KindPath Collective Inc
Governance Charter Summary
Version 1.0 | Effective: 29 August 2026 | Review: 29 August 2027 | Owner: Director
1. Purpose
To summarise, in one place, how KindPath is governed — who is accountable for what — pending full Board/Committee establishment. This document sits alongside, and does not replace, KindPath’s constitution as an incorporated association and its ACNC obligations once registered.
2. Legislative and standards basis
- Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW).
- NDIS Practice Standards, Module 2: Governance and Operational Management.
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth), once ACNC-registered.
3. Current governance structure
KindPath is an incorporated association (NSW) with a constitution lodged with NSW Fair Trading. As at this document’s date: - Public Officer / Director: Samuel Cross — accountable contact point for the association, statutory record-keeping, and day-to-day operational decisions. - Committee: in the process of being finalised as part of ACNC registration. Until a full committee is active and meeting, major decisions (service delivery commitments, financial commitments over a set threshold, policy approval) are made by the Director and documented, rather than left undocumented on the basis that “there’s no committee yet.” - Register of members and Register of committee members: maintained per the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 requirements; kept current as committee composition changes. - Conflict of interest disclosures: recorded in the Conflict of Interest Register (Module 6) as required by the Act and by NDIS governance standards.
4. Decision thresholds (interim, until committee is fully active)
| Decision type | Who decides | Documentation required |
|---|---|---|
| Day-to-day service delivery | Director | Support/case notes |
| New participant intake | Director | Intake record, service agreement |
| Policy creation or change | Director, noted for committee ratification once active | This folio, version-controlled |
| Financial commitment under $[to be set by Director] | Director | Financial record |
| Financial commitment over that threshold, new debt, or asset purchase | Director, with committee sign-off once active; otherwise documented with reasoning | Minute or written record |
| Reportable incident / serious safeguarding matter | Director, immediately | Incident Register, Commission notification once registered |
5. Committee establishment plan
- Finalise committee composition and lodge outstanding NSW Fair Trading / ACNC paperwork (tracked in Compliance & Risk Framework).
- Once active, the committee formally ratifies this folio and takes on the oversight functions currently sitting solely with the Director (financial oversight, risk oversight, conflict of interest management, policy approval).
- Board Terms of Reference to be drafted once committee composition is confirmed — placeholder, not yet built, tracked as an action item.
6. Review
Reviewed when committee composition changes, and at minimum annually.