Background

Skate Australia, founded in 1962, is the National Sporting Organisation for Skate Sports in Australia. Skate Australia is recognised by the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Olympic Committee and the International Federation, World Skate.

Working in partnership with affiliated State Skating Associations, Skate Australia brings together the diverse and active skating Disciplines of artistic, inline downhill, inline freestyle, inline hockey, inline speed, rink hockey, roller derby, roller freestyle and skateboarding (downhill, street luge, vert, park and street).

To support the execution of key strategic priorities, Skate Australia is committed to securing and maintaining a balanced, skilled and diverse Board to represent the Members, Skate Sports communities and their interests.

About the Board Nominations Committee

Skate Australia operates a Board Nominations Committee which is a formal sub-committee of the Board with the purpose to ensure that there is a robust approach to Board governance matters, identify and assess candidates to fill Director vacancies (full details in the Terms of Reference) and manage aspects of the election/recruitment process. The Board Nominations Committee also assists and advises the Skate Australia Board on policies relating to people, culture, conduct, remuneration, equity, diversity and inclusion.

The Committee meets a minimum of three times a year, and other times as dictated by the responsibilities of the Committee and around the Board Annual General Meeting.

The role of the Chair

The Independant Chair is responsible for leadership of the Board Nominations Committee, including: 

• Facilitating proper information flow to the Board and the effective functioning of the Board Nominations Committee, including managing the conduct, frequency and length of committee meetings
• Developing systems that records/tracks board skills, expertise, experience, diversity and personal attributes, and end to end processes from call for nominations to appointment (including communication to stakeholders)

To be considered independent, the Chair must be free, in the opinion of the Board, of any interest, position, association or relationship that might influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, in a material respect their capacity to bring an independent judgment to bear on issues before the Board Nominations Committee.