Constitutional Updates

• Clubs become members of their Regional Tennis Organisation/Local Tennis Partner and Tennis NZ as part of the systemwide membership model.
• Systemwide membership model for individuals to ensure all participants are subject to the Code of Conduct and other national policies. Club Ts&Cs are required to include automatic acceptance of RTO/LTP and TNZ Ts&Cs.
• Individuals include all participants who interact digitally with the tennis system – through club membership, Book a Court, Business House leagues etc. A pragmatic approach will be taken to bring as many participants as possible into the system.
• Digital connectivity between club member lists and the national database – required to keep everyone safer through visibility of who has agreed to Ts&Cs.

• Systemwide membership model to apply to all clubs and participants.
• Reclarifying regional delivery role and expectations.
• Option to act through Regional Collectives.
• Reclarifying delivery relationships through Memorandum of Understanding with LTPs.
• Best practice guidance around board limits.
• Power to intervene with member organisations under limited circumstances.

• Systemwide membership model to apply to all clubs and participants.
• Reclarifying regional delivery role and expectations.
• Option to act through Regional Collectives.
• Reclarifying delivery relationships through Memorandum of Understanding with LTPs.
• Best practice guidance around board limits.
• Power to intervene with member organisations under limited circumstances.

• New membership categories (Regional Tennis Organisations/Local Tennis Partners/Club/AMTA/Affiliates)
• Board limits set at 3x3 years before stand down.
• AMTA special relationship embedded.
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Ao Māori commitments included.
• Removal of Patron role.
• Definition of Tennis extended to include complementary formats.
• Power to intervene with member organisations under limited circumstances.

 See the accepted Tennis NZ constitution here