Question from Sarah Sowman:

Thank you for the information provided with regard to options and requirements for our replacement lower north island venue. Greatly appreciated.

  For clarity, please can you advise ...

 Is the information around the working group terms of reference etc (as described on page 6 of the July edition of NZ Dog World ) printed to explain the previous arrangements that were in place - or is a new working group to be established?

  Otherwise is there to be no working group, and do individual members / clubs investigate possible venue scenarios?

 

A: The Terms of Reference that were published were the original ones, intended to show readers the thoroughness of the instructions that were given to the Working Group, and for the information of anyone who wanted to make any new suggestions.

The Working Group was disestablished by the outgoing Executive Council, at my request, and if any new suggestions are received that meet the specifications set out in the ToR, the current EC will form a new one or reconstitute parts of the former one.

The article series appearing in the Dog World starting this month will explain the stage that has been reached.  Simply stated, it is that the search for a venue has been unsuccessful and is effectively over, but if any suggestions that merit examination are received, they will be considered. 

Please be mindful that a major problem over the whole of the lower NI is the absence of any centre that has enough active dog people to provide the pool of volunteers needed to sustain activity at a venue that we own.  That’s not the only consideration that counted against the options that were considered and declined, but it applied to all of them and looks likely to apply to anywhere.