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Name: Zoe Qian
Club: Narrandjeri Pickleball Club
Involvement with pickleball:
- Player
- Referee-in-training
Open to these positions: Secretary; Treasurer
Conflicts of interest: None
Skills, knowledge, and experience:
- Table tennis club committee member for 9 years: 7 years as treasurer and 2 years as secretary.
- Elected board member of Table Tennis Victoria.
- Professional accountant with 15+ years experience as a Finance Manager.
- Organised club table tennis tournaments for 65+ members.
- Organised table tennis pennant games for 6 years.
Goals for 2024-2025:
- Help Pickleball Victoria grow its membership numbers.
- Organise more tournaments.
- Support the development of a proper rating system.
- Ultimately, I'd like to help pickleball become an Olympic sport.
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Name: Wendy Marchment
Club: Torquay Pickleball Club
Involvement with pickleball:
- Treasurer for Pickleball Victoria
- Club Volunteer
- Player
Open to these positions: Secretary; Treasurer
Conflicts of interest: None
Skills, knowledge, and experience:
I've been the PV Treasurer since February 2024. During this time I've been proactive in improving financial processes, contributing to Committee agendas and meetings, documenting key information in a shared drive, undertaken additional tasks/roles including membership reporting, and communicated with clubs on a regular basis. The latter has included providing information on the use of Revolutionise, detailed breakdowns on their membership and generally endeavouring to provide information to assist clubs. I provided a comprehensive and detailed submission for the audit and prepared budgets for the 2024 Vic Open and 2024-2025 financial year. I've also reached out and established relationships with various PAA staff and Board members, as well as executives in other States.
My career mostly encompassed working at several universities, with roles that included compliance reporting, executive briefings, member & secretary of major committees, presentations, liaison with a wide variety of staff internally and externally, project management, data & systems analysis, budget projections, surveys and governance.
I've undertaken different volunteer roles over the years, many were with squash clubs or the state association. My most recent role of relevance was Secretary on the Board of Directors of Permaculture Australia from 2018-2022. As a not-for-profit registered environmental charity, I was responsible for various governance tasks and compliance reporting. Some examples of my initiatives during that time was a survey of members, a volunteer agreement and induction for incoming Board members.
Given the above, I have a broad depth of relevant skills, experience and knowledge as well as a genuine interest, the time and commitment to continue on the PV Committee.
Goals for 2024-2025:
Whilst I would be happy to continue as Treasurer, my interest and background more aligns with the Secretary role. I've put my nomination forward for both roles, only to ensure the Treasurer role is filled, should there be no other nomination.
If continuing as Treasurer, I would continue to be proactive in improving financial processes and documentation as well as putting forward policies and procedures as appropriate. I obtained in-principle approval for the purchase of a laptop and financial software, so would move ASAP to transition from the current Excel basis of financial reporting. Likewise, I would be happy to do a handover to any new Treasurer.
If elected as Secretary, I would focus on addressing governance gaps and work closely with key PAA staff and Board. An effective Committee includes te President and Secretary working closely on key points of upcoming meeting agendas and other matters, so I would be looking to establish a strong working relationship with the new President. As my interests have always lain in improving things to make it easier for those coming after me, I would be utilising knowledge from my time as Permaculture Australia Board Secretary to this end.
Given the rapid growth of Pickleball within Victoria, represented by statistics I've produced (which showed other interesting information about PV's membership base), there's a definite need to review and update the Strategic Plan. I'm keen to contribute and attach measures to key parts of the plan so progress can be monitored more effectively.
In regards to short-term goals, the budget for the coming year included provision for a number of new initiatives as well as increased funding for the administrative position.
Keeping the Committee to a maximum of 9 members would be ideal, supported by sub-committees or working groups. Ideally, the target of at least 40% female representation can be met, thereby satisfying one of the key criteria for State sporting body recognition and grant eligibility.
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Name: Kim Leong
Club: Pickleball Manningham
Involvement with pickleball:
- Coach
- Referee (in training)
- Club Volunteer
- Player
Open to these positions: President, Vice-President, Secretary, General Committee Member
Conflicts of interest: Coach
Skills, knowledge, and experience:
I am a very passionate, community and service-oriented person, totaling more than 30 years of service to others. This includes:
- The Royal Australian Navy for 20+ years,
- Two School Councils for 9 years in total,
- Two Parent-Teacher Committees for 9 years in total,
- Secretary for Croydon Tennis Club for 5 years, and
- Assistant Secretary for Ferntree Gully & Districts Ladies Tennis Association for 2 years (totaling 60+ sessions).
Nowadays, I am happily retired and am dedicating my time and energy to all aspects of pickleball - from playing, coaching and soon referring.
With my experience as the Officer-in-Charge of the Australian Defence Force Dental School, Senior Dental Officer in charge of a Dental Department, and my role as Secretary at Croydon Tennis Club, I can bring leadership, teamwork, and growth to Pickleball Victoria through my skills in governance, accountability, and vision.
I am also a key promoter of community and inclusion. Previously, I have advocated for disability inclusion with Pickleball Victoria. More recently, I proactively organised a way for a cohort of 70+ Victorians to stay connected while competing at the Australian Pickleball Championships and also took countless photos to contribute share with the community via the Pickleball Victoria Facebook Group.
Goals for 2024-2025:
Over the coming year(s), I envision:
- More affiliated pickleball clubs being established throughout Victoria,
- Cultivating pickleball at the grassroots levels with kids in primary and high school
- Assist age care facilities, schools, clubs, and councils to establish pickleball in their area,
- Supporting more state tournaments, particularly regional ones, as well as establishing regional and metropolitan leagues between clubs.
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