President Report

Dear Members and Committees

Further to ACA’s announcement on Facebook regarding the membership and affiliation fees for 2025, I am writing to you to provide additional information surrounding this announcement.

Annual Membership Fees

In 2025, for any person seeking an annual membership, the fees will remain the same as 2024, including couples and family discounts.

These amounts are:

Membership Including GST
Adult	$           253.96
Couples	$           457.12
Family	$           601.88
Juvenile	$           101.58
Juvenile Collecting Adult Points	$           253.96
Junior (8 – U13 Years)	$             43.18
Mini (Under 8 Years)	$             43.18
Non Competing Adult	$           152.38

Important Note About Late Fees

The Management Committee would like to remind members that the 50% surcharge for late payment of membership, was abolished from 2024 onwards. This means, any membership option can be paid at any time throughout the year without incurring an additional charge.

Event Membership Fee

If you do not wish to take an annual membership, in 2025, there will be an Event Membership Option.

• If you are a new member without an existing profile on Campdraft One, and are anticipating using this membership option, you should contact the ACA Office to create your profile well ahead of the event. Without this profile, you will be unable to nominate to use Event Membership. The creation of this profile can be done at any time throughout the year, at your discretion.
• If you already have a Campdraft One profile, and wish to be an Event Member, you will simply choose the Event Membership option at the time of renewal.
• A fee of $25 will give you the ability to choose Event Membership, which will enable you to nominate for drafts and give you access to Live Scores for the competition season.
• There is no limit on how many drafts you can nominate for as an Event Member, however, each time your nominations are accepted by the Secretary, you will be invoiced $100 for that event.

Committee Affiliation

The affiliation fee for 2025 will be $100, reduced from $1650 in 2024. This fee will include all of the usual benefits that have historically been offered as a part of affiliation.

Future Membership Models

After input from members and committees, we will be actively considering various membership models that will offer the best outcome for our Association.

Management Committee Meeting

All financial members and affiliated committees are invited to attend the next Management Committee Meeting to be held on the 28& 29 November at the Dalby Events Centre. The gallery will be open to everyone who wishes to attend the meeting.

Items wish will be on the agenda for discussion include:

• 2025 Budget.
• Office Restructure; what services will remain and how they will be delivered.
• ACA News future and what form it shall take going forward.
• Rule changes discussion regarding run limits and prize money guidelines.

Members and Committees are encouraged to bring forward solutions to any issue they feel need to be addressed by the Management Committee at the next meeting.  To bring an item to the agenda for discussion by the Management Committee, contact a Councilor who is assigned to the members/committee zone. Management Committee Members details can be found on the ACA Website under Contact Us or click on the link here, CON006-ACA-Management-Committee-Members-by-Zone-External.pdf

Regards

Robert Daly

ACA President