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The board of directors of the Dooleys Catholic Club, Lidcombe proposed to remove a reference to promoting cooperation among Catholics from the objects of the club, calling it “both redundant and unintentionally limiting”.
The special resolution to delete Object 7 (b), “To create and foster a spirit of cooperation among Roman Catholic men and women,†will be voted on at the AGM in Dooleys on November 22.
“No hidden agendas or anything. It’s just that business today is different from 1946 when the club was born,†Dooleys CEO David Mantle said. Catholic weekly.
“We want to try to foster a spirit of cooperation for all. So putting a narrow target audience there excludes – we’re a community organization, here for everyone.
“Founded by Roman Catholics, but ultimately it’s a much larger and more diverse audience that we’re targeting. “
Mr Mantle has no plans for any other immediate revisions to the Catholic provisions of the club’s constitution.
Dooleys directors must be Catholic, but Mr Mantle had not anticipated that this rule would change, as changes to the board’s eligibility rules require the approval of life members.
“No hidden agendas or anything. It’s just that business today is different from 1946 when the club was born,†Dooleys CEO David Mantle said. Catholic weekly.
“You couldn’t rule anything out, but at this point no,†Mr Mantle said. “Does that mean that in 3 to 5 years it will not be examined?” “
In addition to longtime dignitaries and contributors to the club, life members include former pastors of St Joachim’s, Lidcombe.
In recent years, well-known Catholic clubs have changed their names, such as the Sydney Catholic Club, now the Castlereagh Club, and the Illawarra Catholic Club, now the Central Club.
Dooleys intends to keep its “Catholic†brand and an association with the Catholic Church, even if it revises its objects.
“The members like it, they know it well. “
“We have to respect why we were formed and by whom, but the business has to evolve as the community evolves,†said Mantle.
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