EQUESTRIAN QUEENSLAND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - NOTICE, VOTING, APPOINTMENTS & SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Nominations for the Equestrian Queensland (EQ) Board and the Sport Committees closed on Friday 10 February 2023. Elections are only held for the EQ Board and/or Sport Committees where the number of eligible nominations exceeds the number of vacancies.
Nominations for Show Horse Queensland exceeded the vacancies available and will be subject to an election.
Where there were insufficient nominations for the EQ Board and Sport Committees, appointments may be made to fill casual vacancies through consultation with the EQ Board and the relevant Sport Committees.
EQ Sport Committee Elections
Current members who are entitled to vote for Show Horse Queensland, as nominated at the time of their annual membership renewal are invited to vote for the elections of sport committees through the "Digital Ballot Paper" (please refer to EQ Constitution 46.2(b)).
Please indicate your selection, listing numerically in order of preference, for all nominees.
If you do not list a preference for all candidates your ballot will be deemed invalid.
i.e. 1 for your first preference, 2 for your second preference, 3 for your third preference and 4 for your fourth preference.
Show Horse Queensland Election
The following members have been nominated for election to be a representative of Show Horse Queensland (listed alphabetically). For each nominee's biography, click on the links below.
Voting for the Show Horse Queensland election will close at 4:30pm on Monday 20 March 2023.
Further details on the Voting Process are available below.
Elections Unopposed
Equestrian Queensland Board
The following member has been nominated to be a Director on the Board of Equestrian Queensland and will be elected unopposed at the AGM.
- Karim Cham
EQ Sport Committees
DRIVING QUEENSLAND
The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Driving Queensland and will be elected unopposed at the AGM.
- Corby Cunnington
- Fiona Strachan
DRESSAGE QUEENSLAND
The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Dressage Queensland and will be elected unopposed at the AGM.
- Kristy Battista
- Sally Devlin
EVENTING QUEENSLAND
The following member has been nominated to be a representative of Eventing Queensland and will be elected unopposed at the AGM.
- Kirani Heeremans
VAULTING QUEENSLAND
The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Vaulting Queensland and will be elected unopposed at the AGM.
- Karen Foran
- Lily Tamai
JUMPING QUEENSLAND
The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Jumping Queensland.
- Hayley Somerset
- Lyndal Roos
- Terri Langdon
In consultation with nominees, the Jumping Queensland committee and the Board of Equestrian Queensland the following appointments will be ratified at the EQ AGM.
Hayley Somerset will be appointed to Jumping Queensland to fill a casual vacancy for a two year term.
Lyndal Roos will be elected to Jumping Queensland at the AGM for three year term.
Terri Langdon will be elected to Jumping Queensland at the AGM for a three year term.
INTERSCHOOL QUEENSLAND
The following members have been nominated to be a representative of Interschool Queensland.
- Nicole Doogue
- Patrick Lowe
- Sarah Hoolihan
In consultation with nominees, the Interschool Queensland committee and the Board of Equestrian Queensland the following appointments will be ratified at the EQ AGM.
Nicole Doogue will be elected to Interschool Queensland at the AGM for a three year term.
Patrick Lowe will be elected to Interschool Queensland at the AGM for three year term.
Sarah Hoolihan will be appointed to Interschool Queensland to fill a casual vacancy for a two year term.
AGM Special Resolution
The EQ AGM Agenda includes a Special Resolution with recommendation by the Board of Equestrian Queensland to confer Honorary Life Membership to any member of Equestrian Queensland that has represented Australia at a World Equestrian Games/Championships who is not already recognised as an Honorary Life Member of the association.
Voting on the Special Resolution will be conducted by ‘’Digital Ballot Paper” at the AGM on 22 March 2023.
AGM Details & Register to Attend
The EQ AGM will be held:
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Sports House, Cnr Caxton and Castlemaine Street, Milton and via Zoom (link to be provided prior to AGM)
All members wishing to attend the AGM must register to attend either in person or via Zoom.
Members who are unable to attend the AGM are permitted to appoint a proxy to vote on the Special Resolution by completing the form below:
The form must be received by 4:30pm Monday 20 March 2023 via [email protected] or by post Sports House, Suite 1.05, 150 Caxton Street, Milton QLD 4064.
If you do not have access to the internet and would like to vote, please contact the office on (07) 3891 6611 or email [email protected] and this will be provided to you.
All information including the EQ AGM Agenda and the voting process can be found below.
Show Horse Queensland Election
Voting Process via your MyEA Member Portal login
Voting will be conducted through a ‘Digital Ballot Paper’ through the MyEA Member Portal using your unique EA member number and password.
Please indicate your selection, listing numerically in order of preference, for all nominees.
If you do not list a preference for all candidates your ballot will be deemed invalid.
i.e. 1 for your first preference, 2 for your second preference, 3 for your third preference and 4 for your fourth preference.
Voting and Closing Date
Members have until 4.30pm Monday 20 March 2023 to submit their vote/s in preparation for the AGM.
TO RE-SET YOUR ACCOUNT PASSWORD
- Access the MyEA Member Portal by clicking on the link or button above.
- Enter your EA Member Number
- Then click on Forgot your password?
- An email with your password will be sent to your registered email address with EQ
- If your email address has changed or you don't receive the email with your password, please contact the EQ team on 07 3891 6611 or email [email protected]