SLSNSW Club Guide

CMT Responsibilities

While every CMT will be different, some responsibilities are common to most. These include:

  • Accountability – making sure that the SLSC meets its obligations, manages its finances and operates transparently
  • Advocacy – representing the SLSC to the community and to its members and stakeholders
  • Compliance – making sure that the SLSC operates as required under its Constitution and the law across all areas of operation
  • Resourcing – securing funding and other resources to support the work of the SLSC
  • Strategy – setting the SLSC’s long-term goals and making sure it pursues its charitable purpose.

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) sets out six main duties and responsibilities of CMTs. They are to:

  1. Act with reasonable care and diligence
  2. Act in the best interest of your charity and for a proper charitable purpose
  3. Not improperly use information or your position
  4. Manage financial affairs responsibly
  5. Disclose and manage conflicts of interest
  6. Not allow a charity to operate while insolvent.

Examples of the CMT members upholding these responsibilities include them:

  • Carrying out succession planning
  • Carrying out the recommendations of members
  • Conducting long-term planning of activities to fulfil the aims and objectives of the SLSC, e.g., strategic and business planning
  • Developing policy and procedures in line with both SLSA and SLSNSW policies and procedures
  • Ensuring that all SLSC officers and members in leadership positions act as leadership role models
  • the performance of trainers, coaches, officials, employees (if any), committee members and themselves
  • Managing external relations and advocacy issues
  • Obtaining resources and ensuring that all financial and legal matters are properly managed
  • Providing handover notes, how-to guides, detailed written records and job descriptions to any newly elected SLSC officer or committee member to facilitate the transition into their roles
  • Regularly communicating with and providing information to SLS members about the management of their SLSC and other SLS entities, e.g., SLSNSW and SLSA.