APANA's Annual General Meeting for 1995 was held at 1:20pm on Saturday the 7th of October at the Disability Information and Resource Centre, 195 Gilles Street, Adelaide.

The Meeting was chaired by the President of APANA, Shane Alderton, and these minutes were taken by the outgoing Secretary, Geoffrey Newman.

Members Present:

From the ACT:

Tony Galliford

Paul McConnell

Gavan Murphy

Mark Purcell

From Brisbane:

Reagan Blundell

Brent Paddon (Management Committee Member)

From Melbourne:

Paul Fyfe

T. K. Kang

David Keegel

Gavan McCormack

Edwin Parsons

James Ray

Terry Wood

From the NT:

Gail Lidden (Treasurer)

Robert Nagy

From South Australia:

Dorian Barnett

Matthew Brady

Ivan Brawley

Peter Brockbank

Mike Bruins

Daryl Collins

Adrian Corston

James Fisk

Steve Fraser

Leigh Hart (Management Committee Member)

John Heij

Dieter Jansen

Mariusz Kaminski

John Lindsay

Mark Lorenz

Jamie Lovick

Peter Matthews

Brad McMahon

Mark Newton (Management Committee Member)

James Pickering

Simon Roberts

Greg Robinson

Chris Saunderson

Terry Smith

Mike Talbot-Wilson

Matthew Thom

Philip Thornton

Dave Wallace

Berndt Wulf

From Sydney:

Shane Alderton (President)

Matthew Geier

Geoffrey Newman (Secretary)

Tim Noonan

Visitors:

Lino Fusco

Tully Norman

Phil Stubbs

Apologies:

Adam Frey

Nick Langmaid

Proxy Votes:

Torquil Gault, John Holman, Richard Jenkins, Andrew Humphrey,
Gursel Tuna, Dave Keller, Greg Patten, Adam Frey, Sean McNamara,
James Fisk, Matthew Jackson, Bob Chambers, Robert Jukic,
Doug Woodgate, Manfred Hanley, Robin Buckley, Ivan Cribb,
Adrian Lyons, James Morris

1. The minutes of the Annual General Meeting and the Special General Meeting held in Sydney on the 22nd of October, 1994, were approved by the meeting.




2. The Treasurer, Gail Lidden, presented a report on the transactions of APANA during the preceding financial year.

   Among the points made were:

   • a call for greater financial responsibility from the regions, particularly in regard to the procedures followed by regional committees in drawing on the region's funds.
   • a recommendation that APANA's accounts be independently audited each year, even though it appears that it is not required by law. The Treasurer estimated that the cost would be in the order of $1000-$2000 per year.

   
   




3. Election of Officers

   Shane Alderton, being the only nominee for the position of President of APANA, was elected under rule 38(3).

   Adam Frey, being the only nominee for the position of Secretary of APANA, was elected under rule 38(3).

   Gail Lidden, being the only nominee for the position of Treasurer of APANA, was elected under rule 38(3).

   Shane Alderton moved a motion of thanks, approved by the meeting, to Geoffrey Newman for his work as Secretary over the previous year.




4. The meeting approved the annual report submitted by APANA in accordance with section 30(3) of the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Vic).




5. The meeting considered whether Andrew Herbert's role in the establishment and development of APANA should be recognised by granting him honorary ordinary membership.

   David Keegel spoke briefly on Andrew Herbert's behalf.

   The resolution was passed.

In accordance with the rules, no other business was transacted at the meeting.

The meeting concluded at approximately 2:10pm

Please address any questions or corrections of these minutes to the Management Committee.