Notice of Annual General Meeting 2018

THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN 17 008 393 440 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia at 6.00pm, Monday 28 May 2018.

Order of Meeting

1. Opening of the meeting

The revised rule would appear in the Constitution as follows:

2. Welcome of Members and introduction of Directors

11. Classes of Membership 11.1 There are seven (7) classes of Membership in the Company: (1) Life Member: (2) Certified Practising Member;

3. Apologies and proxies received

4. Confirmation of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held in Sydney, NSW on 29 May 2017

(3) Non Certified Member; (4) Non Practising Member; (5) Re-entry Member; (6) Student Member; and (7) Alumnus Member

5. Presentation of the President’s Report

6. Presentation of the Annual Audit and Financial Statement for the year ending 31 December 2017

Resolution 2: That the Constitution of the Company be amended by replacing the existing rule 11. with: 11. Classes of Membership 11.1 There are seven (7) classes of Membership in the Company: (1) Life Member; (2) Certified Practising Member;

7. General Business

7.1 Appointment of auditor

7.2 Honorarium Resolution 1:

That the honorarium payable to the President for the Board year 2018-2019, be equivalent to 20% of the incumbent’s full time equivalent salary, for the period he or she is in office. Rule 11. Classes of Membership Currently there are ten classes of Membership presented in the Constitution under Rule 11. 11. Classes of Membership 11.1 There are ten (10) classes of Membership in the Company: (1) Life Member: – Life Member – SPA; (2) Ordinary Member: Fellow – FSPA; (3) Ordinary Member: Practising – MSPA; (4) Ordinary Member: Non Practising – MSPA; (5) Ordinary Member: Fulltime Post-Graduate Student – MSPA;

(3) Non Certified Member; (4) Non Practising Member; (5) Re-entry Member; (6) Student Member; and (7) Alumnus Member

7.3 Changes to the Constitution

8. Declaration of Poll – election of Directors

9. Confirmation of Directors as from the close of the meeting

10. Announcement of the next Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday 3 June 2019, at the Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Queensland.

11. Official close of the 2018 Annual General Meeting

(6) Re-entry Member; (7) Student Member; (8) Associate; (9) Associate Student Member; and (10) Alumnus Member.

SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA 2018 AWARDS CEREMONY Announcement of 2018 Award Recipients

The Annual General Meeting and Awards Ceremony will be immediately followed by refreshments.

It is proposed that the term ‘Ordinary Member’ is removed from classes (2), (3), (4), and (5). In addition, under this proposal: ‘Fellow’ becomes a designation, not a membership class; ‘Fulltime Post-Graduate’, is recognised as payment category, rather than a membership class; and unused membership classes ‘Associate’ and ‘Associate Student Member’ are removed.

PLEASE NOTE: Members unable to attend the meeting are welcome to vote using the attached Proxy Form. To be valid your proxy must be received by no later than 6.00pm, Saturday 26 May 2018.

THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN 17 008 393 440 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING PROXY FORM

I,_______________________________(full name) of ____________________________(state) being a member of

The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited, hereby appoint:

________________________________________________________ (insert name of current member)

or failing him/her

the Chairperson

to vote on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited to be held on Monday 28 May 2018 and at any adjournment thereof.

Signed this _________________________day of ____________________________________________ in the year 2018.

_______________________________________________________ (Signature of member)

This is to be used: FOR or AGAINST (please cross x preferred position) the stated resolutions:

7.2 Resolution 1

That the honorarium payable to the President for the Board year 2018-2019 be equivalent to 20% of the incumbent’s full time equivalent salary for the period he or she is in office.

For

Against

Abstain

7.3 Resolution 2

That the Constitution of the Company be amended by replacing the existing rule 11. with: 11. Classes of Membership 11.1 There are seven (7) classes of Membership in the Company: (1) Life Member; (2) Certified Practising Member;

(3) Non Certified Member; (4) Non Practising Member; (5) Re-entry Member; (6) Student Member; and (7) Alumnus Member

For

Against

Abstain

NOTE:

In the event of a Member desiring to vote for or against any resolution, the Member shall instruct his or her proxy accordingly, and unless otherwise instructed the proxy may vote as they think fit. In the absence of a nominated proxy, the chair of the meeting is appointed the proxy.

IMPORTANT: To be valid, proxy forms must reach National Office before 6.00pm on Saturday 26 May 2018.

Mail/Fax to:

Speech Pathology Australia Level 1 / 114 William Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000

Fax

61 3 9642 4922