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BoardMeetingReport–February2014 ThefirstBoardmeeting for the year was held 14–15 February 2014.

• Support for awardingboth the author and illustrator of thewinning book equally as a part of the Book of theYear Awards . • Following the sixmonth review of Member Communities , it was agreed that the Member Communitieswould continue as an operational area, supportedbyNational Office, with regular reviews to occur as a part of the social media reportingprocess. • Subcommittees of theBoard established including: > GovernanceSubcommittee , chairedby President, D Theodoros; > Finance, Audit andRisk

Some highlights from themeeting include: • The StrategicPlan 2014–2016 was ratifiedwith copies tobe circulated to themembership with theMarch edition of JCPSLP . • The draft National Inquiry submission gained in principle support, with the final document delivered to theSenateCommittee on 21 February. • Auditor, DMcGregor of McGregor West and FinanceManager, MMartin joined themeeting to discuss the 2013Financial andAudit Reports .

SPA’s StrategicPlan 2014–2016.

Subcommittee , chairedby VicePresident Operations, M Maggiore.

• Grant guidelines tobe developed to enable organisations working indevelopingnations to approach theAssociation for financial support. Each application receivedwill be consideredby theBoard. simulation in clinical training ’, preparedby AHill on behalf of theAssociation, approved for consideration byHealth WorkforceAustralia. • Submission ‘ Embedding

• Amendments to the

• Three Director nominations were receivedby theBoard. These nominationswill be

Professional Self-Regulation program to allow new graduates to obtain provisional CPSP status were discussed.

considered against the selection criteria by the newly appointed Governance subcommittee.

• Following the launch of the revised MentoringProgram , Professional Support Advisor, MPrainwas asked to review ‘ The role and valueof professional supervision ’.

TheBoardwill nextmeet on Saturday 16May 2014 ahead of the 2014National Conference Connections: client.clinician.context .

Reminder: 2014ResearchGrantProgram Inlinewith theAssociation’s commitment topromoting and funding high quality research, SpeechPathology Australia is pleased to offer research grants in 2014. Applications close Friday 25 July 2014 . Late applicationswill not be accepted.

ClinicianResearchGrants: Two grantswill be awarded, one of amaximum value of $5,000 and one to amaximum value of $10,000. These grants are available for clinically based research and are not available for research related to postgraduate studies or research undertaken by an academic. PostgraduateResearchGrant: Twograntswill be awarded, one of amaximum value of $5,000 and one of amaximum value of $10,000. These grants are available to speech pathologists enrolled in postgraduate studies. UndergraduateResearchGrant: Four grantswill be awarded of up to$600 each. These grants are available to entry-level students enrolled in a research program.

TheNadiaVerrallMemorial ResearchGrant: One grant will be awardedof amaximum of $5,000. This grant is awarded to research applications focusing on childrenwith communication disorders and their families. TheAssociation is dedicated to supporting the development of evidence-baseddata relevant to communication and swallowingdisorders andwas very pleasedwith the high number of grant applications received in 2013. Prioritywill be given to research applications that alignwith the Association’s strategic plan. Please refer to theSPAwebsite for further details.

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