SINGAPORE - The business of governing sports in Singapore enters the virtual world this year as national sports associations are preparing to move their annual general meetings online as part of safe distancing guidelines.
Singapore Athletics , whose constitution states its AGM has to be held by July 31, has postponed its meeting to Sept 25. The Commissioner of Charities and the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore last month issued a guide for charities on the conduct of meetings amid Covid-19. The guide states electronic voting is allowed"only if the society's constitution specifically allows this. Otherwise, voting must be done by proxy."The guide also notes:"Where voting is done by proxy, proxy votes must be voted as specified in all valid proxy forms.
He explained:"Let's say we use Zoom as our chosen electronic platform. We'd have to test it for every affiliate to make sure their Zoom works and ensure that the security is there - we can't do that on the day itself."
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