English Coaches .......... vote for Team England Structure

[speedingbullet]

English coaches, you are invited to select one of the following options for how decisions are made relating to Team England.

Option A: Captain – A captain is elected and is the sole decision maker
Option B: Committee – A committee is elected (4 people + the Captain) and they are the decision makers
Option C: Unstructured – A window exists each year within which community members can table votes that add to / change the way Team England Operates, we are all the decision makers for every change

To vote, send a PM to TeamEnglandAdmin with your NAF Name and choice of either Option A, or Option B or Option C.

Please choose one option only and only one vote will be accepted from each English coach.

The vote will run until 6pm on Sunday August the 12th.

I will count the votes and sann0638 has kindly agreed to audit the count for us.

The relative merits of the options have been discussed on other threads, in particular the Structure thread. Please refer to the other threads before posting questions here.

The first job of the new decision maker(s) will be to draft a new Charter for acceptance or rejection by community vote. There will be no change to the way Team England operates until a new Charter is accepted. Changes will not impact on the team selection for EuroBowl/EurOpen 2018 in Cardiff.

If Option B is selected then committee members will be elected by the community in the weeks following the count on August the 12th. Details of how the committee works would be set out in the new Charter, for example 1 year terms or 2 year terms etc.

Please take the time to vote.

Note: To be eligible to vote on Team England matters you must be English and have played at least one NAF Tournament in the last 12 months

[TeamEnglandAdmin]

English coaches, please PM me with your NAF Name and your vote

[Pipey]

Thanks for setting this up.

One thought - is it worth asking voters to PM their NAF name / some other identifier along with their choice, so it is clear they are indeed an English voter?

[Purplegoo]

Thanks for setting this up.

One thought - is it worth asking voters to PM their NAF name / some other identifier along with their choice, so it is clear they are indeed an English voter?

Indeed. To have a say on TE matters, voters must be English and have played a NAF tournament in the previous 12 months (2017 vote). Including a NAF name will help track all that.

[TeamEnglandAdmin]

Top post updated with eligibility requirements

[speedingbullet]

11 votes are already in and all 3 options have received support. Thanks for the early interest and keep those votes coming.

[Pipey]

Sounds good. Will this also be tweeted, facebooked etc. to spread the word?

[lunchmoney]

Who has control of the Team England twitter account?

[Purplegoo]

Who has control of the Team England twitter account?

Anyone who has been on the team since it's inception has had the password, but generally the captain or designated helper controls the social media between EBs. I think Joe has been the most active over the past couple / three years, so perhaps he can give the accounts a bump when he sees this.

[lunchmoney]

Perhaps a job for the new person/persons in charge would be to appoint a media person

[Joemanji]

Sounds good. Will this also be tweeted, facebooked etc. to spread the word?

Done.

[Pipey]

Thanks Joe

[Leipziger]

Thanks for sorting this, Jim. Vote submitted.

[Lycos]

As Alex, thanks for sorting, vote in.

[TeamEnglandAdmin]

Just under 1 week to go, the vote closes at 6pm on Sunday the 12th.

22 people have already voted, thanks to all. If you are reading this and haven't yet voted then please do express your preference by voting.

To vote, just PM me with your NAF name and choice of Option A or Option B or Option C.

Note: To be eligible to vote you must be English and have played at least 1 NAF sanctioned tourney in the last 12 months.