New Zealand Paintball Players Association
The New Zealand Paintball Players Association (NZPPA) was a national paintball organisation involved in representing players and industry interests, communicating with government agencies and developing tournament standards in New Zealand.
An incorporated society bearing the name was registered in 1992 and dissolved in 2000. A subsequent organisation using the NZPPA name was established in 2001. The legal relationship between these organisations has not been established. [1][2][3]
History
[edit]Original association, 1992–2000
[edit]The New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494, was registered on 10 December 1992. A historical registration listing identifies Christchurch as its location. [1]
The society was dissolved effective 7 December 2000. Its name and registration number appeared in a dissolution notice published in the New Zealand Gazette on 14 December 2000 under section 28(1) of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. [2]
Re-establishment in 2001
[edit]According to Martin Dannefaerd's published professional history, an organisation using the NZPPA name was established in August 2001 by players and paintball industry representatives. Dannefaerd described its objectives as supporting grassroots paintball and providing communication between the paintball community and government agencies. [3]
The association's contemporary website records that members of its interim committee met the New Zealand Police manager of Licensing and Vetting in September 2001. Its account describes discussion of paintball equipment, safety and the legal classification of markers, followed by preparation of a firearms information sheet intended to improve consistency of information supplied to players and arms officers. [8]
Development in 2002–2004
[edit]A new NZPPA website went online on 24 May 2002. On 4 June, the association published a request for proposals for a New Zealand tournament series in 2003. [8]
On 7 July 2002, the association reported that it had been included in Sport and Recreation New Zealand's list of national associations following discussions with SPARC. [8]
The 2002 annual general meeting was held at the Hawkes Bay Open in October. Its minutes, published online on 17 November, recorded the replacement of the interim committee, membership arrangements and decisions concerning tournament rules. [8][9]
Dannefaerd remained president in 2003, when an interview published by New Zealand Paintball Online discussed the association's objectives and activities. In February 2004, former secretary Rob Maddox published What has the NZPPA done for me?, describing its work on regulation, compressed-air equipment and tournament development. [4][5]
Organisation
[edit]Committee appointed in 2002
[edit]The number of nominations at the 2002 AGM matched the available committee positions. The nominees therefore took office unopposed, without a vote being required under the association's rules. [9]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Martin Dannefaerd |
| Vice-president | Aaron Quintal |
| Secretary | Rob Maddox |
| Treasurer | Wayne Hilliam |
| Committee member | Peter Hamilton |
| Committee member | Brendon Charles |
| Committee member | Dave Hancox |
| Committee member | Shane Tofts |
The minutes thanked departing interim committee members Kris Spurling, Brian “B2” Thornley, Rik Goldsworthy and Peter Mumby. [9]
Membership and priorities
[edit]A member survey reported at the 2002 AGM ranked an organised tournament series as the leading priority, followed by refereeing standards and experience, and compressed-air cylinder certification. Consistent playing rules and tournament draws were additional suggestions raised at the meeting. [9]
Existing members were exempted from renewal fees for 2003, while new membership remained NZ$40. The minutes also emphasised an intention to work with players, operators, importers and retailers to develop consistent and safe paintball. [9]
Activities
[edit]Government and regulatory representation
[edit]The association's September 2001 account of its meeting with New Zealand Police documents an early effort to provide consistent information about paintball markers and their regulation. [8]
Maddox's February 2004 retrospective described regulatory matters and compressed-air cylinder requirements among the association's activities. These were also reflected in the priorities recorded at the 2002 AGM. [5][9]
Tournament rules and refereeing
[edit]At the 2002 AGM, a large majority voted to synchronise NZPPA tournament rules with the Millennium Series rules. The association's game-rules webpage subsequently stated that it used those rules. [9][10]
The AGM treated player and team classification as separate from the playing rules. A classification standard was proposed but had not yet been established at the time of the meeting. [9]
Proposed sanctioned series and event endorsement
[edit]The 2002 AGM discussed a proposed sanctioned series of three seven-player events per year. The minutes identified Rotorua Paintball Club as the only organiser to have responded positively to the proposal at that stage, requesting a sanctioned Rotorua event over Labour Weekend 2003. This was a proposed series structure rather than a record of three completed tournaments. [9]
A further request-for-proposal document was announced on the association's website on 29 July 2003. [8]
The association's 2004 events page invited organisers to apply for NZPPA endorsement. It also expressed an intention to work with players and tournament promoters towards agreed minimum standards for endorsed events. [11]
New Zealand Police Arms Code
[edit]The 2013 edition of the New Zealand Police Arms Code directed readers to the NZPPA for further information about paintball and listed paintball.org.nz in its contact directory. [6]
This documents the association's inclusion as an information contact, rather than establishing its legal or operational status in 2013.
Later history
[edit]A dissolution notice naming New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc. appeared in the New Zealand Gazette on 14 August 2008. The notice did not identify a society registration number, and its relationship to the society dissolved in 2000 has not been established. [7]
Dannefaerd's published professional history dates his involvement with the NZPPA through October 2010. This personal account and the separate dissolution notices do not establish a definitive date when the association ceased its activities. [3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- New Zealand organisations registered on 10 December 1992, InfoProff. Historical listing for New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494.
- New Zealand Gazette, issue 166, 14 December 2000, pp. 4332–4337. Dissolution notice for society number 557494, effective 7 December 2000.
- Martin Dannefaerd — professional profile, LinkedIn. Account of involvement with the NZPPA from August 2001 to October 2010.
- Historical articles archive, New Zealand Paintball Online. Includes the 2003 interview with NZPPA president Martin Dannefaerd.
- What has the NZPPA done for me?, Rob Maddox, New Zealand Paintball Online, February 2004. Listed in the historical articles archive.
- New Zealand Police Arms Code, 2013 edition, pp. 39 and 62.
- New Zealand Gazette, issue 127, 14 August 2008, p. 3290. Dissolution notice naming New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc.
- NZPPA news, notices dated September 2001–29 July 2003. Archived on 21 February 2004.
- New Zealand Paintball Players Association Incorporated — Annual General Meeting 2002, October 2002; published online on 17 November 2002. Archived on 10 October 2004.
- NZPPA game rules, archived on 18 December 2003.
- NZPPA events, archived on 4 April 2004.