Agenda for Full Council Meeting

LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AUSTRALIA

AGENDA FOR FOURTH MEETING OF 2011/2012 COUNCIL

Saturday, 8 September 2012 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Coffee and croissants on arrival from 9:00 to 9:30

Treacy Conference Centre, 126 The Avenue, Parkville

MEMBERS Craig Wright (President), Lorraine Hammond (President-elect), Pye Twaddell (Treasurer), Molly de Lemos (Secretary), Louise Mercer, Lyndsey Nickels, Margaret Cameron, Anne Castles, Ruth Fielding-Barnsley, Alison Madelaine, Barbara Nielsen, Jan Roberts, Nicole Todd

Kerrie McMahon (Minute Secretary)

INCOMING MEMBERS, BY INVITATION Alison McMurtrie, Mary Delahunty

APOLOGIES Lyndsey Nickels

MINUTES TO BE CONFIRMED Minutes of the last ordinary meeting of Council on 24 July to be confirmed Any matters arising (see Attachment):  Items 1 to 7 on Attachment: defer to next meeting  Item 8 – done, see report from Website Committee Item x of Agenda  Item 9 – done  Item 10 – done, in progress (see Item x of Agenda)

CORRESPONDENCE IN  Continuing enquiries from website, mostly from parents seeking help for children with learning difficulties.

CORRESPONDENCE OUT  Nil REPORTS FROM PRESIDENT AND TREASURER

President’s Report Report to be presented by Craig

Treasurer’s Report Annual statement for AGM to be circulated prior to the meeting. Pye to comment.

REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES 1 Administration Committee Report on current membership etc. Revision/reprint of LDA Brochure

2 Publications Committee Alison to put a proposal to Council for the Bulletin to come under the existing ‘editorial structure’ of the Journal, with Kevin and Alison taking over as joint editors of the Bulletin, with Robyn Wheldall and Molly as Associate Editors.

3 Consultants Committee Sue to report

4 Referral Service Molly to report on transition to new structure for the Referral Service

5 Professional Development  Report from Molly on LDA PD events in Melbourne over the last year Note that copies of the DVD of the February Seminar on Beyond Reading Recovery are available for any member of Council who would like a copy. The filming for this Seminar was not done professionally for the purpose of producing DVDs for distribution to members, but for the purpose of editing the content for use in producing material for the website  Report from Anne Castles re Workshop on Theories, Assessment and Treatment of Reading and Spelling Disabilities at Macquarie University on 24 August , which members of LDA in Sydney were also invited to attend  Report from Louise and Nicole on progress relating to the 2013 Joint Conference in Brisbane.  Proposals for LDA’s PD program for next year?

6 Website Committee Margaret to report on progress relating to the decision to change our website provider.

6 Awards Committee  Notice of 2012 Awards to go up on website.  Presentation of 2012 Awards to be made following the AGM. This will be prior to the lunch and the Keynote Address to be presented by Linda. 7 Linda’s Program Molly and Craig to report on final program for Linda’s visit.

8 Filming of Linda’s Keynote Address Arrangements have been made to film Linda’s Keynote Address in Melbourne. The purpose of the filming will be both to produce a DVD for distribution to our members, and to use the raw footage of the film to produce material for online PD on the website. The cost of the filming would be $1400+gst for complete film and editing, including DVD master production, plus about $100 for cost of external drive to transfer raw footage for use by LDA in editing content form the website. .

OTHER ITEMS 9 Allocation of Roles and Responsibilities for 2012/2013 Council 8.1 Office Bearers of the 2102/2013 Council are as follows:

President: Lorraine Hammond President-Elect: Molly de Lemos Immediate Past President: Craig Wright Treasurer: Pye Twaddell Secretary: Alison McMurtrie

8.2 Convenors of Committees: Administration Committee, including administration of Referral Service: Molly Publications Committee: Alison Consultants Committee: Sue de Araugo Professional Development Committee: Craig , in collaboration with people organising PD in each state. Website: Margaret, in collaboration with Pye Awards: Lyndsey, in collaboration with members of Council asked to serve on the Judging Panel for each Award. 8.3 Discussion of Roles and Responsibilities of Council Members

10 Proposal for Life Membership –Elaine McLeish Council to confirm decision by email of members of Council to propose to the AGM that Elaine McLeish be awarded Life Membership of LDA in recognition of her service to LDA as a member for 15 years and as Referral Officer for the last 10 years. 11 Future Directions of LDA Following on from Discussion Meeting on 17 March 2012, as well as the previous discussion meeting on 28 March 2009, it is proposed that Craig be asked to draw up a plan for the future directions of LDA, in consultation with the President and President-elect of the 2012/2013 LDA Council Proposed: Molly de Lemos Seconded: Lorraine Hammond

SCHEDULE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR 2012/2013

Dates to be suggested at meeting, for subsequent confirmation by email.

ATTACHMENT Action items from last meeting of Council on 24 July 2012

Agenda No Item 24 July Action Required Responsible 1 3. Review the Life Membership proposal to Lyndsey develop criteria 2 3 3. Criteria for Awards to be developed Lyndsey/Craig 4 5 3. Remuneration of Executive proposal to Executive be developed 6 Advisory Board (or Fellowship) criteria Lyndsey to be developed

7 6. Formal budget to be developed for Executive presentation to full Council

8 7. Website – A proposal regarding the Website website will be put to members of Committee/Executive Council for a vote by email.

9 Awards – Lyndsey to advise awards when Lyndsey finalised

10 8. Visit by Linda Siegel - Program to be Craig/Molly finalised and appropriate promotion material prepared.