Third Meeting of the ACE-ACEL Task Force
The third meeting of the ACE-ACEL Task Force took place on 15th October in Sydney.
Those in attendance included Ken Eltis (chair), Lyndsay Connors, ACE President-elect, John DeCourcy, ACE NSW State President, Michael Battenally, Deputy Chair, ACE National Council, Neville Highett, ACEL President, Chris Presland, ACEL Member Appointed Director, Graham Chadwick, ACEL NT Branch Director, and John Ewington, ACEL Tasmania Branch Director. The CEOs of both organisations were also present. Professor Denise Bradley was an apology, as she was overseas.
The meeting was very productive and made significant progress in developing recommendations to the respective Boards regarding the geographical locations of the offices, interim staffing arrangements, and an agreement that, should the merger proceed, 2010 be an interim year during which transitional governance arrangements would be put in place in preparation for launch with a new Board from 2011. It was also recommended that joint activities be undertaken in 2010 notwithstanding a merger decision, such as the annual conference and travelling scholar programs (which would include the ACE on the Road).
The Task Force discussed potential risks to each organisation in merging in order to inform the decision and to identify what would need to be done to avoid or minimise them in the process.
Matters to be considered by the next meeting on 29th October include the name, membership grades, objects and (transitional) governance arrangements, including the possibility of developing an MOU in respect of long term governance intentions. It was agreed that the Task Force should be in possession of sufficient information by its meeting on 29th October in order to recommend to the Boards whether a merger should or should not proceed.
Dr Lyndsay Connors
President-elect
Those in attendance included Ken Eltis (chair), Lyndsay Connors, ACE President-elect, John DeCourcy, ACE NSW State President, Michael Battenally, Deputy Chair, ACE National Council, Neville Highett, ACEL President, Chris Presland, ACEL Member Appointed Director, Graham Chadwick, ACEL NT Branch Director, and John Ewington, ACEL Tasmania Branch Director. The CEOs of both organisations were also present. Professor Denise Bradley was an apology, as she was overseas.
The meeting was very productive and made significant progress in developing recommendations to the respective Boards regarding the geographical locations of the offices, interim staffing arrangements, and an agreement that, should the merger proceed, 2010 be an interim year during which transitional governance arrangements would be put in place in preparation for launch with a new Board from 2011. It was also recommended that joint activities be undertaken in 2010 notwithstanding a merger decision, such as the annual conference and travelling scholar programs (which would include the ACE on the Road).
The Task Force discussed potential risks to each organisation in merging in order to inform the decision and to identify what would need to be done to avoid or minimise them in the process.
Matters to be considered by the next meeting on 29th October include the name, membership grades, objects and (transitional) governance arrangements, including the possibility of developing an MOU in respect of long term governance intentions. It was agreed that the Task Force should be in possession of sufficient information by its meeting on 29th October in order to recommend to the Boards whether a merger should or should not proceed.
Dr Lyndsay Connors
President-elect
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