TTFA Constitution Thread

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From Wired 868

Article 23 Areas of authority

The General Meeting has the following areas of authority:

a) adopting or amending the Constitution;

b) appointing three Delegates to review the minutes of the foregoing General Meeting; which will be tabled to the general meeting for ratification as per article 31

c) electing or dismissing the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Board of Directors;

d) electing or dismissing the other members of the Board of Directors upon proposal of the Member they represent;

e) electing or dismissing the chairman, deputy chairman and members of the judicial bodies upon the proposal of the Board of Directors;

f) electing or dismissing the members of the Audit and Compliance Committee upon the proposal of the Board of Directors;

g) electing or dismissing the members of the Electoral Committee;

h) appointing the scrutineers;

i) approving the financial statements;

j) approving the budget;

k) approving the activity report;

l) appointing the independent external auditors upon the proposal of the Board of Directors;

m) fixing the Membership subscriptions on the recommendation of the Board of Directors;

n) deciding, upon the nomination of the Board of Directors, whether to bestow the title of honorary president or honorary Member;

o) admitting, suspending or expelling a Member;

p) dismissing one or a number of members of a body of TTFA;

q) dissolving TTFA;

r) passing decisions on matters duly submitted by a Member to the General Meeting.

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And the AGM was just in November.

Looks like the organization is following the constitution so fans need to focus on the persons who have the power to make things happen or at least signal that there are boundaries not to be crossed by the President.

Wired868
DJW hurdles AGM; TV cash vow mutes concerns about Hart and TTFA’s secrecy culture

Downer refused to be appeased with piecemeal information at the AGM and, at least temporarily, stood his ground. So, John-Williams put it to a vote.

Did the TTFA’s general council agree with the board’s decision to remove Hart as Soca Warriors coach?

There were three abstentions—Northern FA president Anthony Harford felt he could not vote without detailed knowledge about Hart’s dismissal—but, otherwise, the general council agreed that the coach’s time at the helm should come to a close. Even Downer voted along with the pack.

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Tobago's "Top" FIFA listed referee Keon Yorke cautioned a player in a match last season. Failed to dismiss him, but in his match report stated that the player threatened and abused him. "He doing shit".  Yes we've reached a new low because the Disciplinary Committee of the TFA suspended a player with a yellow card to 9 games suspension and a fine of $100.00. The TTFA remains silent and unresponsive on the matter. Welcome to the new world of football in TT.

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I thought there would be some erudite referee among us who would tell me I got it wrong.... This is a real struggle

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Don't know much about the law side of football.

However, moving forward, is there anyway a new TTFA board can add/modify the constitution that if a new board replaces an old one, then all contracts (coaches, etc) with the previous board becomes null?

This way the new guys do not inherit the old problems and debts.

This will eliminate any coach signing long-term and past regimen being spiteful and giving coaches long term contacts even if they didn't warrant it.

Every 4 years in election and it should be up to the new TTFA to keep or cut ties with coaches, etc...

Just asking.

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TTFA, FIFA officials discuss statute reform
T&T Newsday

The normalisation committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association has held meeting with visiting Fifa officials to discuss statute reform.

The Fifa officials include Nodar Akhalkatsi, Director of Strategic Projects and Member Association Governance, and Sofia Malizia, Member Association Governance Manager.

Both officials held meetings with the normalisation committee, under chairman Robert Hadad as well as stakeholders of the TTFA on matters relating to the statute reform, part of the mandate of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee.

Fifa appointed a normalisation committee in March 2020 to run the TTFA'S daily affairs; to establish a debt repayment plan that is implementable by the TTFA; to review and amend the TTFA statutes (and other regulations where necessary) and to ensure their compliance with the FIFA statutes and requirements before duly submitting them for approval to the TTFA Congress; and to organise and to conduct elections of a new TTFA Executive Committee for a four-year mandate.

According to TTFA general secretary Amiel Mohammed, these discussions were productive and this process will continue through to the latter part of 2023. Other matters relating to the development and progress of local football were also on the agenda.

Malizia’s role consists of dealing with governance matters at national federations. Akhalkatsi meantime is the former president of the Georgian Football Federation, and was appointed Fifa Director of Strategic Projects and Member Association Governance in 2022 after serving as the Director of Member Associations Europe,

The FIFA officials also met on Wednesday with Acting Minister of Sport and Community Development, Senator Randall Mitchell, along with David Roberts, acting Permanent Secretary, and Beverly Reid Samuel, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the ministry, at the ministry in Port of Spain.

The meeting was aimed at providing an update on the work of the normalisation committee as well as updates on the current status of football in T&T. The Ministry of Sport and Community Development later stated that it remains committed to working with all key stakeholders to foster the growth and advancement of sport locally.