Board Nominations

AORA is currently calling for nominations for members to join the AORA Board of Directors. 

 

Directors help to shape the strategy and goals of AORA and promote the industry and the beneficial use of organic material. 

This election we are seeking nominations from professionals with experience in one or more of the following; 

  • Not for profit/ Member association 
  • Governance 
  • Finance  
  • Local Government/Government 
  • Policy.
 
In this election, there are six positions available on the AORA Board of Directors.

Director Requirements

  • Must be a fully financial AORA Processing, National Processing Member, Associate, National Associate or Local Government/Government Member. 
  • Processing and National Processing members are eligble to self nominate, or be nominated by a fellow member. 
  • Associate, National Associates and Local Government/Government members must be nominated by a Processing member.   
  • Must have the time and interest to serve on the Board
    • Typically, this is no more than 1 day a month (combined time).
    • Board meetings are a mixture of online (Zoom) and face-to-face meetings but are predominantly held online monthly and usually for no more than two hours.  Any face-to-face board meetings that require travel will be reimbursed. 
    • Directors are required to serve on a Board sub-committee (ie. finance committee, sponsorship committee, technical committee etc) and/or on a State Committee. 
    • All proposed meeting times can be found here (Updated Board and Committee Calendar ) 
    • There is an expectation in making a commitment to be a an AORA Director that individuals will make every effort to attend all Board meetings and Committee meetings(for those committeese they sit on). 
    • There are regular emails from the Chair / Directors / National Executive Officer and/or National Coordinator which require timely consideration and responses.

Constitutional Requirements

  • Note the following:

    34.1 There must be at least four Directors and a maximum of nine Directors and no more than one third of the Directors shall be from the same state or territory of Australia and no more than one from the same organisation. 

    34.2 Regardless of the number of Directors at any time, a majority of the Directors shall be Representatives of Processing Members.

    35.1 Where the number of nominations by for directors is:

    (a) equal to, or less than, the number of vacancies for directors, all nominees shall be appointed directors of the Company;

    (b) greater than the number of vacancies for directors, all Members entitled to vote shall vote to elect directors of the Company from such nominated natural persons.

    35.4 Each director appointment under this clause 35 shall be subject to the satisfaction of the requirements of the Corporations Act in relation to the consent and eligibility of directors.

Nomination deadline: 5pm AEST Wednesday September 25 2024. 

Please submit via email to [email protected]

(You will receive receipt of nomination.  Please contact Alex on 0434 625 472 if you do not receive within 48 hours.)

Please note the information you provide in the submission will be copied and pasted exactly as is into the Board election software.  There is no opportunity to update your information once submitted.  

Please respect the word counts – only the allocated number of words will be added to the election information.  

Download the Nomination Form