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Membership Best Practice Awards 2024 

Clubs are invited to celebrate their membership initiatives and successes.

Nominations will be sought in 1 February and 1 March Bulletin with a close off date of 25 March 2024. The Awards will be presented at the Federation meeting prior to the SISEAP conference on Friday 3 May 2024, Gold Coast.

1. SISEAP Recruitment and Retention Membership Award 2024, noting membership % increase from March 2023, plus provision of a 2024 Recruitment and Retention Plan, and a photo or photos - LINK to nomination (RR)

2. SISEAP Friendship Links Award 2024, noting activities undertaken with a Friendship Link Club in the past two years  (social, training, programme and/or other).  LINK to nomination (FL)

3. SISEAP Diversity of Membership Award 2024 - What is your understanding of the importance of diversity in a Soroptimist club, and how has your club taken steps to enhance inclusivity and diverse representation?

Share examples of how your club has worked to create an inclusive environment within your Soroptimist club, ensuring diverse voices are heard and respected. Diversity can include a range of cultures, ages, skills, socio economic backgrounds, geographical locations, abilities and disabilities, membership categories .. all that show the inclusive nature of the club. Supply a photo/s showing the diversity of your club, if possible. LINK to nomination: Diversity

4. SISEAP Membership Innovation Award 2024- an open award that showcases a club’s creativity and/or originality, a positive impact, potential for sustainability or adaptability, and instances of collaboration or partnerships, with a membership outcome for training or recruitment or retention. LINK to nomination: Innovation

5. SISEAP Membership Best Practice - Club Role Model Award 2024 Nominations. A maximum of two nominations per club for the Soroptimists who role model “Soroptimism” - either through Service to the Club or Service to the Soroptimist Mission. Interpretation is open to the club. Winners may be randomly selected. LINK to nomination: Service role model

Yvonne Simpson

Membership Convenor

swpmembership2020@siswp.org

Calling all Soroptimists under the age of 40. Have you considered joining the SI Youth Forum?.  This community that was established in 2023 for young Soroptimists(aged 40 years and under) the purpose of the community is to engage with one another at the international level bysharing ideas, advocating for change, and organising inter-Federation projects.

This is your opportunity to have your opinion heard.   Be part of the team.

Club Annual Returns 2024

To assist club's in preparing to pay their Club Annual returns for 2024, a tutorial video has been prepared.

To view the Tutorial video CLICK HERE 

Annual capitation fees have to be paid by the 28 February 2024.

To be eligible for the Early Payment Discount, Federation Fees must be received at HQ by no later than 31 January 2024.  

Payment can be paid via direct debit or credit card.

All paperwork must be submitted via the Club Annual Payment form.   You will need to be logged onto the website for the payment form to be visible. 

Who can complete this payment

Club President, Secretary, Treasurer or ICT will be able to complete the capitation payment.   You will need to be logged onto the website for the payment form to be visible.

Link to the payment form

SISEAP COMPANY AGM, GENERAL & FEDERATION MEETINGS

Papers, Resolutions & Items For Discussion For Meetings 
Business papers including the Agenda, Resolutions and Reports have been sent to Clubs official email.

AGM Business Papers Download here.

Federation Meeting Business Papers Download here.

SISEAP Honours & Remembrance Form 
The Honours and Remembrance form is available on the website download here. Please return the completed form to the Federation Secretary by 15 April 2024.

Question Form For Company & Federation Meetings 
Clubs are invited to submit questions of the Directors and/or the Auditor for the AGM and/or company meeting and/or to the Federation Team for the Federation Meeting. Please submit your questions from your club email address by 5.00 pm Friday 26 April 2024 to enable a comprehensive answer to be given.
Question Form

Silent Observers For The Company & Federation Meetings 
There is no cost to attend the Company AGM and General Meeting. The cost to attend the Federation Meeting is $26.00 pp which includes afternoon tea.
Please register and pay via the SISEAP Conference 2024 page on the website.
Registration Page Conference 2024

CALL FOR COMPANY SECRETARY

SISEAP is looking for a Soroptimist to fulfil the role of understudy to SISEAP Company Secretary Carolyn Hudson. This plays a vital role in governance and compliance and enables the smooth operation and functioning of the organisation.

The successful applicant will work alongside current Company Secretary Carolyn Hudson and HQ Officer Gabbi Kearney, learning the requirements and processes of the role, then when ready will progress to being appointed as Company Secretary.  Details on the requirements of the Company Secretary are outlined in the Role and Responsibilities document, link below.  For more information please contact Federation Secretary swpsecretary2020@siswp.org

SISEAP HEADQUARTER REMINDER 

Federation Fees 2024
All Clubs have been emailed notification of the Federation Fees and the Annual Return Packs for 2024.

All Soroptimists:
A reminder that the due date for Soroptimists to pay their membership fee to their Club is 31 December 2023.

All Clubs:
To be eligible for the Early Payment Discount. Federation Fees must be received at HQ by no later than 31 January 2024.  Otherwise, the final due date for Clubs to pay fees is 28 February 2024.

Information on Membership Fee and what it could deliver HERE.

Siew Yong Gnanalingam, SI President 2024-2026, speech to the SI Convention, on her aims and aspirations for her presidential term of office. Her theme Save Mother Earth, Save the Future, features strongly through this presentation.

Click HERE for the full speech.