Annual Meeting 2004

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ANZAPT AGM 2004

Held in Christchurch, New ZealandTuesday 11th May, 2004 at 1330

 

 Present: Johan Khor (President), Deeta Kimber (Vice-president), GiorginaKimber (Treasurer), Ben Duke (Secretary), 15 other trainees

 

In attendance: Paul Loughran (Director of Education, RANZCP)

  

1) President’s Report

            i) this provided a summary of progress made by ANZAPT throughthe year in relations to both our working relationship with the CollegeExecutive and Secretariat, as well as our achievements in regards toinformation technology (Responder and anzapt.org)         ii) included two motions to the floor regarding the expansion of theANZAPT executive: firstly to have an Australian and a New Zealand vicepresident in order to ensure we present a binational representation(passed), and secondly that the immediate past president be retained inorder to ensure some continuation of corporate knowledge (passed)

            iii) included a recommendation that ANZAPT representatives onCollege bodies should consider two year terms in order to improve theworking knowledge base of what is involved in each body, and also to give adegree of continuity to the other (Fellow) members of the bodies

            iv) included a recommendation that future executives continueto pursue a more representative election process through obtainingnominations for positions in advance (although this had not been successfulthis year)

2) Treasurer’s Report

            i) finances currently managed through the College, with anannual budget being submitted and approved (~$5,000 pa)

            ii) additional funds were made available through the year forthe establishment and maintenance of the anzapt.org website

            iii) the issue of incorporation was again raised. This wouldallow ANZAPT to independently collect funds from the trainees (through theCollege) or from sponsorship. However, it would also be accompanied bysignificant legal, accounting and procedural obligations. The question ofwhy ANZAPT would need independent funding was raised, without a clearanswer.

 

3) Webmistress’ Report (DK)

            i) the Responder is approaching the end of its pilot programwhich used sponsorship from Janssen. Alternative sources of sponsorshipwill be pursued for the future maintenance of this resource

            ii) the website is up and running in its new form. Forums arecurrently taking place on various issues, and there is the facility forvarious groups (state branches and the College) to utilise the resource

 

4) ANZAPT Membership on General Council

            i) there had been a past motion put to GC that the ANZAPTrepresentatives on GC should have full voting membership. This wassuccessful and passed onto the Secretariat to investigate theimplementation. Legal advice obtained indicated that this would mean thatthe ANZAPT representative would be considered Directors of the company(RANZCP), with all of the responsibilities and liabilities that entailed.

            ii) it was bought back to ANZAPT at CEC 2004/1 to see whetherwe wished to pursue the implementation of this motion

            iii) discussion on this issue was stifled by the fact that thetrainee body has limited understanding of what the responsibilities andliabilities of a Director would be. The trainees also felt that it would beuseful to have a copy of the legal decision available, and some informationas to the extent of potential liability that ANZAPT (both the individualrepresentatives, and as a body) could be exposed to.

            iv) a decision was made to further defer making a decision onthis matter until the above information was available so that we could makean informed decision

 

5) Election of Office Bearers

            i) President: nominees were Giorgina Kimber (SA) and Ben Duke(Qld), with Giorgina Kimber being elected to the position

            ii) Vice President (Australia): nominees were Ben Duke andJackie Canessa (NSW), with Ben Duke being elected to the position

            iii) Vice President (New Zealand): the only nominee was KatyBrett (Christchurch)

            iv) Treasurer: the only nominee was Jackie Canessa

            v) Secretary: the only nominee was Nicky Beamish (Vic)

            vi) Webcontroller: there was a joint nomination by Deeta Kimber(Vic) and Angelo Ferraro (Vic)

 

6) Representatives on College Bodies

            i) General Council (Australia): the only nominee was GiorginaKimber

           ii) General Council (NZ): the only nominee was Katy Brett

            iii) College Executive Committee: the only nominee was Ben Duke

            iv) Fellowships Board: the only nominee was Johan Khor (Vic)

 

The AGM was ceased at this time (1530) due to time constraints.

 

Appointees to the following College bodies were made by the Executive:

 

            i) Committee for Examinations: Giorgina Kimber

            ii) Committee for Training: Ben Duke

            iii) Rural Special Interest Group: John Edgar (ACT)

 

Appointees for the various subspecialty training program committees werenot discussed due to limited numbers of advanced trainees present at theAGM. Once the new Fellowships Board structures are in place and runningthen the executive will ask for nominations from the trainee body for thesepositions.

 

Ben Duke

Outgoing Secretary

19/5/2004