Wednesday 26 th November, 2014 Victorian Annual General Meeting 2014

Agenda Welcome and Apologies Presentation from Guest Speakers:  Cathy Olsson: NDIS  Gail Mulcair: Senate Inquiry 2014 Victorian Branch update and achievements Election 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 CPDMentoring 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 Influencing Aim: To highlight the needs of Victorian Speech Pathologists and service users to the State Government and Opposition. Continuing Professional Development, EBP and Research Aim: To ensure our members remain up to date with the latest research and education.

2014 Achievements Orientation Manual was reviewed and updated Lobbying 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 expo A 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 Team Chair Vice Chair Secretary/Treasurer University Representatives Student Coordinator Mentoring Working 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 group Be a member of the member engagement working group or lobbying group Nominate 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 ( 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!!