Tripartite agreement between 3DAAA, Archery Australia and the Australian Bowhunters Association.
Following a number of meetings the last of which was held on the day of the Archery Expo, Greg Gobel on behalf of the Presidents of the three Associations announced that agreement had been reached for the three Associations to form a Peak Body for archery in order to work together on a range of issues which would deliver benefits to all their respective members. This agreement has the support of the Executive of ABA and 3DAAA as well as the Board of AA.
Although the announcement was made at the dinner, discussions have been underway for some time and for 3DAAA it further strengthens its relationships beyond the MOU with ABA.
Whilst it was agreed to form a working party consisting of 2 representatives from each Association to progress operational matters of the agreement an immediate outcome from the meeting was the recognition of cross participation between Associations.
With some restrictions and providing nomination requirements have been met, any current member of one Association may participate in any competition organised by the other Associations.
It will be the responsibility of each Association to develop a Policy on how the arrangements will be managed within their own Association.
3DAAA is now in the process of developing a Cross Participation Policy to address these matters. (Completed 3/3/10 You can view it here.)