So anyway, a timely and easy place to start would seem to be to get a member of Welnix onto the NZF Board (setting aside for the moment any grander plans of Gareth's to do a Lowy). Being one Board member out of seven would seem to be about the right level of representation to me, in the grand scheme of things.
How to achieve this?
a) a Welnix member gets nominated for FvH's elected seat at the May congress. Federation reps would then vote on their preferred nominee. As far as I know anyone can be nominated, and can do the nominating (although one or both may need to be an NZF member, which is easily achieved - join a club). A potential downside of this could be that it is viewed by "the grass-roots" as a waste of one of their precious 3 elected seats on the Board.
b) a Welnix member applies for the next appointed Board seat that comes up. There's not going to be many more qualified applicants right?
c) a Welnix member can be co-opted at any point in time by the Board (although they would not then have any voting rights on the Board).
Thoughts?
The appointment process for NZF board members is a very boring topic for discussion