The Annual General Meeting of members of Paramedics Australasia Ltd will be held at 5.00pm on Thursday 23 November 2017 at Crown Conference Centre, Room M15/16, 8 Whiteman Street Southbank Melbourne, Victoria. AGENDA 1. Opening 2. Present 3. Apologies 4. Confirmation of previous AGM Minutes held 18 November 2016 at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 5. President s Report 6. Treasurer s Report 7. Auditor s Report 8. Election of Directors In total, four (4) vacancies exist for PA Director positions. Three (3) vacancies exist for PA Member Director positions (must be full financial members of PA). Nominees (in alphabetical order): Peter Franklin Simone Haigh Nathan Haynes Peter Jurkovsky Stewart Masson Buck Reed Danielle Saxton. One (1) vacancy exists for a Community Director position. Nominees (in alphabetical order): Philip Bachelor Michael Eburn Lyn Murphy Amit Prasad Sarah Stewart Mark Woodard. 9. Removal of auditor That the firm SRJ Walker Wayland be removed as auditor of the company, in accordance with provisions of section 329(1) of the Corporations Act. Moved Bradley Mitchell Seconded Sharon Duthie That provided the prior motion (1) is resolved, the firm of Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd, having been duly nominated in accordance with Section 328B (1) of the Corporations Act, be appointed as Auditor of the Company. Moved Bradley Mitchell Seconded Sharon Duthie 10. Close of meeting
PARAMEDICS AUSTRALASIA DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS 2017 HOW TO VOTE Paramedics Australasia seek to ensure an appropriate balance between directors with experience and knowledge of the organisation and industry and directors with specialist expertise or fresh perspective. Directors should also be considered on the additional qualities they possess, as these qualities will influence the relationships between the Board and management, and between directors and key stakeholders. Four (4) Board Director positions become vacant at the Paramedics Australasia Ltd Annual General Meeting on Thursday 23 November 2017. Three (3) vacant Director positions relate to PA Members nominated from the eligible categories of Member, Life Member or Fellow. One (1) vacant Director position relates to a Community Director appointment, sourced from the broader community. Members of the Board of Paramedics Australasia shall be aware of and govern Paramedics Australasia in accordance with contemporary principles of corporate governance. All Board members shall be accountable for their performance on behalf of members. New members of the Board will be provided with information about their obligations as a Board member of Paramedics Australasia. Each duly elected Board member is subject to, and shall fully comply with, the requirements, obligations and duties imposed on Directors of public companies under the Act, including the Constitution, Rules of Association, Code of Conduct and at common law. How to vote There are several ways to vote for candidates in the election of PA Board Directors 2017: 1. Preferred option: Vote in advance for your four (4) preferred candidates and send the completed form to the returning officer by email to robyn.smith@paramedics.org or via registered express post to 14 Summit Crescent Brown Hill Victoria 3350 by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT); 2. Vote in person at the AGM to be held 5.00pm Thursday 23 November 2017 at Crown Conference Centre, at which time you will be given the nomination papers for selection of your four (4) preferred candidates; 3. Complete the proxy form and nominate another PA financial member, chapter chair or the PA chairperson/president to vote on your behalf at the AGM. Send the completed form to the returning officer by email to robyn.smith@paramedics.org or via registered express post to 14 Summit Crescent Brown Hill Victoria 3350 by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT). Voting papers must be received by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT). Please contact Robyn Smith, Chief Executive Officer, on 1300 793 385 with any queries.
AGM 2017 VOTING FORM ELECTION OF PA MEMBER DIRECTORS I, (please print), being a financial member of Paramedics Australasia as at 23 November 2017, provide my email/postal vote for election of Member Directors. Three (3) vacant Director positions relate to members nominated from the eligible categories of Member, Life Member or Fellow. Please vote for your three (3) preferred candidates by marking a cross in three (3) of the corresponding boxes. (Please use black pen only.) Ballot papers with four (4) or more marked candidates will be declared invalid. Peter Franklin WA Simone Haigh TAS Simone has served a three (3) year term as an elected director and is standing for re-election. Nathan Haynes WA Peter Jurkovsky VIC Peter has served two consecutive one (1) year terms as a co-opted director based on his national registration specialisation. Term ending and standing for re-election for a further one (1) year. Stewart Masson WA Buck Reed NSW Danielle Saxton VIC Signed: Chapter: Date: Please send the completed form to the returning officer by email to robyn.smith@paramedics.org or via registered express post to 14 Summit Crescent Brown Hill Victoria 3350 by COB Monday, 20 November 2017 (AEDT). Voting papers must be received by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT).
