a good working knowledge of the broad cycling environment;
• Possess a skill or qualification that can be used to the benefit of the cycling community at large and give input into creative ways to improve the environment for cycling;
• Be willing to serve for a term of two years;
• Be able to attend approximately 10 PPA meetings (after hours) per annum and attend at least 1 full day strategic review session;
• Be willing to serve on a subcommittee focussing on a particular aspect or initiative of PPA’s focus areas; and
• Accept that this is a voluntary position with no form of financial payment
Nominations for Executive Committee (2024 - 2026)
John Gale
Membership No: 84192
Nominated by Gordon Laing
"I am a keen road and mountain cyclist with more than 20 Cape Town Cycle Tours and 20 Cape Epics amongst numerous other races. I am a Chartered Accountant (SA) with 20 years’ experience working in commerce and industry, in an SME and entrepreneurial environment. Having served as Treasurer since November 2015 I have been able to identify areas where I can add value to the reporting, planning, and financial management of the organisation. My focus during my term would be to facilitate the financial reporting and associated management systems so as to enable meaningful and effective decisions regarding PPA’s strategic implementation of its key mandate to promote cycling."
Abbas Harris
Membership No: 209256
Nominated by Siegfried Heylen
"Being part of such a great organization such as PPA is indeed an honor for the past 6 years. Should I be elected again, my focus will continue to be on working inspired people to motivate youth using a bicycle as a tool. At Active Bodies Sports Development we have donated many bicycles to several high schools and primary schools focusing on the Cape Flats Athlone region, but the ongoing cycling programme is limited to the teacher's availability and at times, stolen or broken. We have established a Learn2Ride Centre based at Alexander Sinton High School for children ages 4-18 years that operates every Saturday morning with over 80 bicycles ranging from BMX, road bikes, mountain bikes, commuter bikes and little kiddies' bikes with training wheels. The service is free for over 120 kids that are either from the local orphanages, Hanover Park, Heideveld and surrounding communities. Learning the skill to ride a bike is fundamental in children's development and we see the benefits thereof. We also facilitate 50-80 youth every year with a training programme, access to bicycles, entries, cycling kit and an opportunity to cycle the most amazing Cape Town Cycle Tour. We have also registered Active Bodies with WP & Cycling South Africa with a focus on track cycling and now being the largest registered members of youth cycling. Working closely with PPA, I intend to continue to enable the youth with various cycling programmes with the intention of replicating the Learn2Ride Centre in many other communities where the youth from all ages can get free access to bicycles"
Henri van der Merwe
Membership No: 508126
Nominated by Gordon Laing
"I am passionate about the concept of cycling as an environmentally friendly an economical solution to improve mobility and to empower and improve societies and their environment. Projects like Bike4All excite and inspire me. I believe that motorist behaviour is a critical obstacle that needs to be addressed in order to encourage a utility cycling culture. I also believe that it is important to draw a distinction between the promotion of utility cycling and sport cycling, and that the latter does not necessarily serve the purposes of the former. I accept a nomination for re-election with the intent to be of service where I can and particularly to support the agenda of utility cycling."