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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