Peter Franklin (Western Australia based) Peter currently operates in industry consulting on clinical governance and improving patient outcomes in remote medicine through systemic review. This helps him to assist companies and paramedics by developing robust drug and clinical guidelines, operating procedures, CPD activities and technologies that are realistic, relevant and geared towards remote paramedicine, including the introduction of Corpuls3, Lucas3, TXA and telemedicine. Peter strives to help patients by being mindful of the factors that assist further safe development of clinicians, and he has experience in a range of roles: EMT, paramedic, ECP, educator, manager, CCP, SAR and clinical governance on ground, air, maritime and disaster relief operations. Peter believes paramedicine is the best professional career and considers himself fortunate to operate in Australia, Europe, North America, South-East-Asia and the Middle East. He now wants to share this experience and knowledge base effectively with his peers to assist the ongoing development of the profession. Simone Haigh (Tasmania based) Simone was initially elected as a Director of the PA Board in 2015. Following a three-year term Simone is now seeking re-election in order to continue the projects and work she is undertaking while utilising the experience and skills gained during this period. Simone is currently an intensive care paramedic with Ambulance Tasmania where she has been employed for more than a decade, and is based in regional Tasmania. She believes she brings to the PA Board a perspective for the rural and remote paramedic and is also committed to her roles including Board liaison for mental health and wellbeing issues for paramedics, Tasmanian representative on the National Registration Working Group, and social media committee member with a specialist focus on national registration. Within the Tasmanian Chapter, Simone has held several committee positions including chair, and is also currently a local union representative as well as a member of the National Union Board. Nathan Haynes (Western Australia based) Nathan is the Western Australia Chapter Chair of Paramedics Australasia. He is a paramedic and emergency registered nurse in the medical industry for the past 12 years. Nathan has held several roles within Paramedics Australasia including, Media and Event Coordinator, WA Chapter Chair and committee member to the National Registration Working Group. From these roles Nathan has successfully strengthened the relationship between the pre-hospital and in-hospital environment through CPD events, symposiums, conferences, workshops and the popular 5 on Friday video series. Nathan s continuing vision is to take inside care outside where pre-hospital and in-hospital medicine can unite and share education and information that benefits best patient care and outcomes while delivering up-to-date evidence based practice. As the paramedic industry approaches registration for 2018, Nathan strongly believes that this is a crucial time to support our current working paramedics where they can smoothly transition to registered paramedic.
Peter Jurkovsky (Victoria based) LLM, LLB(Hons), DipParaSc, GradDipLegalPrac, GradCertHighEd Peter is a paramedic, educator and lawyer with a lifetime of professional experience in paramedic operations, management and education. After working as an operational paramedic, he founded one of the first private ambulance companies in Australia. After the sale of the business, he returned to study and qualified as a lawyer and transitioned into the higher education sector where he taught and coordinated under- and postgraduate paramedic programs at Monash University. Peter currently practices privately as a lawyer, and was co-opted to the Board as a skills-based Director in December 2015 in recognition of his legal skills and knowledge relating to paramedic regulation under the Australian National Law, in addition to experience in private paramedicine. He now chairs the Australian National Registration Working Group where he continues to lead the Board s strategy on paramedic registration in Australia and support the New Zealand Paramedic Registration Working Group. Stewart Masson (Western Australia based) Stewart Masson has acquired an extensive repertoire of skills over the past 27 years through various emergency management roles in government, military, fire and rescue, flight paramedic and mining industries. He has worked in both government and private sectors in various clinical and operational management positions. In 2008, Stewart immigrated to Australia under the employment of St John Ambulance. He then began working at Safety Direct Solutions (SDS) as the Medical Services Coordinator. During this period he took up the opportunity to buy into the business and was later elected by the SDS Board to Chief Executive Officer. In this role he introduced robust corporate governance processes. Stewart holds an MBA and a Masters in Paramedical Science specialising in community paramedicine and is currently undertaking a PhD through Edith Cowan University. He has a keen interest in developing a registration process for those medical practitioners practising at a vocational level. Buck Reed (New South Wales based) Buck Reed has been Deputy Chair of the New South Wales Chapter of Paramedics Australasia since 2014 and has a strong interest in paramedic resilience, professionalism and education. He is an Associate Lecturer in Paramedicine at the Western Sydney University and a qualified paramedic in New South Wales. He holds a Master of International Health Management and is pursuing a PhD focusing on paramedic registration and its impact on paramedic identity. In this critical time for development of paramedicine, Buck s experience and research in professionalisation makes him uniquely positioned to help support an evolving paramedic profession. He has strong international links to professional bodies around the world and has been involved in the governance of non-profit organisations for over 20 years, having served on a range of boards. He was the first rural based paramedic to receive a Churchill Fellowship and the first paramedic accepted to the NSW Health Rural Research Capacity Building program.
