Changes to the rules of APANA can only be made by special resolution
at a general meeting called expressly for that purpose. The
Management Committee determined that a Special General Meeting would
be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday the 7th of October 1995 at the
Disability Information and Resource Centre, 195 Gilles Street
Adelaide.

The business of the Special General Meeting was to consider
twenty-three proposed changes to the rules of APANA.

The meeting commenced at approximately 3:15pm

The meeting was chaired by the President of APANA, Shane Alderton, and
these minutes were taken by the outgoing Secretary, Geoffrey Newman.

Members Present:

  From the ACT:

    Tony Galliford	
    Paul McConnell	
    Gavan Murphy	
    Mark Purcell	

  From Brisbane:

    Reagan Blundell	
    Brent Paddon	 Management Committee Member

  From Melbourne:

    Paul Fyfe		
    T. K. Kang		
    David Keegel	
    Gavan McCormack	
    Edwin Parsons	
    James Ray		
    Terry Wood		

  From the NT:

    Gail Lidden 			 Treasurer

  From South Australia:

    Dorian Barnett	
    Matthew Brady	
    Ivan Brawley	
    Peter Brockbank	
    Mike Bruins 	
    Daryl Collins	
    Leigh Hart			 Management Committee Member
    John Heij		
    Dieter Jansen	
    Mariusz Kaminski	
    John Lindsay	
    Mark Lorenz 	
    Jamie Lovick	
    Peter Matthews	
    Brad McMahon	
    Mark Newton 	  Management Committee Member
    James Pickering	
    Greg Robinson	
    Chris Saunderson	
    Terry Smith 	
    Mike Talbot-Wilson	
    Philip Thornton	
    Dave Wallace	
    Berndt Wulf 	

  From Sydney:

    Shane Alderton			 President
    Matthew Geier	
    Geoffrey Newman			 
    Tim Noonan		

  Visitors:

    Tully Norman	

  Apologies:

    Adam Frey
    Nick Langmaid

Proxy Votes:

Torquil Gault, John Holman, Richard Jenkins, Andrew Humphrey, Gursel
Tuna, Dave Keller, Greg Patten, Adam Frey, Sean McNamara, James
Fisk, Matthew Jackson, Bob Chambers, Robert Jukic, Doug Woodgate,
Manfred Hanley, Robin Buckley, Ivan Cribb, Adrian Lyons, James Morris


Proceedings:

1. Shane Alderton spoke briefly about how the proposed rule changes
   came about.

   The list of proposed changes was drafted by himself and Geoffrey
   Newman. The list was further refined at a meeting of the Management
   Committee before being posted to the newsgroup apana.policy for
   public discussion. Suggestions and comments from APANA members were
   recorded and taken to a meeting of the Committee in mid-September,
   at which the final form of the proposed changes was determined.


2. Proposed rule changes


    (i) the proposed change to the rules titled "Corrections and
	clarifications" was approved.

   (ii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Changes to allow
	membership of non-profit organisations" was approved.

  (iii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Increases in number
	of members required for actions" was approved.

   (iv) the proposed change to the rules titled "Allow Secretary to
	delegate maintenance of the membership database" was approved.

    (v) the proposed change to the rules titled "Conditions under
	which members may be expelled" was approved.

   (vi) the proposed change to the rules titled "Require MC to appoint
	replacement on resignation of an Officer" was approved.

  (vii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Change procedure for
	notifying MC of resolutions to be voted on" was approved.

 (viii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Modify quorum for
	Committee decisions" was approved.

   (ix) the proposed change to the rules titled "Modify method of
	voting used by MC for determining resolutions" was approved.

    (x) the proposed change to the rules titled "Clarify number of
	votes required to pass a resolution on the MC" was approved.

   (xi) the proposed change to the rules titled "Require register of
	assets to be kept" was approved.

  (xii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Require Regional
	Coordinator to keep register of assets for region" was
	approved.

 (xiii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Clarify that an
	Officer of APANA cannot also be an Ordinary Member of the MC"
	was approved.

  (xiv) the proposed change to the rules titled "Describe regional
	input into setting of membership fees" was approved
	unanimously.

   (xv) the proposed change to the rules titled "Specify time limit
	for first Annual Regional Meeting after formation of a region"
	was approved.

  (xvi) the proposed change to the rules titled "Allow Regional
	Committee to call a Special Regional Meeting" was approved
	unanimously.

 (xvii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Require Regional
	Committee to replace members who resign" was approved.

(xviii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Clarify voting at
	General Meetings" was approved unanimously.

  (ixx) the proposed change to the rules titled "Remove invalid clause
	relating to rule changes" was approved unanimously.

   (xx) the proposed change to the rules titled "Limit voting on
	failed rule changes" was approved unanimously.

  (xxi) the proposed change to the rules titled "Honorary Life
	Membership" was approved.

 (xxii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Increase to 20 the
	minimum number of members required to form a region" was not
	approved.

	The main points made by speakers opposing the proposed change
	were:

	- that APANA was under no obligation to reimburse a regional
	  representative for the cost of attending Management
	  Committee meetings.

	- that the financial concern which was one of the reasons
	  for this change being proposed could be avoided by having
	  small regions fund their own representatives on the
	  Management Committee where necessary.

	- that the Management Committee had the right to refuse region
	  status on the grounds that the proposed region was judged
	  unlikely to ever be able to contribute a sufficient sum, by
	  way of the national component of membership fees or
	  otherwise, towards the cost to APANA of supporting its
	  regional representative on the MC.

	- that the proposed change would hinder the formation of new
	  regions in areas of low population, in opposition to the
	  principles APANA espouses.

(xxiii) the proposed change to the rules titled "Resolve ambiguities
	related to 'affiliate' members" was approved.


In accordance with the rules, no other business was transacted at the
meeting.

The meeting concluded at approximately 5:30pm

Please address any questions or corrections of these minutes to
mc@apana.org.au

Geoffrey Newman
grn@ion.apana.org.au