Notice to Members

The 2010 Annual General Meeting of CRANAplus will be held during our Annual Conference in Adelaide at the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley St.
The AGM will be held on Friday 15th October at 11.20am.

The business of the meeting is to:

· Approve the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting.
· To consider any business arising from the minutes.
· To receive the report of the Board, and audited statements of the accounts and financial reports for the preceding financial year.
· To elect to the Board of Directors where there is a vacancy.
· To transact any other business which has been listed in the notice of meeting, and of which the secretary or delegate has received notice in writing no less than seven days previously. Any special resolutions require at least 21 days notice in accordance with the Act.
· To deal with any other business that the chair allows to be brought forward.

Nominations for Board Members
In September 2008, members present at the AGM voted on a series of constitutional changes, which included the alteration to the Board members term of office. The new constitution which has subsequently been passed by the Department of Justice in the Northern Territory states ‘Each Director shall hold office for three years, but is eligible for re-election’.

In early 2010 Trudy Yuginovich stepped down as treasurer after many years of service, with John Wright taking on this role until the AGM. In order to be consistent with the expectations of members who elected both of those people to specific positions, John and Trudy have indicated their willingness to step down and re-nominate as general board members. The 2008 constitution requires the CRANAplus Board to determine the roles within the board, allowing for the most appropriate skills and abilities of board members to be used to meet the changing needs of the organisation.

CRANAplus is calling for nominations for two vacant board positions.

Any member wishing to nominate must fill in a nomination form, including a brief outline of your background and indicating the skills, knowledge, experience and commitment that you could bring to the organisation as a Board member. Nomination Forms are available here, or on our website.

These documents MUST BE RECEIVED by CRANAplus by the 16th AUGUST 2010 AS PER 18.3 OF THE CONSTITUTION.

Current Board members and their terms of office are as follows:
 

• Lyn Hinspeter elected 2009 - term of office expires 2012
• Christopher Cliffe elected 2008 - term of office expires 2011
• Sue Kildea elected 2008 -  term of office expires 2011
• Trudy Yuginovich elected 2008 - nominated for re-election
• John Wright elected 2008 - nominated for re-election
• Jo Appoo elected 2008 term of office expires 2011
• Isabelle Ellis elected 2008 term of office expires 2011
• John Ryan* appointed 2008
   

*Appointed to the Board as per Part 4 14.1 (a), Term of appointment to be determined by the Board of Directors.

Additional information
CRANAplus intends to make additional changes to the constitution most of which are simply housekeeping type changes and others to assist with financial management. Such changes are currently with our solicitor and will be circulated as per the rules of the organisation – Part 6 18.1 (f)

Also please note that members who will not be attending the conference will be able to avail themselves of a proxy vote by filling in the proxy form that will be available after nominations close. Proposed constitutional changes will be sent to members along with a capacity to vote by proxy for both any constitutional changes and the election of new board members. Members can either nominate a person with whom their proxy vote will be held or should they fill in a proxy form and not nominate a person, that vote will be held by the President.

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