The Management Committee is comprised of the Executive and Ordinary Committee Members. The Executive is a small group who holds vital portfolios key to the ongoing operation of POSAA. The Executive comprises of the following:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
The Management Committee is also comprised of 3 Ordinary Committee members and includes the State delegates.
Management Committee Role
The Management Committee is a group elected by the membership to take responsibility for the governance and strategic direction of POSAA. All positions in POSAA have a 12 month term, and can be re-nominated for at each AGM.
The role of the Management Committee is to oversee POSAA in accordance with its Constitution under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (ACT) and the Regulations. (See www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1991-46/default.asp)
The Committee is responsible for all aspects of the ongoing operation of POSAA. It handles the day-to-day operations and still accounts for its responsibilities back to the membership.
An important feature of good governance is a clear segregation of the responsibilities and accountability. While the Committee should be aware of POSAA’s operations, it needs to keep an eye on the big picture, monitor the strategic plan and that goals are being met. It needs to be satisfied that what is happening is in accordance with POSAA policies and objectives, within the overall budget.
General Responsibilities of the Management Committee
- Monitoring POSAA’s organisational compliance with Federal and State legislation.
- Setting POSAA’s policies and strategic goals, and monitoring them.
- Establishing a ‘corporate’ risk management framework and monitoring effectiveness.
- Overseeing finances through financial reports to the Committee and approving purchases to a certain limit.
- Interacting with members to be accountable to them and to ensure they have input into strategic goals.
- Defining key relationships between POSAA and key individuals and organisations.
- Lobbying state governments for awareness, education and resources for women with PCOS.
Duties of the Committee
- The Committee has a duty to act in the best interest of POSAA, with honesty and in good faith and to apply reasonable skill.
- To abide by the constitution of POSAA.
- To know and comply with all legal requirements.
- To work on a positive public perception of POSAA.
- To take all reasonable steps to minimise risk.
- To attend Committee meetings.
- To make sure it has enough information to make decisions.
- To assess the performance of Committee members.
- Duty of confidentiality, to keep confidential all organisational and Committee information.
- Once a decision is made it is a decision of the board as an entity, whether you agreed with the decision or not.
- Duty to declare any conflict of interest by informing the Committee of any personal interest in any matter before it and to absent yourself from issues where there is the possibility of a perceived or real personal or financial gain.
- Following on from the rule against conflict of interest is the rule against committee members misusing their position or special knowledge of the association's affairs for their own advantage without the association's fully informed consent.