FLANZ 2018 AGM welcomes new executive members

The 2018 Annual General Meeting saw a renewed interest in committee membership and a focus on enhancing engagement with members.

Ralph Springett, incumbent President, opened the meeting and explained that the current executive have signalled a focus on connecting with the FLANZ membership. This follows a period of rebuilding the website and automating membership applications.

Membership engagement coupled with a clear value proposition for membership will be a focus area as the new executive picks up the work of the the 2017-18 executive.

Minutes of FLANZ AGM, 10 April 2018

The President declared the meeting open at 12.30pm. A quorum was present.

Apologies: Te Hurinui Clarke, Terry Neal

Moved that apologies be accepted.

Moved by Chair:               CARRIED

1. Adoption of the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting of DEANZ (1 August 2017)

Keryn Pratt / Derek Wenmoth:       CARRIED

2. Adoption of the President’s Annual Report

Moved that the President’s Annual Report be accepted.

Moved by Chair:                            CARRIED

3. Adoption of the Reviewed Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2017

Moved that the Audited Financial Report be accepted.

Rachel Whalley / Ralph Springett:  CARRIED

4. Election of the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary and other elected members of the FLANZ Executive

Nominations for President

Nominated: Ralph Springett, by Sarah Stein / Rachel Whalley

No other nominations were received.

Ralph Springett was declared: ELECTED

Nominations for Vice President

No nominations were received.

Nomination from the floor:

Lynn Brice, supported by Ralph Springett / Keryn Pratt

Lynn Brice was declared: ELECTED

Nominations for Treasurer

Nominated: Rachel Whalley, by Keryn Pratt / Alison Fields

No other nominations were received.

Rachel Whalley was declared: ELECTED

Nominations for Secretary

Nominated: Keryn Pratt, by Dianne Forbes / Alison Fields

No other nominations were received. Keryn Pratt was declared: ELECTED

Nominations for Web Editor

Nominated Kathryn MacCullum, by Keryn Pratt / Rachel Whalley

No other nominations were received. Kathryn MacCallum

Nominations for Executive members

Executive committee

Terry Neal by Ralph Springett /Dianne Forbes

Dianne Forbes, Ralph Springett / Terry Neal

Alison Fields, by Ralph Springett / Keryn Pratt

Andrew Higgins, by Ralph Springett / Keryn Pratt

Belinda Lawrence, by Dianne Forbes / Alison Fields

Maggie Hartnett, by Keryn Pratt / Alison Fields

Rick Whalley, by Rachel Whalley / Keryn Pratt

Nui Sim, by Sarah Stein /Keryn Pratt

Nominated from the floor:

Pinelopi Zaka

Sophie Goldingay

Ashwini Datt

Nhung Nguyen

Nathaniel Louwrens

All nominations were declared ELECTED

5. Appointment of the auditor

Moved that
the Auditor, Anne Dennis, Ingham Mora Accountants, be reappointed.

Rachel Whalley / Ralph Springett CARRIED

5. Any other business:

Dianne Forbes: Report on webinar held in 2017; request for volunteers/suggestions for future webinar hosts

Meeting for new executive lunchtime tomorrow

Meeting closed 1.04pm

Meeting attendees:

Derek Wenmoth

Lachie McLaren

Adele Scott

Sonia Glogowski

Louise Hyde

Alison Fields

Nhung Nguyen

Danielle Dubien

Aseni Warnakula

Leanne Reynolds

Ximena Riquelme

Deb Montgomery

Elaine Khoo

Kathryn MacCallum

Noeline Wright

Cherie Shum

Rick Whalley

Roxanne Hawi

Maggie Hartnett

Belinda Lawrence

Sarah Stein

Mark Brown

Nathaniel Louwrens

Rachel Whalley

Kristina Hoeppner

Rena Heap

Lynne Brice

Philippa Isom

Ashwini Datt

Tamara Powell

Angela Jones

Dianne Forbes

Sara Farshad Nia

Niki Davis

Paul Stevens

Ralph Springett

Keryn Pratt

Pinelopi Zaka

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