Following the recently announced resignation of Anna Kalma from the Board of New Zealand Bridge we are keen to bring a fresh face or faces to the table.
We are fortunate to have a broad range of skills ranging from governance, finance, commercial management, communication and research, rules and regulations.
Bridge in this country, like elsewhere around the world, is at a watershed moment.
The game has been around for a longtime and over that period we have seen the demographic age. Average age anecdotally is close to 80.
We are now experiencing players exiting for a variety reasons. Whilst Clubs are doing a wonderful job getting people into lessons our retention rate is sub-optimum.
We can go with the flow or be progressive and explore new opportunities.
Those opportunities include being recognised as a sport and all the associated benefits, raising our profile and engagement with youth, broadening our engagement and connecting with the large number who play social bridge.
Also recognising the quarter acre dream is a dream of the past. We are seeing living and work life changing and we need to adapt.
We are keen to consider people who will bring fresh ideas. People who have skills and experience in the fields of sponsorship, fundraising, sports management, lobbying.
People who are willing to work within a close-knit team and who will support collective decision making.
Whilst we are keen explore new ideas and creative thinking, we are keen to continue to support a team ethos.
If this is, you and you are keen to give something back to the game I am keen to hear from you.
Our constitution allows us to second people to the board.
My contact details are set out below or I can be contacted on allan.morris@nzbridge.co.nz
