WLA ACT Annual General Meeting 2024

 

The Annual General Meeting of the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT Incorporated (ABN 31 809 300 503) (the Association) for the 2023/24 financial year will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday 3 October 2024 at Clayton Utz, Level 10 2 Philip Law St, New Acton ACT 2601 and online via Microsoft Teams.

Please see the full notice here. A draft agenda has been emailed to members and is available here.

Important information:

If you are interested in nominating for a position on the Executive or Management Committee, please have the nomination form completed by a Proposer and Seconder, and return it by email to contact@wlaact.org.au by 5pm Wednesday 2 October 2024. We encourage all members to consider nominating for a position.

The following positions form the Executive and Management Committee of the WLA:

  • President

  • Vice President

  • Treasurer

  • Secretary

  • Chairs of the Events subcommittee

  • Chairs of the Policy subcommittee

  • Chairs of the Communications subcommittee

  • Sponsorship officer

  • Membership officer

  • ACT representative delegate to the board of Australian Women Lawyers

Please note, it is envisaged that two members will act as Co-Chairs or Co-Officers for each of the following positions:

  • Chair of the Events Subcommittee

  • Chair of the Policy Subcommittee

  • Chair of the Communications Subcommittee

Please feel free to email us at contact@wlaact.org.au if you have any questions about any of the roles. The AGM is also a great opportunity to join a subcommittee and get more involved in helping the WLA.

Quorum:

For the AGM to proceed, 12% of the Association’s membership must be present in person or by proxy. If you are unable to attend, please complete the below online proxy form by prior to the start of the meeting.  

With our increased membership numbers, it can sometimes be difficult to reach a quorum so we are always grateful for members returning proxies if they will not be attending in person. 

If you would like any other business to be considered at the AGM, please notify the Secretary by email by 5pm Thursday 26 September 2024.

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Kind regards,

WLA ACT Committee

Proxy Form

I notify the Secretary of the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT (WLA ACT) of my appointment of a proxy for the 2024 WLA ACT Annual General Meeting in accordance with Rule 26 of the Rules of the Association.

I confirm that my proxy is entitled to vote on all matters arising at the AGM