With the recent appointment of the Club General Manager, the Ranelagh Board is now able to focus on more high level strategic activities. The previous board headed by Lawrence Henderson produced a Strategy summary page with a Mission, Vision and 3 pillars being the 3 key areas of focus and the current Board have agreed to adhere to this Strategy and only tweak where necessary.
This year, and by the Articles of the Association the board consists of President, Treasurer, Secretary, 2 x Vice Presidents and 3 General Board members. Also, the various Board member portfolios have changed to align the activities with the three pillars of the Strategy the newly formed portfolios being Development, Membership and Future Funding. There will also be a Compliance and Risk Sub Committee to ensure good governance of the club. The allocated positions on the board are as follows: President – Peter Hook Overall responsibility of the club’s administration, Lead in overall development plan and guide each of the new subcommittees. Facilitate effective club management and committee meetings. Treasurer - Grant Snowden All matters relating to the Financial aspects of the Club Secretary and Chair of Compliance and Risk Committee – Ingrid Harvey Vice President, Future Funding Director (Chair) – Astrid Saint-John Vice President, Development Director – Geoff Aarons General Committee, Development Director (Chair) – Mark Dillon General Committee, Co- Membership Director – Stella McGahey General Committee, Co- Membership Director (Chair) – Arvind Sridharan In summary the role of the new portfolio: Development Committee is to identify and plan and implement the future Capital Works Developments of the RC site. Future Funding Committee is to identify new revenue streams and work with Development Committee as to how to fund projects and other future operational streams Membership Director to oversee the “bread and Butter” activities of Sailing, Tennis and Social but also be across all membership trends and feedback. The Board, working together with members, aims to communicate a proposed Site Masterplan by end July 2018. Peter Hook President |