HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LTD

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1 HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LTD Minutes of the 45 th Annual General Meeting of the Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd, held on Wednesday, 27 th October, 2010 at the Harbourside Event Centre, Darling harbour, Sydney, NSW 1. OPENING The President,, declared the meeting open at 1.25 p.m. and welcomed those present. Present: Board Members Kerryn Butler-Henderson Sallyanne Wissmann Alex Toth Anna Coote Catherine Garvey Travis Ingram President Senior Vice President Treasurer Members Trish Ryan Miriam Lum On Phyllis Watson Jennifer Gilder Tracey Simonaitis Katherine Ivey Barbara Postle Leanne Daking Dianne Williamson Sara Harrison Donna Balon Wendel Tolete Jane Stevenson Sharon Bowen Jennifer Barker Sally McIntosh Janine Carter Natasha Donnolley Chris Robey Sherry Johnson Ragni Lal Erin Holmes Sara Escudero Julie Rust Megan Cumerlato Angela Cook Joanne Williams Bernard Hickey Janice Dyer Xiao Cai Nicole Stanzer Angela Nguyen Brooke MacPherson Hayley Collyer Fiona McLaren Anne Kellar Cassandra Jordan Serena Cramer-Roberts Helen Manos Kerin Robinson

2 Vanessa McGill Jodee Njeru Anne Irwin Judy Finn Garry Waller Graeme Shields Melissa Venn Joanne Chicco Leanne Blundell Wei Wei Elizabeth Lawson Andrew Yen Hsiang You Non Members Bob Blue Brad Maxwell Rose Leak Tony Stiller Sheldon Le Callan Boys Kye Cherian Adele Colombus Arkar Maw Wai Emma Watson Karen Burn Ellen Teo 2. NOTICE OF MEETING The Chief Executive Officer, Bob Blue read the Notice of Meeting. 3. APOLOGIES & PROXIES Apologies were received from: Sue Walker No Proxies were received. 4. MINUTES OF THE 44 th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Moved Trish Ryan, seconded Anna Coote that the minutes of the 44 th Annual General Meeting be adopted. CARRIED 5. FINANCIAL REPORT & PRESIDENT S REPORT Financial Report Sallyanne Wissmann spoke to the significant features of the Financial Report. Moved Kerryn Butler-Henderson, seconded Megan Cumerlato that the Financial Report be adopted. CARRIED 2

3 President s Report outlined the major activities of HIMAA in and the future directions of the association. In addition, she thanked all members and volunteers who had represented and worked for HIMAA over the last twelve months, and acknowledged the contribution of HIMAA staff to the organisation. 6. ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS As per Articles 51 and 59 of the Articles of Association, six positions of the eight member Board of s open for re-nomination at this AGM. s whose terms do not expire at this AGM are: Kerryn Butler-Henderson Sallyanne Wissmann s whose terms expire at this AGM are: Anna Coote Jennie Shepheard Travis Ingram Catherine Garvey Alex Toth Nominations for appointment to the six vacant positions have been received from: Travis Ingram Catherine Garvey Alex Toth Janine Carter Jennifer Gilder As the number of nominations equals, or is less than, the number of positions vacant, declared these nominations accepted and these members duly appointed to the HIMAA Ltd Board of s for the term acknowledged Anna Coote s and Jennie Shepheard s contribution to the Board. Following this meeting, the s will meet to determine office bearers for All members will be informed of the outcome as soon as possible. 3

4 7. ANNUAL AWARDS announced that the Annual Awards for 2009/2010 are as follow: National Stefan Perkovic for services to the HIMAA National Board. Natalie Sims for services to the HIMAA National Board and as National Conference Convenor. SA Tanya Drake for services as Branch Secretary. NSW Cassandra Jordan for Services to the Private Hospitals Special Interest Group in NSW. Joanne Chicco for her work in rejuvenating the NSW Branch. Susan Claessen for her work in rejuvenating the NSW Branch. VIC Catherine Obuch for her tireless work in the Professional Development Group and updating of the HIMAA Vic Branch website. Leanne Holmes for her enthusiasm and contribution over a number of years but in particular for taking the lead in organising the first education event for some time. Leanne Daking for her tireless work on the Information & Events Committee. Karen Walker for her work as Secretary of the MHAG for a number of years. QLD Deirdre MacDonagh for her work in rejuvenating the Qld Branch. Bridget Allison for her work in rejuvenating the Qld Branch. 4

5 WA Barbara Postle for her many years of dedication to HIM in running the Curtin University HIM course. Julie Kendrick for her many years of dedication to HIM in running the Curtin University HIM course. Hazel Lloyd for her commitment to teaching Curtin HIM students quality improvement and dedication to WAHIMAA and the WA HIM community. 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS The following Special Resolution was put to the meeting: That the company name registered with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) be changed from Health Information Management Association of Australia to Health Information Management Association of Australia Limited. The Special Resolution was carried by a show of hands exceeding 75% of those present and eligible to vote. 9. NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING announced that the 46 th Annual General Meeting would be held by the end of October The date and location will be advised at a later date. 10. CLOSE closed the meeting at 2.00 p.m. and thanked members for their attendance. 5

6 Confirmed as a true and accurate record. President October,