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Annually at the Annual General Meeting each year the membership elect the Irish Gymnastics (IG) Board of Control (BOC).
The BOC consists of the President, Vice President & Financial Director/Company Secretary, the Vice Presidents of each discipline (9 disciplines) and each region elects a Regional Representative to sit on the committee to speak on their behalf. The maximum number of individuals on the BOC if all positions are full is 20. The BOC is the policy board of the organisation and meets a minimum of 4 times a year.
The President, Vice President & Financial Director/Company Secretary are, by virtue of their election, ex-officio members of all committees in Irish Gymnastics.
The Vice Presidents of each discipline annually appoint their voluntary Technical Committees to govern their respective disciplines & the regions annually elect their voluntary Regional Committees along with their regional representative to the BOC.
The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) consists of each of the Vice Presidents of the 9 gymnastics disciplines and is tasked with coordinating and governing in areas of commonality for the disciplines.
The Ethics & Welfare Committee (EWC) & the Ethics & Welfare Appeals Committee (EWAC) deal with ethics & welfare related issues in relation to the organisation.
The Board of Management (BOM) is a sub-committee of the BOC tasked with running the day-to-day affairs of the company Irish Gymnastics Ltd. This is a competency based board consisting of the President, Vice President and Financial Director/Company Secretary in addition to the Chief Executive Officer of IG Ltd and any co-opted individuals fulfilling competency based roles. The BOM manage the staff of Irish Gymnastics and monitor & evaluate work programmes & targets. The CEO manages the various departments at Irish Gymnastics and is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the organisation.
In addition to the CEO IG currently operates with 4 separate departments employing professional staff in each in order to develop the sport nationally...
Administration
This department is responsible for the day-to-day administration of activities across the organisation and is headed up by the Administration Manager, assisted by the Administration Officer & Accounts Officer.
Education
This department is responsible for the development of the internal IG coaching ladder and external education initiatives such as Springboard. The department is headed up by the Coaching Development Manager, assisted by the Coaching Development Officer & Springboard Development Officer.
Participation
The Participation Officer is responsible for the implementation and roll-out of the Springboard programme to other sports, Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) and educational establishments in addition to the development of club based participation initiatives (such as award schemes etc...), the IG Schools programme & club development resources.
Policy & Welfare
The Policy & Welfare Officer is responsible for the development of IG policy & proceedure in relation to governance/structure and ethics & welfare related issues. The Policy & Welfare Officer also acts as the National Childrens Officer for IG.
