Our Board
Board of
Directors
Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council has an elected governing Board to ensure the objectives of the organisation are upheld. The current Board are:
BOARD CHAIR
Daisy Cutmore
DEPUTY CHAIR
Amber Vernon
BOARD MEMBER
Narelle White
BOARD MEMBER
Trevor French
BOARD MEMBER
Robert Irwin
BOARD MEMBER
Jake Gillies
BOARD MEMBER
Manuel Cormie
BOARD MEMBER
Bradley Freestone
BOARD MEMBER
Paul Frazer
How are the Board elected?
(as detailed www.alc.org.au)
Election of a Local Aboriginal Land Council Board
Elections for Board members of a Local Aboriginal Land Council are held every 4 years. They hold office for 4 years or until the election of the next Board.
BEFORE THE ELECTION
The CEO of the LALC must ensure that the LALC membership roll is up to date and provide the Returning Officer for the election with a copy of the membership roll at least 48 hours before the AGM.
The CEO must also before the election, create a ‘List of eligible voters’ that clearly states each member of the LALC who is entitled to vote in the election.
THE MEETING
The Chairperson will ensure that a quorum is present before the meeting is opened. A quorum is 10% of the total number of voting members of the LALC.
The Chairperson will guide the meeting through the receipt of the Annual Report and audited financial statements. At the conclusion of this business, the Chairperson will invite a motion to appoint the returning officer to conduct the election of Board members.
THE ELECTION
Before commencing the election process the returning officer must be satisfied that a quorum is present at the meeting.
The ALRA prescribes that a LALC with more than 100 voting members shall have a Board of between 7 to 10 members. It also prescribes that a LALC with 100 or less voting members shall have a Board of between 5 and 7 members.
The returning officer calls for nominations.
VOTING
A voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council is not entitled to vote in elections for Board members if:
- The member has not attended at least 2 meetings of the Council in the preceding 12 months as a voting member, or
- The member is suspended from membership of the Council or Board.
- Eligible voters will then be called by the returning officer to come to the returning officer to receive a ballot paper.
- The voter will cast a vote, place the ballot in the ballot box and return to their seat.
COUNTING THE VOTES
When all votes are cast, the returning officer must retire to a private location to count the votes.
Each accepted ballot paper is then placed in a pile under each of the candidates names.
If there are seven vacancies then the seven candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.
The returning officer returns to the meeting and declares who has been elected.
AFTER THE ELECTION
At the close of the meeting the LALC Board is elected.
It is the responsibility of the CEO of the LALC to give notice of the first meeting of the LALC Board. At the first meeting of the LALC Board the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson will be elected from amongst the Board members.
The returning officer for this election is the CEO.
Acknowledgement
of Country
Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council acknowledges the Kamilaroi/ Gamilaroi/ Gomeroi people as the traditional custodians of the land we work on. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of our Aboriginal community and have the utmost respect for our Elders past, present and future.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website contains images and names of deceased persons.
