Wednesday 26th November, 2014

Victorian Annual General Meeting

2014

Agenda

Welcome and ApologiesPresentation from Guest Speakers: Cathy Olsson: NDIS Gail Mulcair: Senate Inquiry

2014 Victorian Branch update and achievementsElection of Victorian Branch Executive for 2015

Change in Branch Structure

Old Branch Structure: Meetings occurred once a month for up to 2 hours Members included:

President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer University Representative Student Representatives from each University year level Portfolio leaders for Scientific Affairs, Public Affairs,

Professional Standards, PWG, Continuing Professional Development, Mentoring (Adults and Paediatric Leaders), Rural and Regional, DEECD, and SPEL

2014 Branch Structure

Executive Team- Chair

- Vice Chair- Secretary/Treasurer

- University Reps- Student coordinator

- Working group leaders- Mentoring

CPD Mentoring Member Engagement

Lobbying and Influencing

Key Business Areas

Increasing member engagement / Public Affairs. Aim: To increase the relationship between Victorian

members, the community and the Victorian Branch to ensure that Branch activities are focused on the priorities of members.

Lobbying and InfluencingAim: To highlight the needs of Victorian Speech

Pathologists and service users to the State Government and Opposition.

Continuing Professional Development, EBP and ResearchAim: To ensure our members remain up to date with the

latest research and education.

2014 Achievements

Orientation Manual was reviewed and updatedLobbying Platform was created in conjunction with National Office: Accountability for how schools use their "Language Support

Program" funding

Wine and Cheese nights held at University of Melbourne and La Trobe University to Welcome Graduating speech pathologists to the profession. Participation in ICP promotion

2014 Achievements

Health Sector Leadership Program Congratulations to Charmaine Tu, Pamela Thuan, Kaye Kingham

and Amanda Siminato

2014 Achievements

Member engagement events were held with great success including: Member Welcome event Speech Pathology Week Trivia Night

2014 Achievements

Pregnancy, babies and Children’s expoA special thanks to all those who assisted in making the Speech Pathology Australia stand such a success. Jenny Elliot Di Lam Clare Burns Jacqueline Armstrong Michelle Mackenzie Giulia Roberts Pembe Irgat Kadir Jacinta Smyth Rose Ward

Charmaine Tu Lily Luu Katherine Sanchez Daphne Machado Paige Marshall Erin White Rachel McDermott Leah Paice Eve Jongebloed Briony Fowler Megan Sceriha

Erika Hazi Erin De Winter Caitlin Stephenson Kristen Moore Lisa Furlong Sarah Finegan Claire Samphier Kaye Kingham Alice Crook Jessica Boyce Belinda Negro

2014 Victorian Branch

Executive Team Chair: Jessica Andrianakis Vice Chair: Charmaine Tu Secretary/Treasurer: Jane-Elise Cherry Mentoring: Kaye Kingham Member Engagement: Amanda Siminato Lobbying: Ruth Nicholls and Pamela Thuan University of Melbourne: Ruth Nicholls La Trobe University: Sue Block ACU: Diane Jacobs Student Coordinator: Paige Marshall

2014 Victorian Branch

Student Representatives: La Trobe University: Leah Paice, Erin De Winter,

Amelia Torr and Christina Barber

University of Melbourne: Alice Crook, Julia Greco, Danielle Swinnerton, and Jaclyn Georgiou

ACU: Roshni Kaur and Kaylah Di Pladico

Lobbying Working Group Members: Gillian Dickman Charmaine Tu Kathryn Potter

Laura Voigt Robyn Stephen

2014 Victorian Branch

Member Engagement: Erin De Winter Jenny Elliot Leah Paice Paige Marshall Alice Crook Julia Greco Cara Di Roberto

Orientation Working Party Jane-Elise Cherry Charmaine Tu

Maryl Lai Danielle Swinnerton Jaclyn Georgiou Christina Barber Amelia Torr Genevieve Yip

Sue Block

2015 Branch Structure

Executive TeamChair

Vice ChairSecretary/Treasurer

University RepresentativesStudent Coordinator

MentoringWorking Party Leaders.

Member Engagement

Member Networking Event

SPW Trivia Night

Pregnancy, Babies and Children's exp

Lobbying and Influencing

Student Engagement

CPD

Project

How to get involved

Lead an event for the member engagement working groupBe a member of the member engagement working group or lobbying groupNominate a project for 2015 and lead or become a member of the working party

You no longer need to commit to 12 months but instead for the duration of a project. Some projects can last for as little as 2 months.

Election of the Victorian Branch Executive

Given the changes to the new branch structure with removal of official portfolios, and only one nomination received for each position, all positions are elected unopposed.

2015 Branch Executive

2015 Executive Branch Chair: Jessica Andrianakis Vice Chair: Charmaine Tu Secretary / Treasurer: Jane-Elise Cherry University of Melbourne: Elaina Kefalianos La Trobe University: Sue Block ACU: Diane Jacobs Student Coordinator: Hannah Stark Member Engagement: Amanda Siminato Mentoring: Kaye Kingham CPD: Linda Crisci & Kate Bridgman

2015 Working Group Members

Thank you to those who have signed up to be a part of a working party

Laura Voigt Ruth Nicholls Pamela Thuan Erin De Winter Jenny Elliot

Julia Greco Roshni Kaur Jaclyn Georgiou Danielle Swinnerton

THANK YOU

To those stepping down from their roles Ruth Nicholls Pamela Thuan Paige Marshall

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the Victorian Branch

GOODBYE GILL

Summary

If anyone is interested in being involved in a project or with the executive team in 2015, please contact me at Jessica.andrianakis@gmail.com (email also available on SPA Vic Branch website)

Members are welcome to come to a branch meeting to hear more about what we do

Any questions?

Presentations

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the work of the Victorian Branch during 2014

Thank you

Thanks for coming, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and here’s to a great year for Vic Branch in 2015!!