Committees

Committee of Management

This committee works directly with Councillors. The Committee of Management comprises the Executive of the Association, plus co-opted members. The Committee of Management meets on a regular basis throughout the year and acts as the executive decision making body of the Associations between Council meetings.

President: Di Ruffles

Vice President: Diana Kelly

Secretary: Robyn Stark

Treasurer: Rhonda Powling

Extraordinary Members:

Lynn Swannell

Susan O'Malley

Professional Learning Chair: Camilla Elliott

SLAV Executive Officer: Susan La Marca – slav@slav.org.au

SLAV Council

The SLAV council is the major policy and decision making forum of the Association and is made up of the Committee of Management, one representative from each branch plus co-opted members.

The SLAV Council is comprised of the Committee of Management, Professional Learning Chair, Editors of Synergy, FYI, Mentor Program Coordinator, Primary Advisor and a representative from each Branch.

SLAV council meets on a regular basis, at least 5 times a year, and branches are encouraged to ensure that they are represented at council meetings.

ROLE OF SLAV BRANCH COUNCILLOR

Each Branch Councillor attends and takes part in the vote at any Council meeting that he/she attends. By convention, the Councillors represent the view of their Branch they represent, although they may vote differently from their Branch advice if new information is made available during the discussion at the Council meeting.

Synergy Editorial Committee

Editor: Dr Susan La Marca

Reviews Editor: Dr Rosemary Abbott

Nell Day

Camilla Elliott

Dr Kasey Garrison

Mary Manning

Pru Mitchell

Dianne Ruffles

Margaret Sinnott

Margaret Simkin

Associate Professor Ross Todd

FYI Editorial Committee:

FYI, in line with the Association mission statement, will inform members, inspire them, and serve as a record of the Association and its activities.

The committee is a dynamic group attempting to represent the breadth of the Association, who work with, and support, the editor in the production of FYI. Guest members are occasionally invited to join the committee and the group is open to input from all possible sources.

FYI Editor – Mary Manning – fyi@slav.org.au

Editorial Committee

Michelle Aizpurua

Hope Do

Alida Galati

Lena Hume-Twining

Julia Pagliaro

Reina Phung