Board Shorts – Winter 2024
At its winter meetings for 2024 the OACT Board has focussed on a range of issues: Policy The following governance materials were approved: Code of Conduct, Gender Policy, Board Charter,…
Board Shorts 247 – January 2024
At its first meeting for 2024 the OACT Board noted: Orienteering Australia (OA) has circulated a draft Participation plan - members felt that the circulated plan is quite high level…
Board Shorts 242-246, June-December 2023
While your OACT Secretary was gadding about the planet in the second half of last year, here are some of the things the association’s management committee was dealing with: June…
Hugh Moore receives his life membership award at the 2023 ACT Relays.
OACT Board for 2023 and a New Life Member
At the Annual General Meeting of the Association held last Thursday, the following members were elected to the Board for the next 12 months: President - Susanne HarryssonSecretary - Stephen…
Board Shorts 241 – January 2023
At the January meeting of the OACT Board the President reported on the year ahead, noting in particular: We appear to have serious emerging issues with: access to Canberra Nature…
Board Shorts 240 – December 2022
At its final meeting for the year the OACT Board recently formally adopted Adoption National Integrity Framework (which had previously also been adopted by OA at the national level). NIF…
Board Shorts 239 – October 2022
The OACT Board’s meeting last week was a long one with a range of financial issues under discussion. The Executive Officer reported that in relation to recurrent funding grants, ACT…
Board Shorts 236-238, July-September 2022
The Secretary apologises for the delay in preparing the following summary of business conducted by the OACT Board in recent months. Many of the reported actvities have now been completed…
Board Shorts 235 – May 2022
At the first meeting of the new 2022 Board in May, Susanne welcomed new and returning members and congratulated Valerie Barker, who had been unable to attend the AGM, on…
The 2022 OACT Board.
L-R: Jane Barnett, Edith Gray, Stephen Goggs, Susanne Harrysson, Maurice Patten, Andrew Cheffers, David Stocks (absent: Tara Melhuish, Valerie Barker)
AGM Rings in the Changes and Honours Our Best
At the Association’s AGM held at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison on 28 April there were several changes to the OACT Board: Susanne Harrysson (Bushflyers) was elected as President…
Board Shorts 234 – April 2022
At its 4 April meeting the President reported that he had attended a zoom meeting with ONSW controllers who report experiencing similar issues to us – ageing volunteer workforce, need…
Board Shorts 233 – February 2022
At the OACT Board meeting on 21 February the Board progressed arrangements for the OACT AGM to be held on 28 April 2022 at the Southern Cross Club at Jamison:…