The NAA Constitution contains 12,492 words and we have approximately 2,500 members (and rapidly declining). This is without counting the words in our by-laws.
The need for reform in the unwieldy, complicated, document that governs our Association is obvious.
In its current form the constitution and by-laws allow for challenges to almost anything that National Council, expressing the will of the broader membership, passes at its six-monthly meetings.
The constitution and by-laws needs to be totally re-written in plain language. They should be simple and no more than a couple of pages long. They should detail rules governing finances, membership