National Faculty of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Health
Call for nominations: National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Board Representatives
Would you like to become more involved in setting the direction of the RACGP National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health? Why not nominate to be a representative on the Faculty's Board. Nominations for the following Board position are currently available:
- Provost
- Registrar Representative
- Student representative
- International Medical Graduate representative
- Victoria representative
- Western Australia representative
- New South Wales representative
- South Australia representative
- Tasmania representative
- Northern Territory representative
- Queensland representative
- Torres Strait Islander representative
Nominations are open on Friday, 1 July 2011. All positions are for two years. All Fellows who are financial members and members of the faculty as at 30 June 2011 are eligible to be nominated as the representative for the state in which they are ordinarily resident or for other positions that they are qualified for.
Each nomination must be signed by no less than 2 voting members and must be counter-signed by the nominee as evidence of his/her willingness to stand. Nominees are invited to supply a profile of themselves (up to 300 words) including “what they would see as their contribution to the work of the National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Board.”
Nominations close on 22 July 2011 and if there is only one nomination, the nominee will be notified that they are appointed unopposed. If there is more than one nomination, all nominees will be informed of the need for an election. Notification to the voting members will happen via Friday Facts and voting will open on 15 August 2011 and close on 12 September 2011.
Successful nominees will be notified after 12 September 2011 and will be announced at the RACGP National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Board AGM.
Board members attend two face to face meetings and three teleconferences a year and are occasionally called upon to review and comment on documents between meetings. The Faculty has written to the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association (AIDA) seeking a Board representative from each organisation.
Nomination forms can be found below or by contacting the Faculty on aboriginalhealth@racgp.org.au or phone 1800 000 125.
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