Governance

Running meetings, managing finances, strategic planning, volunteers, grants, and everything else a committee handles. Sourced from ClubIQ (Sport and Recreation QLD) and the Oxford Croquet library.


ClubIQ guides

Sport and Recreation QLD's comprehensive club management resource. Ten guides covering every governance area:

Guide What it covers
Governance Committee structure, constitutions, decision-making
Meetings Running effective meetings, minutes, AGMs
Financial Management Budgeting, financial basics, reporting
Grants & Revenue Finding and applying for grants, alternative revenue
Facilities & Grounds Managing club facilities and grounds
Event Management Planning and running club events
Volunteers & Helpers Recruiting, retaining, and managing volunteers
Safety & Risk Risk assessment, safety management
Member Growth & Marketing Growing membership, marketing the club
Planning for the Future Strategic planning, succession, long-term thinking

Oxford Croquet — Club Management

The Oxford Croquet library has a dedicated club management section: Oxford Club Management Collection

Written for UK clubs but broadly applicable — committee structure, member communications, running events, handling disputes.


QLD Government resources

Sport and Recreation QLD also publishes web resources on governance, financial management, strategic planning, and volunteer management. These are archived in resources/clubiq/ (the www_qld_gov_au_*.txt files).