[Commpsych] FW: APS AGM results - Good news and...

[Neil Drew]

Dear All,

 

There ha been a suggestion that my posting yesterday about the Board
elections was a little churlish and bitter.  Please note that it was an
attempt at light-hearted banter - I am not in the least bitter -
disappointed yes but bitter no - I sincerely appreciate the support I
received and truly believe that another candidate should be sought as soon
as possible in preparation for the next tilt.

 

Yours in election defeat!! (but still fighting the good fight)

 

Neil

 

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From: Heather Gridley [mailto:Heather.Gridley at vu.edu.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2007 3:05 PM
To: ddarlaston-jones at nd.edu.au; Neil Drew
Cc: commpsych at lists.curtin.edu.au
Subject: RE: [Commpsych] FW: APS AGM results - Good news and...

 

I'm disappointed too that the Board will miss out on Neil's contribution,
which would have been invaluable. The only new face on the board is a South
Australian clinical psychologist, a fomer lobbyist for the Labor Party who
cites a commitment to social justice and to the public sector, which is
promising.  It seems that most of those who get elected these days are very
effective lobbyists and vote-counters. I'll try to find out just how many
votes constitute a 'quota' for a position on the board, based on current
voting figures (apparently on the old Council, it was a mere 30 votes,
because so few people voted!) There's also a Tasmanian on the Board, so
maybe other factors come into play here. 

 

More conference reports to follow...

 

Heather

 

 

Heather Gridley 
School of Psychology 
Footscray Park Campus 
Victoria University 
PO Box 14428 
Melbourne 
VIC 8001 
Australia 

TEL +61 3 9919 5224 
FAX +61 3 9919 4324 
MOBILE: 0419 113 731 

Email: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au

 

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From: ddarlaston-jones at nd.edu.au [mailto:ddarlaston-jones at nd.edu.au]
Sent: Wed 3/10/2007 1:28 PM
To: Neil Drew
Cc: Heather Gridley; commpsych at lists.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Re: [Commpsych] FW: APS AGM results - Good news and...

 

Hi Neil
you are a great candidate and would have made an excellent board member. the
failure is not yours but the system that enforces the dominance of East
coast representation. until the society recognises the structural
discrimination inherent in its processes nothing will change - the large
states have the numbers and general apathy does the rest. the society needs
to implement a process of proportional representation to ensure that all
voices are heard not just those from Victoria and NSW and occasionally for
QLD. Unfortunately this is not likely to happen because the governance
structure would prevent it from happening - what's the old adage about those
in power maintaining the structure that gives them power??
Dawn
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Dawn Darlaston-Jones, PhD
Lecturer
Behavioural Science
School of Arts & Sciences
University of Notre Dame
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FREMANTLE
Western Australia WA 6959

Tel: +61 8 9433 0567
Fax: +61 8 9433 0544
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