Danielle Saxton (Victoria based) Danielle Saxton has been a paramedic with Ambulance Victoria since 2001. She performed various operational management, emergency management and clinical education roles in regional areas and has also worked in Vanuatu under an AusAID professional exchange program. In 2013, Danielle transitioned to casual work to pursue other professional opportunities, including: National Clinical Assurance Manager for Falck First Response, a private ambulance service providing registered paramedic crews to five United Kingdom ambulance trusts Remote/offshore/rescue medic to industrial sites across remote areas of Australia Team leader Emergency Management in the State Control Centre with Emergency Management Victoria. As well as casual paramedic shifts, Danielle currently works for the Heart Foundation coordinating a new project to increase out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates. In partnership with Ambulance Victoria, the project builds on current research and involves extensive community engagement, advocacy and collaboration with various stakeholders including professional partners providing pro bono services.
AGM 2017 ELECTION OF A COMMUNITY DIRECTOR POSTAL VOTE AGM 2017 VOTING FORM ELECTION OF PA COMMUNITY DIRECTOR I, (please print), being a financial member of Paramedics Australasia as at 23 November 2017, provide my email/postal vote for election of a Community Director. Expressions of interest for this one (1) Community Director position were advertised throughout a range of not-for-profit and company director organisations in Australia and New Zealand resulting in six (6) nominations. Philip Bachelor VIC (Term ending and standing for re-election) Michael Eburn ACT Lyn Murphy Amit Prasad Sarah Stewart Mark Woodard NZ NZ ACT NZ Signed: Chapter: Date: Please return this completed form to the returning officer by email to robyn.smith@paramedics.org or via registered express post to 14 Summit Crescent Brown Hill Victoria 3350 by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT). Voting papers must be received by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT).
Dr Philip Bachelor OAM (Victoria based) BAppSc, MBA, PhD, FIML, FAICD Philip is a social behaviourist and bereavement-care specialist. A strategic not-for-profit CEO and charitable foundation director, he is a fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Also a member of the Royal Society of Victoria, a youthjustice volunteer and an Order of Australia recipient, Peter contributes an independent governance perspective to PA s Board, serving on the Executive and Finance and Audit and Risk committees. A grateful beneficiary of professional paramedic care, Philip is honoured to support PA and its members. Having completed a three-year term as a Community Director of PA, Philip believes he still has much to offer PA in governance and strategic management activities and is seeking re-election for a further term. Michael Eburn (Australian Capital Territory based) BCom, LLB, BA(Hons), LLM, MPET, PhD Michael hopes to bring to the Board his extensive and critical knowledge and understanding of the legal issues facing paramedics, paramedic practice and registration of Australian paramedics under the Health Practitioner National Law. Michael has experience and qualifications in adult and professional education, and ambulance education in particular. As a barrister and academic, Michael practises independence and critical analysis. His cultural and professional background means he is well positioned to represent the views and opinions of members of the wider community in relation to paramedicine and paramedic services in both Australia and New Zealand. Lyn Murphy (New Zealand based) Having 23 years experience lecturing in health, leadership and organisational behavior, Lyn s portfolio includes an extensive history of community service. She possesses a diverse academic background in education, health, psychology, management and accounting and has served on a number of New Zealand boards including local body and government directorships. She has strong professional, government and community links and well established international networks in the public administration, health and education sectors. Currently lecturing for first year students completing the Health Science Degree at Auckland University of Technology, Lyn holds a PhD in accounting and academic qualifications in management, psychology and occupational therapy. Lyn is an elected member of Counties Manukau District Health Board, past member of the Northern Y Regional Ethics Committee, and past Vice-President on the New Zealand Chapter of the International Society of Pharmaco-economics and Outcomes Research. Lyn cares passionately about the successful development of a strong health workforce, using her natural leadership skills to promote a supportive and collegiate environment. She relishes the idea of using her governance skills with Paramedics Australasia.
