Inaugural Meeting of the Council

The new BASES Council is now in place…

In October 2004 BASES held its first ever Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and it was unanimously voted to accept the proposal submitted by the Executive Committee to restructure the management of BASES by establishing two groups, a Strategic Management Team (SMT) and a Council, to replace the existing Executive Committee. The streamlined strategically focused SMT took office straight away and comprises the Executive Officer, Chair, Secretary and Treasurer (and Chair Elect when in post). The role of the SMT involves strategic management, representing the interests of BASES, decision-making, etc.

The role of the Council is to provide assistance to the SMT in line with the Association's mission and corporate plan. It has taken slightly longer than the SMT to get up and running. This has been mainly due to the fact that despite several approaches and an open invite to apply, the SMT has been unable to appoint an appropriate President to head up the Council. At a recent SMT meeting it was decided that as an interim measure it made sense for the outgoing Chair, Prof Craig Mahoney to take the helm. Already in place were the Chairs of the three Divisions and the Chair of the Student Advisory Group. Following an open recruitment process to individuals were co-opted into the Council. Gaynor Heys works in the sports retail and manufacturing industry and brings to the Council considerable management skills. Will Calvert is the Head of Finance at UK Sport and has considerable experience as a finance director and general manager. Matters discussed at the meeting included the role of the Council, a membership recruitment drive and marketing and communications.

Members of the Council are as follows:

• Prof Craig Mahoney, Acting President
• Dr Claire Hitchings (nee Palmer), BASES Executive Officer
• Dr Rhys Thatcher, Division of Education and Professional Development, Chair
• Dr John Buckley, Division of Physical Activity for Health, Chair
• Prof Kevin Thompson, Division of Sport and Performance, Chair
• Tamsin Frost, Student Advisory Group, Chair
• Gaynor Heys, Grays International
• Will Calvert, UK Sport.