Annual General Meeting for the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA)

June 20 2020

AGENDA

1. Welcome

2. Note any apologies and appoint minute taker

3. Receiving the minutes of the previous Society Meeting

4. President’s Report

5. Financial Report

6. Executive Committee recommended motions to amend PATHA rules: 

   1. Section 4.2: Increase number of General Executive Committee Members from 3 to between 3 and 5.

   2. Section 4.5: Amend the following sentence to include “between Māori and non-Māori people” as highlighted below: 
      “The mix of Officers and Executive Committee members should demonstrate a partnership between cisgender and transgender people, and between Māori and non-Māori people, working professionally on transgender health, whether in clinical, academic, community, legal or other settings.”

   3. Section 8.1: The role of the Executive Committee. Amended to include the following highlighted sentence: “Ensure that transgender Members are represented in any decisions made.”

   4. Section 10.2: Amend this to include “and transgender members are represented in decision making” as highlighted below: 
      “No Executive Committee Meeting may be held unless more than half of the Executive Committee Members attend and transgender members are represented in decision making.”

7. Election of Executive Committee Members 
8. Close meeting