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President's Letter - January 2022

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Dear ALLA(WA) members,

Happy New Year! I hope you all managed to have a relaxing break over the Christmas and New Year holidays. 

Before we welcomed 2022, ALLA (WA) held its AGM on the 25th November 2021 at Grand Bar & Bistro. Thank you to everyone that attended and to Jane Beer and Alice Hewitt for organising the venue and food. The lamb shanks were massive!    

The Special Resolution brought forward to remove the requirement of having a Vice President position and reducing the minimum general committee member positions to two members was passed unanimously. These changes to our ALLA (WA) Rules have been submitted to and processed by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Western Australia. 

Our ALLA Rules received an audit during this process and it was picked up that we do not currently have a section in our Rules that addresses disputes between members and the association. We also need to amend the Rules to include the day in each year on which our financial year commences. These will be addressed by the committee this year and will require a Special Resolution at our next AGM meeting. Until then, parts of the Prescribed Model Rules that deal with these matters will automatically apply until our Rules are amended. 

Speaking of the committee, I would like to thank Jane Beer (Secretary), Anne Young (Treasurer), Gil Bevan and Alice Hewitt for continuing with the committee this year. Along with other ALLA Divisions, ALLA(WA) encourages more member participation with the committee. While COVID-19 will continue to be a challenge, the committee will look at initiatives that support more member interaction. As always, if you have any ideas for online or face-to-face events please contact myself or a member of the committee. 

David McDowell

ALLA (WA) President



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