Current Executive
Other Support Officers
Executive Functions
Past Presidents

Members of the Australasian Cleft Lip and Palate Association are invited to submit nominations for upcoming positions on the ACLAPA Executive Council. All positions will be vacated at the General Meeting on Thursday September 20, 2007. Members are reminded that this is an ideal opportunity to be involved in the future direction of the Association, and are encouraged to nominate a member of choice (with their consent) or themselves.

To download a nomination form, right click on the links below and use the "save target as" option:
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Current Executive

President Dr David Gillett president@cleft.org.au	Vice - President Dr Rob Gates vicepresident@cleft.org.au	Secretary Mr David Fitzsimons secretary@cleft.org.au	Treasurer Ms Sue Debney treasurer@cleft.org.au	Committee Member Dr Peter Southall	Committee Member Dr Shyan Vijayasakaran

Other Support Officers

ACLAPA Education Fund President Dr Bill Brogan	Teleconference Coordinator Ms Wilma McBain Wilma.McBain@health.wa.gov.au	2007 Conference Convenors A/Prof Andrew Heggie          Dr Heather Cleland		2007 Conference Planner "The Meeting Planners" cleft2007@meetingplanners.com.au

Executive Functions

The following executive functions are taken from the Association's Constitution, available here.

Duties of the President

• The President shall call meetings of the Association upon direction of the Council or when requested in writing by ten (10) members in good standing.
• The President shall not vote except when necessary to resolve a tie. The President shall appoint such committees as may be determined by the Constitution, or as requested by a majority of Councillors present at a meeting of the Council, or by a majority of members present at a General Meeting.
• The President, with authority of the Council, shall formally represent the Association in all official relationships with other professional or scientific agencies and bodies or appoint a member of council to do so.
• In the case of incapacity of elected officers of the Association, and especially the Secretary or the Treasurer, the President shall make appointments, with the concurrence of the Council, to fill the offices until the next General Meeting of the Association.

Duties of the Vice-President

• The Vice-President shall serve as President in the event of incapacity of the President, or absence of the President from any meeting requiring attendance of the President.

Duties of the Secretary

• The Secretary shall perform such duties as are generally assumed to be the characteristic of that office.
• The Secretary shall notify the membership of the Association of the date, the time, and the place of biennial or special meetings of the Association.
• The Secretary shall carry out all official correspondence of the Association
• The Secretary shall keep records of the proceedings of all society meetings.
• The Secretary shall notify all committee members of their appointments, and shall notify applicants of their election to membership.

Duties of the Treasurer

• The Treasurer shall perform such duties as are generally assumed to be the characteristic of that office.
• The Treasurer shall be responsible for maintaining accurate and current lists of names and addresses of all members of the Association, and all Associate Members and all Honorary Members.
• The Treasurer shall ensure that the notices of annual fees are distributed to the membership at the appropriate time.
• The Treasurer shall receive all funds and deposit them in such bank or banks as may be designated by the Council of the Association.
• The Treasurer shall pay all bills of the society and keep an itemised account of receipts and expenditures.
• The Treasurer shall keep a record of all fees paid by members and notify the Council of those members delinquent in payment of fees.
• The Treasurer shall be custodian of all saleable properties of the Association and shall submit any inventory of these properties to the Council annually.
• The Treasurer shall have the accounts of the society audited by an appropriately qualified accountant and report that audit to the Council and to the membership at each meeting.

Duties of the Council

• The Council shall serve as the administrative authority of the Association and shall consider all the Association’s activities, and make recommendations concerning the Association’s policies to general meetings of the membership.
• The Council shall consider the reports of all committees of the Association and review their activities.

Past Presidents

This section is incomplete
 

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