November 26, 2009

For many years now it has been the policy of some diehard committee members that ANYONE using a bowling green should be capitated, no matter the reason. They base their argument on the constitution of BowlsWA whereby affiliated clubs have agreed to abide by the relevant section of the constitution that gives CONTROL of the greens to BowlsWA. The diehards insist on adhering to this particular section, but one must wonder why. Following their reasoning I shouldn\'t even have a rollup with ANYONE who would simply like a tryout before making a decision on whether or not to play the game without that person paying a capitation fee. How ridiculous !!!!

In a recent discussion with one of those diehards, I was told that the reason for imposing this TAX was a means of getting statistics to present to the Govt. It was also mentioned that failure to pay could result in the club being disbarred, kicked out, call it what you will.

I wonder what BowlsWA would do if, as suggested by Pat Buller,the vast majority of clubs simply refused to TAX the SOCIAL bowlers.

Perhaps those diehards could do what so many volunteers are doing, and turn up on the night to coach, run the raffles, cook the bbq and in general do all the work that is entailed in making these nights as successful as they have been.

Congratulations to Pat Buller for having the foresight to bring this matter out into the open, for expressing a concern shared by many, many other clubs.

JOHN SHERIDAN