Snow Sports New Zealand announced today that its new constitution has officially been registered with the Incorporated Societies Register, finalising integration of all five member snow sports into Snow Sports New Zealand.
SSNZ member sports voted unanimously to support integration into the National Sporting Organisation at a Special General Meeting held in Wanaka on 29 May.
Late in 2007, Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) invested in the revitalisation of Snow Sports New Zealand (SSNZ), the goal being to establish one National Sporting Organisation (NSO) to represent each of its five member sports—ski racing, snowboarding, freeskiing, cross country skiing and adaptive snow sports.
“The goal of integration is to build an organisation that is most capable of accessing and delivering resources across all of the snow sports, to have one central point of contact for SPARC, the New Zealand Olympic Committee and international federations, and to gain administrative efficiencies of a single NSO,” said SSNZ Chief Executive Ross Palmer.
The integration formalises a structure that will now see the operations and administration of each sport managed and delivered by SSNZ. Sport committees representing each sport are already in place.
“Our primary goal is to ensure that aspiring athletes are supported at all levels and across all five sports,” said Palmer. “We are confident that the new structure will help us accomplish this goal, while maintaining each of the sports’ individual identities and, just as importantly, ensuring that each of our sports plays an integral role in determining their own direction and priorities.”
In the past, SSNZ’s members were the various snow sports entities. The newly adopted SSNZ constitution calls for club, administrative (industry) and individual memberships, with individuals affiliating with one or more sports that are now a part of SSNZ.
“While on paper this may seem a simple process, it has involved a considerable amount of time and effort by the Board and staff of SSNZ as well as by representatives from each of the five sports.”
“We are pleased to have completed this phase of our development and look forward to working closely with all five sport committees to achieve their goals,” said Palmer.
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