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NJ’s President designate to name ‘core team’ soon
June 23, 2025
Netball Jamaica president designate Karen Rosen Baugh says she will announce the other members of her team, who are expected to form the core of the next administration.
Baugh is expected to be elected unopposed as the association's next president at the next annual general meeting (AGM), on July 5, at The Summit, in Kingston.
However, she disclosed that current vice-president Simone Forbes will be one of the five or six members on her team. She is waiting until all the members have secured nominations before she announces her full team. Nominations will be held on July 3.
"As far as I know, I am unopposed. But in terms of the other positions you have to wait until nomination closes before we know who is coming to the table," she said.
"There are a set of people who I want to work with and who I will be throwing my support behind, including Simone Forbes. But in the week to come I will be putting out something with the persons who will be part of my team," she told STAR Sports.
Apart from those making up the core of her team, Baugh is hoping that the members elect persons who are reliable, committed and hardworking.
"There are 10 positions on the board, including the role of president, and there are some others which are core executives and you want to ensure that those are people you trust and have a good working relation with.
"But if you come to the table with a mindset to work and give of your time and you have integrity, I will work with you," she explained.
"I will announce all my members soon. I just want to make sure all of them are duly nominated and then I can declare."
FINANCIALS
The association last held an AGM in 2021 and the financial report presented was for the fiscal year ending June 2020, leaving a substantial gap in the financial accountability of the administration.
However, Baugh said at the upcoming AGM they will present audited statements for three years, with another to be ready by September.
"It (audit) will be ready. When the last AGM was held, it was presented one year behind because Covid caused some issues in terms of that management," she shared.
"So we will present a few years at this AGM and have one more year to bring to books by September. But we will have enough to do what we need to do to have the executive and the directors fully legal (for office)," she said.
Baugh, who also worked under the Marva Bernard administration from 2012 to 2015, added that accountability and the timely presentation of annual audits is something she wants to characterise her tenure.
"When you have these issues with financial report, there are some implications that there is something wrong in terms of financial management," she said.
"But from where I have sat for the last 3 1/2 years, I haven't seen any issues like that. But this is definitely one of the areas that I am going to focus on, and that is why it is important who is coming on as part of my core team.
"When I was on the board with Mrs Bernard we never had any conversations like this. The AGM was held every year and the audited financials were always ready. That is where we are headed back to."
