NEW BASIS OF THE R.S.A.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 32, 22 October 1920, Page 5

NEW BASIS OF THE R.S.A.

* ~~ ■■ / district organisation. . ' a brief explanation. MlThe most important leature of the new jnstitution. is the inauguration of the Niatrict Organisation Scheme, which ia t forth below, shorn of all its legal iin— ™1. DISTRICTS — The Constitution pro. lej » Hj for six districts in the Dominion j " , far only five have been constituted, ^%I. Auckland, Wellington, Nelson and larlborougb, Canterbury and Otago. ■ A Distrtct Conference for each district vill be held in May of each year, and the jlggP&f for this Confenence will be) ' ^khosen by the various Associations in.each [f(jj, , Istrict affiliated to the N.Z. R.S.A.. This '■ )istri'ct Conference -will not have the Xfc o, lower to determine lines of national polioy -this ia the duty of the Dominion Council N_but it may discuss national quesfions nd make recommendations. The voting at the Dominion Council vill be governed by the number of fin- ? Biiftl-members in each distiTct. Eaoh "S ptrict will have one vote for every 400 [nancial members (or fraction tnereof) and xhe financial membership will be established HGB|j y -Headquarters on the 31st March of ach year. Thus, if Canterbury district ■vad 5309 financial members on 31st March, V0-.921, that district would be entitled to PRflVs' 4 votes next Dominion Council to be held a Dunedin next May. ^ 2. GROUPS. — Every district is divided nto groups, but no district is to have fjfjMre than 10 groups. Each group in i district is to have a number and is to be known by tliat number. Every group must have not less than 400 financial mem. "^vbers when it is formed. The grouping in each district is as follows : — (A) AUCKLAND DISTRICT— (1) Auckland Group — Auckland R.S.A. and any other Association within a ladius of 30 miles. (2) North AuckGroup — Whangarei, Bay ot Islands, Monganui, Northern Wairoa Associations. (3) Waikato and King Country Group— Waikato, Te AwamuTu, Te Kuiti and Mata Mata Associa- , tions. (4) Goldfields Group — Hauraki,

f(l Thames Valley, Te Aroha, and Waihi Associations. (5) Bay of Plenty, Whakatane, Opotiki and Rotorua Associations. 'm' (B) WELLINGTON DISTRICT— (1) Palmerston and Levin Group. (2) Wellington Group. (3) Masterton, Woodville and Dannevirke. ~p+) Waipawa, Waipukurau, Hastings, Napier, Wairoa. (5) Taihape, Feilding, Marton and Taumarunui. • (6) Wanganui | and Waverley. (7) New Plymouth, [ Hawera, Waitara and Stratford. (8) Gisborne. ' (0) NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH —(1) Nelson and sub-branches. (2) Marlborough and sub-branches. (3) Motueka, Golden Bay and sub_r . branches. 1 (D) CANTERBURY DISTRICT— (1) Christchurch and Cashmere. (2) Little - River, Kaikoura, Amuri, Hanmer, . Amberley, Rangiora, Kaiapoi. ' (3) Ashburton, Rakaia, Staveley, Waterton and Mayfield. (4) Geraldine, Te- - muka, Fairlie and Waimate. (5) Timaru and sub-branches. (6) Westport and Reefton. (7) Greymouth, Hokitiki and Ross. (E) OTAGO DISTRICT— (1) Dune- ' din. (2) Oamaru. (3) Taieri and Bal. clutha. (4) Gore. (5) Invercargill The number of delegates for the next Dominion Council will be determined by ^ the number of financial members in each group. Each group having up to and including ^ 1000 financial members will be entitled to one delegate ; groups having from 1001 to 2500 members will have two delegates, and those groups having over 2500 fin"U ancial memhers will have three delegates. )l Thus, if number 5 group Wellington district has 1768 financial members, it will be entitled to send two delegates to the ||!| next Dominion Council. All delegates for the Dominion Council will be elected by the delegates to each district confer2j 6nce, and a delegate to each district conference, and a delegate from one group may exercise all the votes to which his district is entitled. However, no delegate shalj represent more than one group as a delegate, but he may hold proxie8 to vote j, from other delegates. 3. ASSOCIATIONS AND SUB- / ASSOCIATIONS — The different groups

of each district ara built up of various Associations and their Sub-Associations. — Organisation Table. — 10s makes one financial member. 100 financial memhers make one affiliated Association. ' 1 Association (or morej makes one group. 400 financial members make 1 group. 10 groups (or less) make 1 district. All the. Associations iri 6 districts (or less) plus H.Q. make the N.Z.R.S.A. N.Z. R.S.A. makea things hum.