ARCHITEAM 2024 BOARD ELECTIONS

ARCHITEAM 2024 BOARD ELECTIONS - Nominations open

At the 2024 AGM there will be two vacancies to join the ArchiTeam Board of Directors.

Nominations are now formally invited and must be received in writing at the ArchiTeam office by 10:30 am, Thursday 7 November 2024

2024 Nomination Form
2024 Nomination Statement

The duties and liabilities of a Cooperative Director can be found on the Consumer Affairs website.

All Directors are expected to attend a training course on Directors’ duties and regularly attend courses for the purposes of attaining or maintaining skills appropriate to Directors of the cooperative. Some benefits for board members are available such as an honorarium, reduced PII subscriptions and free CPD sessions.

We strongly encourage all members to consider nominating for a Director position.  Being part of a leading team building a professional organisation is a great opportunity, as well as being in an executive role that serves over 1000 members Nationally.

 

NOTICE OF THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ARCHITEAM COOPERATIVE LTD. 

Thursday 28 November, 2024

Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of ArchiTeam Cooperative Limited will be held on Zoom on Thursday 28 November 2024, 12 noon

AGENDA

Business

1. Chair’s welcome (Incl. Attendance & Apologies)

2. Confirm the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting - Thursday 23 November 2023
3. Chairs Report for the year ended 30 June 2024
4. Treasurer/ Financial Report - receive and consider the financial statement for the year ended 30 June 2024
5. Appoint an Auditor for 2024-25
6. Director’s Portfolio Reports:
   1. Insurance Report
   2. Partnerships Report
   3. Members Services Report
   4. CPD & Events Report 
   5. Advocacy Report
   6. Awards Report
   7. Conference Report
7. Questions on Notice
8. General Business
9. Special Resolution
10. Election of Directors

 

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

The Board proposes one special resolution to adopt an amended iteration of the Co-operative’s Rules. A copy of the amended Rules will be sent to all current members, with this notice. It shows all proposed amendments in tracked changes. A clean copy of the proposed Rules will also be sent for ease of review.

Special Resolution

The following resolution will be put forward to consider and, if thought fit, be passed by the members.

That the ArchiTeam Co-operative Limited (the Co-operative) substitute the Co-operative’s Rules with the Rules presented to the Annual General Meeting of Thursday 28 November 2024 on the registration of the Special Resolution by the Registrar.

Reasons & Effect of Special Resolution

Rules are not static documents and should ideally be reviewed regularly. The Board has approved the proposed amendments to the Rules for presentation to members as follows:
 
to 'add the option of a ‘review’ of the financial accounts of the co-operative alongside the option to undergo an ‘audit’.

This amendment will provide the Board and the shareholders of ArchiTeam Cooperative Ltd the flexibility to decide at each Annual General Meeting (AGM) whether the Cooperative will undergo a ‘review’ or an ‘audit’.

As a point of reference, the CEO, Bookkeeper, and Accountants at Rose Partners have conducted a ‘review’ of the Cooperative's finances this year. They found minimal difference in the process and workload compared to an ‘audit,’ but at a third of the cost to the Cooperative. Furthermore, legal and financial advice received by the Board confirms that ArchiTeam has a robust set of guidelines and policies in place to mitigate fraud and financial risks to the cooperative.

If the Special Resolution is passed then the Rules distributed enclosed with this Notice will become the Rules of the Co-operative from the date that the Special Resolution is registered with the Registrar.

If Members have any questions or concerns, please direct those to the Secretary, Dr Delia Teschendorff, via the CEO@architeam.net.au

 

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

The board request that any questions be submitted prior to the meeting Thursday 7 November by 4.pm This will allow the board to prepare a considered response.

Questions on notice are requested by 4.pm Thursday 7 November 2024