Amit Prasad (New Zealand based) Amit is a qualified accounting/finance professional offering comprehensive business and financial acumen, sound business judgement, an awareness of business management practices and depth and breadth of experience that informs judgement. His professional development and leadership experience spans six countries including China and the USA. He has worked within a number of jurisdictions and has enjoyed working with associations in countries across the globe. His executive role as Director of Finance with the University of Auckland Business School is responsible for leading a team to provide strategic direction and leadership within budget responsibility in excess of $110m. Amit has the curiosity to ask questions and the courage to persistently challenge management and fellow board members where necessary to ensure the organisation s interests are at the forefront. Through his continuous professional development in governance and strategy he has gained insight into good governance principles and practice, including an understanding of the required governance framework for organisations. Sarah Stewart (Australian Capital Territory based) Sarah is an experienced midwife and nurse with over 30 years experience working as a clinician/educator in the tertiary sector. Her current role is midwifery adviser to the Australian College of Midwives and manager of the Policy and Professional Practice Unit. She has recently completed a three year term as a Director on the Canberra YWCA Board, is currently a member of the inaugural executive committee of The Pier accommodation complex (Canberra), and a member of the Canberra Theatre Advisory Committee. Offering extensive experience in financial and overall governance, risk management, financial planning, organisational strategy and communication including membership, policy development, lobbying, stakeholder and community engagement and community development via social media. Sarah recently completed an MBA, consolidating her practical experience with theoretical underpinning. Sarah is keen to take up a board position with a health connection where she can share her skills and volunteer contributions to make a difference in the community. Mark Woodard (New Zealand based) Mark s current role is Director of Corporate Services/CFO at PHARMAC, the New Zealand Crown pharmaceutical buying agency (similar to PBAC), where he manages $1 billion in spending. Previously he has served as CEO of four different organisations and, importantly, one previous role was as the establishment manager of the New Zealand National Ambulance Sector Office. NASO is the joint venture for ambulance matters between the two main government funders. One of Mark s reasons for serving in the establishment role for NASO is that he was a paramedic in the 1970s in the USA. It has been many years since he has worked in the field; and while he retains a connection and passion for emergency services, his career has moved in a different direction. He acknowledges that one of the criteria for the PA Community Director position excludes paramedics.
AGM 2017 PROXY VOTING FORM I, (please print) being a financial member of Paramedics Australasia as at the 23 November 2017, hereby appoint: Name (please print) (financial member of Paramedics Australasia) OR Chair President of Paramedics Australasia or Chapter chair (print n a me ) (as indicated) to be my proxy at the election of Directors at the Paramedics Australasia AGM 2017 to be convened at Crown Conference Centre Docklands Melbourne Victoria on Thursday 23 November 2017 at 5.00pm and to vote on my behalf either at the proxy member s discretion or as I have advised the proxy to vote on my behalf. Signed: Chapter: Date: Please return this completed form to the returning officer by email to robyn.smith@paramedics.org or via registered express post to 14 Summit Crescent Brown Hill Victoria 3350 by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT). Voting papers must be received by COB Monday 20 November 2017 (AEDT).