VOLUME 17 • NUMBER 4 • SUMMER 2020
Welcome new QJA Director
The retirement of Director Chris Lancaster OAM has led to a casual vacancy on the QJA Board of Directors. The Board is pleased to announce Peter Selleck JP (Qual) (pictured below) as the new member of the Board. Peter has more than 40 years business and senior management experience in a wide variety of settings. Now retired, he has been a JP (Qual) and Treasurer of the Maroochydore Branch since 2018. He describes himself as a ‘cunning strategist’ and has an impressive CV. He is sure to bring a myriad of skills to round out and complement the current Board member skill-set. He possesses specialised knowledge of marketing, planning, quality systems, business processes, the application of technology, plus highlevel general management and administration skills. He has been a high achiever in business as he reached the ‘top 50’ at Caltex at the age of 38 with roles that included Service Station Manager with 40 staff, Sales Manager for half of Victorian Retail, Retail Property Manager for NSW, Manager Development – Marketing Technology and Systems for Australia. He has also worked in the oil industry in the USA and was responsible for a budget in excess of $US5 million. Peter’s other interests include a life-long passion for Australian Rules football. He still holds a strong relationship with the Melbourne University Football Club where, at 25 years of age, he was the youngest person to be awarded Life Membership. He remains only one of two members to have ever held all three senior positions of President, General Secretary and Treasurer of the club. We welcome Peter to the Board.
QJA NEWS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Queensland Justices Association was held at the QJA State Office, Yeerongpilly with some members attending in person and others via videoconference. This is a summary report on the proceedings at the 2020 AGM. The official minutes of the meeting are published in the Member Portal of the QJA website or may be viewed at the QJA State Office. Report on the 2020 AGM – held at the QJA Office, 8A / 108 Wilkie Street, Yeerongpilly starting at 12 noon on Saturday 7 November 2020. (Note: to protect individual privacy, the names of persons associated with the meeting are not published here but are maintained in QJA records) Members present, proxies received and apologies. The QJA President assumed chairmanship for the meeting Present in person – as per attendance list – 18 Present via videoconference – 23 Independent auditor, Leo Manicaros was also present Proxies - as per proxy schedule – 67 Apologies - 15
Minutes of 2019 AGM and business arising Moved RG, seconded KR that the minutes (an abbreviated version of which was published in the Summer 2019 edition of the Journal) be confirmed as a correct record. CARRIED. No discussion. President’s Report 2019-20 (as published in the Spring 2020 edition of the QJA Journal) Moved JC, seconded GM that the President’s Report be received. CARRIED. No Discussion. Directors’ Report 2019-20 (as published in the Spring 2020 edition of the QJA Journal) Moved JC, seconded NM that the Directors’ Report be received. CARRIED. GM drew attention to a typo in the table of director tenure for the Vice President. It was agreed the correct start year should be 2019 not 2029. No other discussion. Audited Financial Statements 2019-20 (as published in the Spring 2020 edition of the QJA Journal) Moved NM, seconded BB that the Audited Financial Statements be adopted. CARRIED. Discussion: It was agreed the final surplus of $31,000 would have been only $7,000 if QJA did not qualify for the JobKeeper subsidy. In response to a question about “general purpose” and “special purpose” accounts and the impact of branch funds, the meeting was advised a program to incorporate all branch financials into QJA’s published accounts was currently being implemented with the objective of achieving this and publishing general purpose accounts for the 2020-21 reporting year. In response to a question about the investment of reserve funds, it was reported that professional advice had been sought on this matter for the Board to consider before the end of 2020. Other Business Several other miscellaneous questions about QJA’s business were asked and answered at the meeting. Details are contained in the formal minutes published in the member portal of the QJA website. Meeting Closure There being no further business, the chairman declared the meeting closed at 12:42pm.
QJA Member Directory
Due to the temporary closure of signing sites across the State during the pandemic lockdown, QJA received an increased number of phone enquiries from the public about finding a local JP or Cdec to witness documents. QJA takes responsibility for the security of members’ personal details very seriously and therefore was prohibited from providing the help callers were requesting. QJA has been taking steps to establish a data base in conjunction with the proposed accreditation program. If members wish to they can sign up for the database and have their details available for the public to find a JP. Members will be able to sign up to make their details available to the public via the member self-service portal.. The database will also have the capacity to include member availability during business hours, weekends and after hours. In addition, you will be able to indicate the range of documents you are able to sign. Registration on the database is voluntary
and each individual member will be able to keep their details up to date via the member portal. Notification about registration and participation will be the subject of an email campaign in the coming weeks. Serving Queensland’s Honorary Justices since 1918
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