New Council to take office on 19 June

Nominations for vacant positions on the Branch Council for the period July 2006 to June 2008 closed at 5.00 pm on Monday 15 May. At that time, seventeen formal nominations had been received by the Branch for the seventeen vacant positions.

In accordance with Rule 39(1) where, “in the event of the nominations being not more in number than the positions to be filled, those who have been nominated in accordance with the above shall be deemed to be elected, and shall assume and commence office on the expiration of the term of office of the outgoing members of the Council”, the following seventeen nominees have been declared elected without ballot. Congratulations to:

Dr Andrew Barnes
Dr Mark Bowman
Dr Chris Callahan
Dr Stephen Cottrell
Dr Pamela Craig
Dr David Curnow
Dr Bob Cvetkovic
Dr Anne Harrison
Dr Neil Hewson
Dr David Houghton
Dr Matthew Hopcraft
Dr John Matthews
Dr Greg Morris
Dr Ming Ann Ong
Dr Anne Stewart
Dr Jonathan Tversky
Dr Gary Yip

These new Councillors will meet on 19 June to elect the new officer bearers for the coming year, and they will all take office from the end of the June General Meeting, which is also scheduled for 19 June.

Special thanks to Drs Vlad Hardi and Dr Suzanne Hanlin, both of whom are retiring from Council having served in various offices, including that of President, and also to Dr Tim Cutler, who whilst retiring from Council, continues to serve as a member of the Finance & Audit and PPF Policy Advisory Committees.

Welcome to newly elected Councillors Dr Bob Cvetkovic, Dr Ming Ann Ong and Dr Gary Yip.