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The Annual Report for 2011/2012 which was tabled at the Annual General Meeting held on 19 September 2012 was made available for download to members prior to the meeting. The Annual Report is a useful and comprehensive summary of the association’s activities over the past year.
Members can log in to the English Australia website and visit the member documents section to download the Annual Report 2011/2012:
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Members can also download the draft Minutes of the Annual General Meeting for 2012 held on 19 September 2012. If you attended or sent in a proxy, please check to see that your name/college is represented.
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The AGM this year had three special resolutions requiring members to consider a number of changes. All three resolutions were passed unanimously.
For anyone wishing to review the background to the resolutions, the briefing documents that were sent out to member colleges with the Notice of Meeting are still available when logged into the English Australia website as a member. A summary of the resolutions is provided below.
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Summary of the Resolutions passed
6.1. Resolution to change Company Name
‘That the Company change its name from ELICOS Association Limited to English Australia Limited.’
The Company was first incorporated in 1990 as ELICOS Association Limited (ABN: 86003959037). In 1999 the Company rebranded as English Australia and established a separate non-trading company under that name (ABN: 90087690408). The organisation, however, continued to conduct all its business as ELICOS Association Limited (ABN: 86003959037).
In 2012 the Company undertook a brand renewal process and as part of this review Council agreed that the Company would achieve greater clarity of brand and streamlining of operations if the name of the Company was formally changed to English Australia Limited.
6.2. Resolution to change Constitution
'That the Company repeal its entire constitution and replace it with the constitution attached as Attachment 1 to this notice of meeting.'
The changes to the Constitution were grouped and colour coded in the tracked changes version as follows:
(a) changes to be compliant with law, consistent and reflect current Not-For-Profit practice – blue;
(b) the change in name of the company (see 6.1) – yellow;
(c) removal of references to the ESOS Act – green; and
(d) change in terminology (e.g. ‘council’ to ‘board’) – grey.
6.3. Resolution to change By-Law relating to a Code of Conduct
‘That the By-Law relating to a Code of Conduct be amended by making the changes referred to in the By-Law attached as Attachment 3 to this notice of meeting.'
As Directors of the Company, Council have a standing item on their meeting agendas to consider areas of potential risk to the association across the three areas of governance risk, financial risk and reputation risk.
At their May 2012 meeting Council considered the context of the current environment and determined that the By-Law relating to a Code of Conduct required strengthening to enable the association to better manage risk.
Council resolved to propose to Members the addition of a new clause 6.7 that would require members to notify the association within 48 hours if any regulatory sanctions or conditions are placed on their registration by a national or state regulatory body.
When reviewing the document, Council also resolved that the reference to NEAS in clause 1.3 needed removing to reflect the fact that current eligibility requirements for membership refer to meeting the National ELICOS Standards under the ESOS Act rather than the NEAS Standards as was the case in the past.
The new Constitution and the amended Code of Conduct are available when logged in at:
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