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<div style="margin:0px 0px 10pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">As those of you who are APS members would be aware,<span style="background-color:rgb(234,234,234)"> <b>it's APS election time again</b> - this year the process is rather complicated (but in some
ways possibly simpler) due to the new governance model that was voted in last year. All voting is optional preferential, which means it's wise to only number people you could actually live with being elected.</span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(234,234,234)"> <font color="#414141" style="font-family:Calibri; background-color:rgb(234,234,234)">You
can vote electronically by clicking the Board of Directors button </font><font color="#414141" style="font-family:Calibri; background-color:rgb(234,234,234)">at: <a href="https://www.psychology.org.au/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk426267" previewremoved="true">https://www.psychology.org.au/</a> </font><font color="#414141" style="font-family:Calibri; background-color:rgb(234,234,234)">and
following the e-trail.</font><span style="font-family:Calibri; background-color:rgb(234,234,234)"> Do watch the videos - I think they are quite helpful. </span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium"><b>Everyone gets to vote for the Early Career member position</b>, for which there are 4 candidates - I haven't decided who to vote for there. All but one of
the candidates has a clinical psychology background, and the other is connected with the RAPS (reform group favouring a single-tier Better Access to Medicare model)</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium"><b>Members of a College other than the Clinical College </b>get to choose from 5 nominees: Two are Counselling College members, one supporting access for counselling
psychologists to Tier 1 (currently confined to clinical psychologists), and one supporting a single tier model (although it should be noted that neither option is an APS decision to make); one is an organisational psychologist from SA, and one is the outgoing
Chair of the Educational & Developmental College, and also a Counselling College member. The fifth candidate is a Vic Uni graduate and Community College member. So you have a number of choices - I'm happy to tell you privately who I voted for and why.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium"><b>Registered psychologist APS members who do
<i>not </i>belong to a College</b> can elect one director from the Division of General Practice - there are 3 candidates here.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">When you log in your eligible categories will automatically come up - unfortunately Associate Members of Colleges (ie Masters/Doctorate graduates on the path
to Area of Practice endorsement) can't vote for either the College category or the General Practice category.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"> Your vote needs to be in by<b> 10am Thursday 27 September</b> to count.</span><br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium">Finally, if you can't get to the actual AGM on Friday 28 September in Sydney, <b>you need to appoint a proxy if you would like to vote on any motions</b> to be
decided at the meeting. I will be attending the meeting and can take proxies. (You don't need to ask my permission, or anyone else's you might like to nominate -
<b>just go online <a href="https://www.psychology.org.au/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk663970" previewremoved="true">
here</a> or check the AGM notice you should have received from APS last week</b>) </span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium"> </span></div>
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<div style="margin:14pt 0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium">And if you don't think you know the APS candidates well enough to make an informed choice, read their statements and videotaped answers to member questions online - and if all
else fails, </span><b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium">ask me :) </b></div>
<div style="margin:14pt 0px"><b style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:medium"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">So do it now </span></b></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font size="2">Heather</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font size="2">(Apologies for any cross-postings)</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Heather Gridley</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Honorary Fellow</font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Victoria University</font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Melbourne, Australia</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">E: </font><a href="mailto:heather.gridley@vu.edu.au" target="_blank" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" id="LPlnk455167" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><font face="Verdana">heather.gridley@vu.edu.au</font></a><font face="Verdana"></font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Ph: +61 419113731</font></div>
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