January 25, 2010 – The Board of Directors of the Ontario Cycling Association is seeking individuals who would be interested in applying for the Club Liaison position on the board. This position is currently vacant and will be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term – ending March 2011. At that point the position will be up for election.

Description of the position:
The Club Liaison shall have the responsibility for the Corporations club program and shall oversee the annual Club Presidents Meeting; and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be established by the board.

If you are interested please submit a brief Bio or a resume for consideration by the board of directors.

Please send this to board by email to: board@ontariocycling.org

Deadline for applications – 5:00pm – February 1, 2010

OCA Seeks Mountain Bike Official
In 1999 the association engaged the services of a lawyer to assist in rewriting the very out of date bylaws that governed the association. The new bylaws were implemented and the core structure has proven itself over the past 10 years and with minor adjustments will suffice for the next few years. One of the key changes has been the complexity of issues and the challenges of recruiting board members to manage large volunteer committees. Even with a core group of volunteers it has been difficult to fill all of the roles on various committees. This has been observed across virtually all sport organizations – volunteer time is in short supply.

To fill in gaps the staff on the operational side of the association began looking to both historical practices and policies to guide them. It became obvious to our board and management team that the path forward lay in establishing general policy and the staff working within those policies and that the committees operate on a program basis with accountability through staff to the board. One of the great features of a policy style board is that the board is focused on strategic goals that in turn are used by the staff and committees on the operational side. This allows the board to attract a wide range of members with a cross section of business and cycling experience to enhance the governance of the organization.

The transition of the board from a working board began a few years ago and although it remains a bit of a hybrid the first steps were taken to implement key changes over this past winter. This included adding a “member at large” on the board and the formation of three program committees:

The board is actively recruiting qualified volunteers interested in applying for the remaining position on the officials committees – Mountain Bike Official .

Please submit a short bio or resume stating your experience by February 5, 2010 to this email – board@ontariocycling.org

Role of the committee: Officials Committee – develop, evaluate and assign Commissaires.

Composition of the committee: General member, balance is comprised of representatives from road, mtb and BMX officials.

Please click here for further information on the new Program Committees.