MINUTES AAA Division Annual General Meeting

21 November 2016

Held as part of the 2016 AAA National Conference, Canberra Convention Centre

Chair: Tom Ganley

Members: Tom Ganley, Darwin International Airport (AAA NT CHAIR); Les Mitchell, Corporation – Gove Airport (AAA NT DEPUTY CHAIR); Dave Batic and Davy Maddick‐Semal, Alice Springs and Tennant Creek Airports.

The meeting opened at 1500 AEDT on 21 May 2016.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS

1.1 Quorum Members NOTED that a Quorum was present at the meeting.

1.2 Adoption of Agenda Members unanimously RESOLVED to adopt the agenda provided.

APOLOGIES

2.1 Members NOTED the apology of Ian Kew (Darwin Airport).

MEMBER DISCLOSURES

3.1 Declaration of Interest / Conflicts of Interest Members NOTED that there were no additional conflicts declared.

PREVIOUS MINUTES

4.1 12 May 2016 Meeting Members NOTED minutes of previous meeting conducted 12 May 2016.

MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION

5.1 Airport Reporting Officer Resource Members discussed the concept of utilizing existing Airport Reporting Officers (ARO’s) from to cover periods of leave and works at Gove, Ayers Rock and other Territory Airports. Members AGREED to explore this concept further as ARO retention is an issue and this may be a way of providing broader experience and encouraging retention and rotation at remote airports.

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5.2 Regional Airport Masterplan Members NOTED that the AAA has a regional airport masterplan template. Members suggested this may be a suitable template for which many remote airports across the Territory could benefit.

GENERAL BUSINESS

6.1 There were no items of General Business.

NEXT MEETING

7.1 Members NOTED the conduct of the next meeting has been tentatively scheduled to be held in Darwin during May 2017 and the NT Government would be invited to attend and discuss Master Planning for remote and regional airports.

CLOSURE

8.1 There being no further business to discuss the meeting was closed at 1530 AEDT.

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