THE COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLANNERS INTERNATIONAL: AUSTRALIAN CHAPTER
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY MAY 28 2003
CARLTON CREST HOTEL BRISBANE
6.00 PM
PRESENT: John Sewell, Jenny Coats, Cecilia Wilson, Mark Clements, Andrew Tidswell, Graeme Rutherford, Deidre Thian, Bill Walsh, David Jung, Andrew Bunting, Janet Mattiske, Raylee Elliott-Burns, John Day, Gerri Conway, S Law , Noel Christie, Andrew Pender, Jeff Phillips, R Whitfield, Rod Gibson, Brian Jacobi, Vaughan Barker, Phillip Idle, Brian Blaner, Alan Williams, John Slater, Pat Love, Robert Bienvenu, Alec O’Connell, Greg Smith, Geoff Nairn, Richard Leonard, Peter Bickerton
CEFPI BOARD REPRESENTATIVE: Kathy Christie
NOTE: Approximately 5 guests attended
1. WELCOME
The Chairman, Andrew Bunting welcomed members and guests, in particular, Kathy Christie as a Board Member.
2. MINUTES OF 2002 AGM
The Minutes were accepted.
Moved: Alec O’Connell Seconded: Jenny Coats
3.PRESIDENTS REVIEW 2002/03
Andrew Bunting reported on his attendance at the annual strategic planning meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona where the focus was on building connections. The new committee will need to take outcomes on board in reviewing our plan for 2003/04.
The Annual CEFPI Conference in Phoenix was attended by 5 members from Australia. The next conference will be held in Toronto in October 2003.
The US held a mini conference in February on green issues. It is not possible for members of our Chapter to attend all of these meetings. However we need to find some
way to get the information- maybe some form of tele-link.
We have provided assistance to the organization in the development of a new planning guide. Nancy Myers has been coordinating this project.
Australia has received an award for growing membership of the organization so rapidly. Current membership in Australia is 78. Sustainability is our challenge. Communication is vital and we sincerely thank Ann Gorey for so capably producing our quarterly journal.
Our Web page has been maintained by an external paid organization and thanks go to Alec O’Connell for coordinating.
It is planned to hold next year’s conference in Sydney.
This Chapter can be strengthened through affiliations with education leaders as demonstrated in Adelaide at the LETA Conference.
Other issues to be further considered include the establishment of Awards for excellence in the planning and design of good school facilities and the establishment of a School Building Day to focus community attention on the importance of good school facilities.
In conclusion Andrew raised the issue of whether we should remain as a Chapter or consider Australia becoming a region and having the states as chapters.
4.FINANCE
The financial accounts had been audited as required and currently stand at……………..
It should be noted that we get a tiny rebate of ………from the US.
The report was accepted.
Moved by Andrew Bunting.
Seconded by Deidre Thian.
5.ELECTION of BOARD of DIRECTORS
All positions were declared vacant.
The following nominations had been received in writing;
NSW: John Day, Bill Walsh, Cecilia Wilson
QUEENSLAND: Graham Rutherford, Deidre Thian
VICTORIA: Janet Mattiske, Andrew Bunting
SOUTH AUST: Andrew Gehling, Jenny Coats
WESTERN AUST: Alec O‘Connell, Phillip Idle, Jeff Phillips
As there were no further nominations received these were accepted.
Moved; Andrew Bunting
Seconded; Peter Bickerton
Members were reminded that the Board has power to co-opt members as needed.
6.STATE REPORTS
SOUTH AUST: Andrew Tidswell reported that they had held one official event with Susan Stuebe from US. LETA was also linked as a CEFPI event. Some projects had been submitted to the Design Share Awards. They are hoping to arrange a seminar with Bruce Jilk when he visits.
WESTERN AUST: The 2002 Conference had been their main activity. More recently a function was held involving architects and educators. CEFPI is to sponsor one day with the Catholic Planning Group. A link is to be established with the upcoming ACEL Conference. They are also working to establish an education committee within the Institute of Architects which will have links to CEFPI.
NSW: As membership is still very low, activities have been limited. The SA Department of Education had recently spent a week in NSW looking at facilities development.
VICTORIA: A working group has been formed to convene a number of activities as follows;
September 03: Seminar- Environmentally Sustainable Development
December 03: Seminar - External Environment
Awards Announcement
March 04: Seminar Special Education
May 04: National Conference Sydney
September 04: Seminar Community Schools- What might this mean?
TASMANIA: Tim Gourlay organised workshops with Prakash Nair at the opening of ReeceHigh School.
7.OTHER BUSINESS
7.1 Deidre Thian was thanked for arranging the Conference in Brisbane. She in turn thanked all who had assisted her.
7.2 All Web page information should be forwarded to Alec O’Connell.
7.3 Kathy Christie said that she was happy to report any issues back to the next Board meeting in Phoenix.
MEETING CLOSED: 7.12pm