Call for Nominations - SISEAP Directors
Here’s your chance to make a difference and further your professional experience. Soroptimist International South East Asia Pacific (SISEAP) is seeking applications from interested and qualified Soroptimists for vacancies for Directors. The successful applicants will take office at the end of the AGM on May 10, 2025 and in the first instance, serve for three years, renewable to a maximum of eight years.
SISEAP has seven Directors and one third must retire each year. According to the Corporations Act, at each annual general meeting, any Director appointed by the Directors to fill a casual vacancy or as an additional Director must retire, and at least one-third of the remaining Directors must retire. Under our Constitution, the Immediate Past President automatically retires after one year in that position and is replaced by the new President Elect. At the end of her biennium, the President remains for one year as Immediate Past President and a Director.
It is a legal requirement you have a Director Identification Number before you can be appointed and we will only consider applicants that have already obtained their Director Identification Number. Refer to the Australian Business Registry website for further information. Here is the link to the site: https://www.abrs.gov.au/director-identification-number
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Read more for the list of those who are Eligible to Nominate, Eligibility Criteria, Roles & Responsibilities, Election Timeline and Nomination and CV Forms.
AGM & Company General Meeting
Read more for the list of those who are Eligible to Nominate, Eligibility Criteria, Roles & Responsibilities, Election Timeline and Nomination and CV Forms.
The Company General Meeting will follow the AGM. There is no cost to attend this meeting.
Draft Agenda for Company Annual General Meeting and Company General Meeting to be circulated to Members (Clubs) on 1 April 2025.
Representation
One authorised representative from each financial member (Club) within the Federation or a proxy representative should attend this meeting. A proxy representative must be an individual Soroptimist from another member club ie a club within SISEAP. Other Club members may also attend all meetings but will be Observers and not be able to speak.
Registration Forms
These will be sent on 1 April 2025. There will be separate registration forms for Club Representatives and Silent Observers for the Annual General Meeting and Company Meeting.
Distribution of Business Papers
Business papers including the Final Agenda, Resolutions, Items for Discussion and Reports will be circulated to Clubs on 30 April 2025.
Federation General Meeting
The Virtual Federation General Meeting will be held on Sunday 18 May 2025.
Reports
Would all Federation Position Holders and National Presidents ensure that their reports are sent to the Federation Secretary and HQ before 22 March so that they can be sent out on 1 April.
Representation
One authorised representative from each financial member (Club) within the Federation or a proxy representative should attend this meeting. A proxy representative must be an individual Soroptimist from another member club i.e. a club within SISEAP. Other Club members may also attend all meetings but will be Observers and not be able to speak.
Registration Forms
These will be sent on 1 April 2025. There will be separate registration forms for Club Representatives and Silent Observers for the Federation General Meeting.
Distribution of Business Papers
Business papers including the Agenda, Resolutions, Items for Discussion and Reports will be circulated to Clubs on 1 April 2025.
Question Form For the Federation General Meetings
Clubs will be invited to submit questions of the Federation Position Holders and National Presidents for the Federation General Meeting. This form will be distributed with the business papers on 1 April 2025.
SISEAP Honours & Remembrance Form
Please return the completed Honours and Remembrance form to the Federation Secretary by 15 April 2025.
Federation Fees 2025
A reminder that Federation Capitation fees were due on 28 February. For Clubs that have not yet made their payment they are now overdue, please submit your Annual Return forms and payment as soon as possible.
All Clubs who have submitted their Annual Return forms and made payment, thank you for your patience in advance, as there is a large volume and we hope to process them over the coming weeks. Once processed you will receive an invoice receipt along with any new membership numbers if applicable.
2025 Club Position Holders Changeovers
Each year after the Club AGM, the newly elected Club Officers & Position Holders need to be added into our database. It is very important that each Club completes this task by 31 March 2025.