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Summary of the Minutes of the ASHM 2009 Annual General Meeting
The 2009 ASHM Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 10 September at 12:30pm in the Brisbane and Exhibition Convention Centre, Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets, South Bank, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Presidents Report:
The report is published in the Annual Report and was presented to members. The President informed the Members that the annual report had been posted to the website since last week and hard copies of the report were available at this meeting. Jonathan Anderson said that he did not want to rehash the report as it appeared but there were a number of other matters he wanted to draw to members' attention.
At the last meeting members gave the Board direction to transition the organisation from an association Incorporated in NSW to a company limited by guarantee. We have done this and the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the new company will be held on 11 September at lunch-time. The transition has been supported by the NSW Department of Fair Trading. All of our government contract partners were happy with and supported the transition and so all our agreements will just transfer across to the new entity. As a procedural matter, the Board members are listed as the members of the new company for the purposes of establishing the new company and then at the first Board Meeting, tomorrow, all members of the existing association will be made members of the new company. The President commended the Secretariat in making the transition, particularly the work undertaken by Terry Fairclough and the Finance Team: Nadia Kristenko, Claire Koetsier and Kevin Doyle.
Treasurers Report:
Philip Cunningham outlined how the financial report is included in the Annual Report and drew members attention to several important issues. The Treasurer advised members that the Society is in a healthy financial position. Importantly given the size of our operation this is essential, not a luxury. Much of our funding is annualised and as a consequence we need to have sufficient operating funds to allow us to cover fluctuations in cash flow and to keep the organisation functioning while contracts are negotiated.
Motions on Notice:
The President announced that there were no Motions on Notice at this AGM. The next AGM will be under the aegis of the Corporations Act and we will be operating as a company limited by guarantee.
Election of the BoardJonathan Anderson as outgoing President, thanked retiring members of the Board:
Sharon Lewin is leaving the board after a long and productive association with ASHM, including two years as President and two as Immediate Past President, although she will continue to keep in contact through a variety of avenues, including her liaison role to ASHM as a member of the MACBBVS.
Stephen Lambert also resigned from the Board shortly before the elections. Steve as many will know has been a longstanding member of the Board and the first non-medical member. Steve is an educator and is in the process of completing his PhD.
Richard Hillman has also decided not to re-stand for the Board due to competing work demands. Richard will remain involved in a number of committees providing particular support to the Professional Education Division.
Nominations for the Board closed on 7 July at which time the number of nominations equalled the number of vacancies Those people nominated were therefore elected unopposed:
Executive:
Greg Dore - President
Edwina Wright - Vice President (Secretary)
Mark Boyd - Vice President (Treasurer)
Jonathan Anderson - Immediate Past President
Ordinary Members:
Mark Bloch - NSW
Ben Cowie - VIC
Philip Cunningham - NSW
Michelle Giles - VIC
Nick Medland - Vietnam
Richard Norris - NSW
Patricia Price - WA
Darren Russell - QLD
Russell Wardell - SA
Past AGM Minutes
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