6th AGM of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

4:45pm Tuesday, 27 October 2009
National Library of Australia
Parkes Place, Canberra

About the AGM

The 2009 Annual General Meeting will be held in association with the HASS on the Hill event. Participants are asked to arrive by 4:15pm to complete voting formalities before the meeting commences at 4.45pm. Members and friends of CHASS are invited to attend.

The meeting will consider changes to governance provisions in the Constitution resulting in adoption of a new Constitution, the President's Report, the Auditor's Report, and election of the 2009-2010 Board. See Notice of Annual General Meeting

Changes to Constitution

The CHASS Board has recommended changes to the Constitution to make governance of the Council more open, and to strengthen the Board membership and processes. As foreshadowed, these changes include replacing fixed one year terms for board members with a rolling program in which one third of the Board retires each year.

It will also allow for election of the President by the Board and the appointment of up to two additional members to fill particular gaps in skills or representation. The amendments will be considered at the 2009 AGM.

Download proposed Constitution     [PDF file size: 2MB]

Voting rights, registration and proxies

If you will be attending, please download the Form of appointment of delegate, complete and return to CHASS preferably by COB Tuesday 20 October.

If your organisation is unable to nominate one of its own people to represent it at the AGM, it can nominate CHASS Board Secretary Stuart Hamilton or another person to exercise your vote. Please do this by downloading the Form of appointment of proxy, complete and return to CHASS no later than COB Tuesday 20 October.

Nominations for the Board of CHASS

In 2009 the Board of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences considered the skills and experience needed to give the strategic direction and effective governance required by the CHASS member organisations. It sees good governance as one of the drivers of strong performance in achieving greater recognition and resources for HASS.

There are a number of vacancies on the board in 2009. Nominations for the positions must be received no later than seven days before the Annual General Meeting. Visit Guide to Board skills for more information.

To nominate a candidate for election to the Board of CHASS, please download the Nomination for Board form, complete and return to CHASS by COB Tuesday 20 October.

Forms for download:

• Form of appointment of delegate
• Form of appointment of proxy
• Nomination for Board form

 

For more information, please contact

Helen O'Neil
Executive Director
Phone: (02) 6201 2740
Email: director [at] chass.org.au

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