SINGAPORE - National track and field body Singapore Athletics passed a host of amendments to its constitution on Monday night, after a"robust" five-hour extraordinary general meeting .One is the move to keep proceedings in management committee meetings confidential; currently, members can inspect them if they give one week's notice to SA's honorary secretary
Sources told The Straits Times that a disagreement over voting procedures was the reason for the non-resolution. SA's constitution states that alteration or deletions to the charter can be passed only"with consent of two-thirds of voting members present". Separately, he also said that a proposed new criteria for affiliated membership - namely that clubs must align their constitutions with that of SA's and submit their annual reports, general meeting minutes and financial reports to the NSA - was removed. Some clubs had felt the proposal was unnecessary, given that they are already required to submit the documents to the Registry of Societies.
Tang had told ST on Sunday that"most of the proposed amendments are made in accordance" with guidelines from SportSG, the requirements of the Registry of Societies and the Commissioner of Charities.