The Committee · 5 min read
How the Committee Works
How the Act, the Model Rules, and your club's constitution fit together to give volunteer committees clear authority and real legal protection.
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Running the Committee
What a committee is actually responsible for, in one place: the constitution, each role's own duties, and recruiting and holding onto the volunteers who do the work. Most of what a committee worries about is already settled — this is where the settlement lives.
The 3 sections here, and the colour each one runs on
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The Committee
President, secretary, treasurer and members — what each role must do by law, and what is just custom.
01Committee — Shared Legal DutiesThe legal obligations every committee member carries — eligibility, the four officer duties, conflicts of interest, and the protections that apply when you get it right.
02President — Officer DutiesThe four personal legal duties every officer holds, plus the president's specific role in conflicts of interest and grievances.
03Secretary — Records & MeetingsWhat records the law requires the secretary to keep, how meetings must be called, and what minutes must contain.Also hereTreasurer — Officer Duties
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Your Constitution
The Model Rules, why they exist, and how they protect the people who run your club.
4 min readWhy your club should adopt the Model RulesThey are free, the government maintains them, and they protect your committee more than a custom constitution ever will.- The Model Rules — ReferenceWhat Schedule 4 of the Associations Incorporation Regulation 1999 sets out, rule by rule, and what it doesn't cover.
- The Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Qld)The legal floor every incorporated Queensland croquet club operates under, and how it works with the Model Rules.
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Volunteers
Sharing the work so no one burns out.
Nobody expects you to know all of this
If Running the Committee doesn't answer it, ask on the forum — the odds are strong that another Queensland club has already been through exactly the same thing.
Where else to look
The rest of Club Hub, beyond Running the Committee.
Money & GrantsFinancial records, the treasurer's obligations, audit tiers, and finding grant money.
Keeping the Club SafeInsurance, risk and Blue Cards — what's covered, what's required, and what to do when something happens.
Grounds & FacilitiesLawns, equipment and buildings — how do we keep the place playable?
Growing Your ClubCome & Try, events and marketing that works for croquet — how do we get more people?
myCroquetThe membership system — one login, not two systems: club secretaries manage their own members directly.
CroquetClaude & AIWhat's being built for CAQ and clubs, and how AI is used and labelled — who made this and is it real?