KNOW YOUR CHAPTER
Australasian Chapter
I
n November 2010, the Australasian
Chapter undertook a modified nomination and election process for a new executive board at the Annual General Meeting
(AGM). The nomination and election process
is a requirement under the Chapter Handbook which gives all the chapter members
a say in the composition of the new executive board and the option to join the board
themselves. This certainly was the case with
the Australasian Chapter. Although the AGM
itself was held the 23rd of November the
nomination and election process took place
throughout November. ACAMS’ head office
provided support to the chapter with the
undertaking and marketing of the nomination process.
The results of the election showed that
there is an ever increasing interest in not
only the workings of the board but the
chapter in general. The make up of the new
15 person executive board is: Guy Boyd
(co-chair); Aub Chapman (co-chair); Erum
Khan (co-secretary); Gavin Coles (co-secretary); Julie Beesley (co-treasurer); Stuart
Hansen (co-treasurer and co-programming,
New Zealand); Tim Land (co-membership);
Phil O’Connell (co-membership); Paddy
Oliver (co-communications); Crispin Yuen
(co-communications); Bill Brown (co-programming, Melbourne); Graham Gorrie (coprogramming, Sydney); Alex Tan (co-programming, New Zealand); Dr. Hugh McDermott (co-programming, webinars); Brett
Webber (co-programming, webinars). The
New Zealand-based board members, Stuart,
Phil and Alex, are supported by New Zealand
Working Group members, Gary Hughes and
Tim Morrison. By expanding the numbers
on the board, together with more focused
board portfolios, the executive board aims
to provide more targeted activities for
chapter members.
The AGM was held at the KPMG office in
Sydney with a video link to Melbourne.
Attendees heard from Lindsay Chan of
the Asia/Pacific Group ۈ[ۙ^H][