2024 AGM

The Bellarine Community Health Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 5.00pm, at BCH 2 Nelson Road, Point Lonsdale, and online via Microsoft Teams.  More information will follow in due course regarding the AGM.

Please be advised that four (4) Board Directors will have their terms expire at the AGM in accordance with Section 11.3.2 of the Bellarine Community Health Constitution, “Elected Directors shall retire at the third AGM after their election”.  Board Directors are eligible to re-nominate for election at the expiration of their term of office.

The decision has been made to conduct a Board Director election prior to the AGM to replace these four (4) positions with a view to confirming the successful nominees for a 3-year period at the AGM.  Section 11.3.1 of the Constitution states “Nominations for the position of Elected Director at an Annual General Meeting may be submitted by a Financial Member”.

Interested people can attend a candidate information session that will be held on Wednesday 2 October at 6pm at BCH 2 Nelson Road, Point Lonsdale. RSVP for this session will be essential by emailing [email protected]

The Board Director Nomination form must be returned to Kate Hughes by no later than 4pm on Thursday 17 October.

The form may be emailed directly to [email protected], hand delivered to 2 Nelson Road, Point Lonsdale or posted to Kate Hughes, PO Box 26, Point Lonsdale 3225 (please allow appropriate time for mail delivery).  Preference is for nomination forms to be emailed.

The process for the election will be as follows:

• Should only four people be nominated, those four people will be declared elected.
• Should there be more than four nominations, the names and supporting information for each nominee and ballot papers will be circulated to Financial Members in the week beginning 21 October.
  • Each financial member will be asked to select the FOUR nominees of their choice and return the ballot in an envelope provided.
  • The cut off for return of ballots will be Friday 15 November at 4pm.
  • A ballot count, in the presence of an independent scrutineer, will take place on Wednesday 20 November.
• Successful nominees will be confirmed for a 3-year period at the AGM on Thursday 28 November.