Multiple Australian cycling clubs have lodged formal documentation with AusCycling in an attempt to trigger a special general meeting, bringing to a head plans and discussions that have been in the works for a number of months amid evident discontent among at least some of the organisation’s member clubs.
The resolutions have come to the fore in a time of falling membership, volunteer strain, rising costs and with clubs raising concerns over the junior pathway. They call for change right to the top of the organisation, specifically the removal of the AusCycling Chair, Craig Bingham, and Chief Executive Officer, Marne Fechner.
One emanates from the Midland Cycle Club and includes the resolutions for a vote on the removal of the Chair and CEO, and there is another from Canberra Cycling Club – which includes resolutions on the election of Chloe Hosking as a director and also a members’ expression of support for the former professional cyclist to be appointed as Chair. After discussions with multiple sources close to the process, Cyclingnews understands from those driving the submissions that both requests were lodged with AusCycling in February, with more than enough clubs signing and returning the forms to cross the 5% of vote threshold that triggers a meeting under the Australian Corporations Act.
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