Volleyball Australia Referee Committee
The Referee Committee is an advisory committee, approved by the Board of Volleyball Australia. Its role is to provide transparent leadership, direction and technical advice to Volleyball Australia.
BACKGROUND
The Australian Volleyball Referees Commission has previously been a Commission of the AVF Board delivering strategic advice, appointment confirmation and operational support to and for Volleyball officials. With the restructure of the AVF to become VA the previous structure and scope needed to be repurposed to deliver under new governance arrangements.
Over the past few years, the then renamed VARC (Volleyball Australia Referees Committee), considered a range of options to best deliver officiating outcomes within Australian Volleyball and well as best utilise the skills and expertise of the volunteers that make up and or support VARC.
VARC 2018 AND BEYOND
The Referee Committee is an advisory committee, approved by the Board of Volleyball Australia. Its role is to provide transparent leadership, direction and technical advice to Volleyball Australia.
The Committee will perform the following key duties:
- To identify open and transparent processes in order to increase awareness of and engagement with officiating in Australia.
- To assist in the development of the National Officiating Accreditation program in order to increase the quality of officiating in Australia.
- To assist the states and regional associations to recruit, educate, train and accredit referees at local, state and national levels.
- To work with regions in developing the Officiating Development Model/Plan to the volleyball community in Australia and Oceania
- To provide oversight for the reporting documentation of all officials, in the nomination, assessment and recommendation processes, are effective, reliable, transparent and fair.
- To ensure that the Rules of the Game, Refereeing Guidelines and associated by-laws/regulations, for activities conducted within Australia, are consistent with those developed by the FIVB and World ParaVolley.
- Perform such additional tasks as may be assigned to the Committee by the VA Board
STRUCTURE
The Referee Committee is a management committee approved by the Volleyball Australia Board consisting of three focal areas:
- Pathways
- Technical
- Education
EXECUTIVE
The VARC Executive is made up of
- Chair
- three elected members; and
- the VA National Education Manager (Secretary)
George Chalhoub
Peter Bawhey
Dean Turner
Jaek Passier
A Volleyball Australia Board member will also be appointed as an ex-officio member to:
- provide strategic advice regarding alignment with broader VA strategies
- be able to represent strategic interests of the VARC within VA Board decision making