Discipline Committee Review

On 1 April, the ESA Board announced a Discipline Committee Review as part of recommendations from the 2019 Governance review. As part of that announcement, the Review Working Group also put a call out to past and present members to provide submissions in relation to the Review Terms of Reference. The submissions were open for two weeks, with a further one week extension by request.

The working group received 38 confidential submissions in total. The nature and content of these submissions will remain confidential and will not be shared to the Board or the wider membership. The submissions will be referenced to some degree in the final report presented to the Board for each Discipline, upon completion of their review. However, under no circumstance will any names or specific details from the submissions be shared.

Each of the seven SA Disciplines will be reviewed, starting with Show Horse, which is already well underway. The Working Group aims to have the final Show Horse Discipline Committee Review report and actions submitted to the Board for review by 22 June 2020.

As part of the reviews and further to the submissions received, the working group are having discussions with committee members and other stakeholders to help provide a balanced and informed view of the effectiveness of the committee and its operations. 

It is our intention that at the end of the review process, each Discipline Committee will have tangible guidance and feedback to continue growing and improving the sport in which they love and are passionate about, for the betterment of all members involved.