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submitted applications to join the program and a significant proportion of those have progressed into the assessment phase. Several of the inaugural graduates are in the process of being inducted to join accreditation assessment panel and they will soon be involved in marking the assessment attempts of applicants.
AGM: VENUE CHANGE
The previous edition of the QJA Quarterly included information about this year’s annual general meeting which will take place at 12 noon on Saturday 6 November. That information indicated the venue for the physical meeting was to be the QJA Office at Wilkie Street, Yeerongpilly. Please note the date and time are unchanged but the venue will now be the Pullman King George Square Brisbane. A revised Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form is an insert to this magazine. Like last year, physical attendance numbers at the AGM will be governed by prevailing COVID protocols. For those unable to attend in person, videoconferencing arrangements will be in place. If you would like to attend the AGM (either in person or via videoconference) please register your intent as indicated on the Notice of Meeting, included with this magazine.
MEMBER ACCREDITATION PROGRAM
Launched on 15 May this year, the QJA Member Accreditation Program is now well and truly established. At the time of the launch, there were eleven (11) QJA members who were awarded QJA Accredited status – five who had successfully negotiated the accreditation assessment modules during the pre-launch test phase, and six who were intimately involved in the development and design of the overall program and granted honorary accreditation status. Since that time, many more QJA members have
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In the meantime, there have been some unfortunate delays in marking the assessment attempts of applicants. We apologise for the delays and thank the applicants for their patience. The backlog will soon be cleared and we will welcome many more QJA members to the QJA Accredited ranks. All QJA members are urged to consider whether they wish to test themselves in the QJA Accreditation Program. To read the program outline and to nominate, follow this: accreditation link tion:rmafe M Find out more about the QJA Accreditation Program here:
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Thank you to all those QJA members who responded to our recent call for volunteers by expressing an interest in applying their relevant expertise to assist QJA with a range of QJA operational programs and development projects. We now have a record of the names of interested parties and a brief synopsis of their relevant experience and expertise.
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