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AISA Annual General Meeting 2008
The 2008 AGM was held via Teleconference on Thursday 4 September 2008 from 4:30pm AEST: -
Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne: 4:15pm for 4:30pm
Adelaide: 3:45pm for 4:00pm
Brisbane: 4:15pm for 4:30pm
Perth: 2:15pm for 2:30pm
Over 100 members participated in this year's AGM!
The venue for each of these branches is given here.
The AGM was chaired from Sydney.
Elections for Executive Committee members and Branch Executives were held at the AGM. Nominations were to be received and seconded by 4:30pm on Thursday 28 August 2008.
Members were encouraged to nominate for any position and the following were elected:
Chair - Kevin Conolly
Vice Chair - Fatemah Beydoun
Secretary - Louise Schuster
Membership Officer - Ray Wallace
Treasurer - Ray Kantor
Ordinary Member - at least one to be elected at AGM
Ordinary Member for Marketing - Drazen Drazic
Ordinary Member for Technical Infrastructure - Peter Robinson
Branch Executive - one for EACH branch
Adelaide - Tim Hill
Brisbane - Peter Nikitser
Canberra - Sarah Tueno
Melbourne - Matthew Hackling
Perth - Peter Wolski
Sydney - Audrey Lyon
(After the AGM, the Branch Executives elected the Branch Representative to the Executive Committee - Peter Lilley.)
More details can be read here.
How to nominate:
1. If you are nominating another member, make sure that they are prepared to accept the nomination and understand what will be expected of them.
2. Contact one other member in good standing to second your nomination. If you are unsure if a member is in good standing, please contact Admin@aisa.org.au who will advise the current membership status for the member concerned.
3. Send an email to Secretary@aisa.org.au and copy it to the member seconding your nomination.
4. Follow up to make sure the member seconding your nomination forwards the email to Secretary@aisa.org.au indicating that they are seconding the nomination by 4:30pm Thursday 28 August 2008.
5. Forward a short biography of the candidate of 100 words or less to Secretary@aisa.org.au by 4:30pm Thursday 28 August 2008.
6. Forward an optional platform or policy statement of 100 words or less to Secretary@aisa.org.au by 4:30pm Thursday 28 August 2008.
Names, biographical information and policy statements as received from nominees are available for download here.
You may download the Call for Nominations document here
Members who can not attend at any scheduled location are able to assign their vote to a proxy. A proxy is a financial member who attends the AGM.
The proxy form may be downloaded here.
To assign your proxy vote, please complete this form and email it to Secretary@aisa.org.au. Your email address as recorded on the AISA Member Register will be regarded as your signature. You may also sign and post it to GPO Box 2157 SYDNEY, NSW 2001. Your proxy must be received by 4.30 pm Sydney time, Wednesday 3 September 2008.
You need to be an AISA member in good standing, who has agreed to abide by our Code of Ethics and paid all Membership Fees due to 30 June 2009, in order to participate in our AGM. Information on this is given here.
Agenda
1. Opening and welcome.
2. Apologies and proxies.
3. Minutes from the last AGM - may be downloaded here
4. Reports from the Executive Committee
a. Chair
b. Membership Report
c. Treasurer’s Report
d. Marketing Report
5. Nominations for two (2) AISA members to sign the annual return to the Office of Fair Trading.
6. Election of Office Bearers and Ordinary Member(s) of the Executive Committee
7. Election of Branch Executives
8. Any Other Business
9. Closure of Meeting
All Reports are available for members to download here.
Nominations for the Executive Committee and for Branch Executives closed on Thursday 28 August 2008.
Deadline to Join/Renew for AISA AGM 2008
You need to be an AISA member in good standing, who has agreed to abide by our Code of Ethics and paid all Membership Fees due to 30 June 2009, in order to participate in our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 4 September 2008.
To ensure you can participate in our AGM, you need to join or renew online or via post in time for this to be received before 4:30pm AEST on Wednesday 3 September 2008.
If you apply to join AISA or to renew online after 4:30pm AEST on Wednesday 3 September 2008, and you wish to participate in our AGM, you must print-out and bring with you the PayPal confirmation of your membership fee payment. |
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