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The 2007 Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 24 November 2007 at Adelaide Day Surgery President's report (PDF version 15kb) This
past year has been another exciting and very fulfilling year.
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| 2006 AGM |
| The 2006 Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday 12 November 2006 at the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne President's report (PDF version 15kb) This past year has been an exciting and very fulfilling year with many achievements. It commenced with the confirmation that ADSNA had finally become an incorporated association which became effective on January 5th, 2006. We then received news that we were successful in becoming affiliated with the Royal College of Nursing with a discounted price for RCNA annual membership for 2006/2007. This has complimented our affiliation with the College of Nursing, NSW. My involvement (representing ADSNA) with the peri-operative working party finished after we finalised the draft in January 2006 before it was submitted to the government. However, it is disappointing that this report has still not been released to the public as we identified many important issues which will effect staffing of day surgery centres throughout the country in the next 10 years. My
abstract to speak at the National RCNA conference this year was
accepted and I headed off to Cairns to speak about the research
that has occurred in Victoria and the pilot studies that were
planned for the later part of this year. There
have been two more Best Practice Guidelines released this year,
Paediatric Guidelines and Pain Management Guidelines, which totals
8 altogether since 1999. Once again, I wish to thank all those
who have been involved in these guidelines, referencing, proof
reading, invoicing, and distributing. A special mention must be
made to Trudy Maunsell who wrote the Pain Management guidelines
with assistance from Teena Brush. This meant that the committee
only needed to proof read rather than develop them from scratch. Finally, my biggest commitment this year has been the role of convener for the 7th Australasian Day Surgery Conference. It was certainly a first for a nurse to be invited to be a Convener of a multi disciplinary conference and has put ADSNA up on the map both nationally and internationally. It has been a privilege to work with a dedicated team and I thank the many members who have supported me in my role as President over the past year. In particular, I would like to wish Mary Tricker all the very best upon her retirement from the ADSNA committee. She has not only been President for 2 years including the commencement of the application for incorporation as and association, but also an important contributor to the Discharge guidelines as well as representing ADSNA at many interstate and international meetings. There have been two special people who have worked tirelessly to produce our journal over the past four years, Celia Leary as Editor and Michelle Birks as Sub editor (retiring from ADSNA committee). I wish Michelle all the best as she enjoys being a mother to her 2 young children, Tom and Kate. I am grateful to Celia for remaining on the ADSNA council and Board of Management for another 12 months which will assist us with a smooth transition between editors. Our challenge in the next year is succession planning. There are a number of us on the council/management committee of who have held the same positions for many years and we need to discuss this with our states to ensure that future representatives are able to replace those of us who will not be on the committee for ever. Thank you Wendy
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| 2005 AGM |
| The 2005 Annual General Meeting was held on 30 October 2005 at Surfair, Marcoola Beach - Sunshine Coast 2005 Minutes (52kb PDF) President's report (PDF version 16kb) The 1st year of my 2nd term as President has been another challenging but rewarding year. Once again, the profile of ADSNA continues to increase. I really appreciated spending time with founding committee members over the last couple of days and hearing about the struggle to become a national group and encouraging to hear their positive feedback about our achievements to date. Once again I thank those on the national committee and state committees who have worked tirelessly in the background. Although we all have a role to play as a committee member, I would like to particularly acknowledge the tireless work that Celia Leary and Michelle Birks have put into the journals, Maralyn Hutchinson as Treasurer, Jackie Hurley keeping the Data base under control and Teena Brush as secretary and guidelines distribution. In addition, I would like to thank and farewell outgoing members, Jan Britten, Lily Ting and Cathy Cross. Jan and Lily have both recorded and typed up the minutes for the 5 meetings and Cathy’s enthusiasm at state level, her fabulous catering and her contribution to journal articles will be missed. What have we achieved in the past year? In summary:
What have I been doing? Once again, my role has been time consuming and involved many commitments. I have been involved in the following
It is a concern to me that the time and financial commitment continues to increase for the President as the profile of ADNSA continues to grow. Fortunately, my change in working commitments does enable me to be more flexible in order for me to make appointments during business hours and travel and attend teleconferences during the day. Because I am going into the 2nd year of my 2nd term, I am conscious that we need to start thinking about the appointment of the next President. It does need to be someone that is contactable during the day, not tied up in the clinical setting, and able to put aside an average of ½ day per week (not including the time required to be convenor of the national conference). In addition, we need to look at delegating the role even further. Ideally, I would like to have a “President-elect” appointed who I can start delegating and introducing around in order for a seamless handover. I encourage you to think seriously about this amongst yourselves or potential candidates from our state committees. We certainly can’t leave this until just before the next AGM. On a positive note, I am really looking forward to the next year. Working with the new committee, putting the new Constitution into place, the 7th Australasian Day Surgery Conference and our affiliation with the Royal College of Nursing will be a significant next step in ADSNA’s history. Thank You Wendy
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2004 AGM |
| The Annual General Meeting for 2004 –2005 was held on 21 November 2004 in Adelaide at the Adelaide Day Surgery . The following state representatives retired:
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following state representatives were voted in:
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following portfolios were allocated in order for all committee
members to participate and help share the load.
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2004 President’s Report (PDF version 63kb) The 2nd year of my term as President has proved to be even more challenging than the first as the role has increased as the profile of ADSNA continues to increase. This is a tribute to the many over the years who have had the vision and worked tirelessly to get us to this stage. The commitment with the organisation of the National conference has been my largest time commitment. Finally, the ADSC allowed us to have more input into the organisation, which has been very positive for our members. However, the time involved for Celia, Michelle and me was far more than ever anticipated. Involvement in future organizing committees need to be carefully balanced to ensure this time commitment is more evenly distributed. I have also had many speaking engagements as President:
This, together with my commitments with ADSC meetings, Peri-op project and ACHS advisory group, has meant that this role is now a very large, high profile role which requires many hours and flexibility with work commitments. As an organisation, I consider the following as particular achievements.
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acknowledge and thank the committee members who have worked
so tirelessly to assist with these achievements. However, I
am conscious that the work load is not evenly distributed. ADSNA
should be about the whole committee and every state and therefore,
it is imperative that every member who attends the meeting has
a role to play or delegates to another state member in order
for this organisation to remain truly national. I acknowledge
that we are all very busy people in our work place and family
life and ask everyone to spend time at the state level to plan
how this could be achieved. I
must acknowledge the huge support I receive from my family in
this role. It has been a very tough 1st year without Josh but
I’m very proud of my husband and 2 children who have continued
to strive for the goals they set out for 2004 and very grateful
for their support with my commitments, both at Linley and with
ADSNA at state and National level. My directors have also been
supportive of my various commitments and my Unit Manager has
enjoyed the chance to step up as Acting DON in my absence. Thank you, Wendy
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