ABN 55 997 240 779
PO Box 352
Northcote
VIC 3070
Tel: 03 9481 7706
PO Box 352
Northcote
VIC 3070
Tel: 03 9481 7706
ACETA AGM Minutes 30th May 2016
The sixth AGM was held on Monday 30 May 2016 at The Terminus Hotel, 492 Queens Road, North Fitzroy, VIC 3205
Meeting commenced at 7.00pm chaired by Frank Hinton.
Attendees:
Leon Hart - Amber Technology, Julius Grafton - CX Network/Julius Media, Julie Hinton - Classic Audio Designs, Frank Hinton - ATT Audio Controls, Frank Andrewartha - Quest Engineering, Mark Van Vegten - Classic Audio Designs, John McKissock - Clearlight Shows Pty Ltd, Paul Anderson - NAS, David Cooper - Dolby Australia, Stephanie Bleakley - Integrate/Diversified, Paul Mulholland - Jands, Peter Trojkovic - CMI Music & Audio, Tony Hambling - Murray Tregonning, Shane Bailey - NAS
Guests: Richard Gijsbers & Glenys Gijsbers - Stockdale ACS/ACETA - Arthur Rappos - Elektra Audio, Patrick Emery - Australian Communications and Media Authority, Peter Dwyer - Comtest Laboratories, Rob Walker - Australian Music Association, Andrea Andrewartha, Sheryl Hambling
Welcome and introduction
Frank Hinton welcomed everyone to the sixth AGM and thanked the Terminus Hotel for the provision of the room.
Apologies were received from:
1. Graeme Stevenson (Frank Hinton Proxy of Frank Hinton)
2. Gary Krix - Krix Loudspeakers
3. Michael Sloss Synchronised Technology
4. Hugh Dean Aspen P/L
5. Peter McKenzie
6. Robert Sloss
7. Paul Goldsmith
8. Stephen Dallimore (received by email after the meeting)
Minutes of the last AGM
It was proposed that the minutes of the last AGM be accepted as distributed:
Proposed Frank Andrewartha
Seconded Shane Bailey Carried
Business arising
No business arising was advised.
Agenda items
No further agenda items were tabled.
Correspondence
No correspondence recorded
President’s report
Frank Hinton, as president for 2015/16 welcomed Patrick Emery from ACMA as ourbvguest and noted that the relationship with ACMA was an important one for the association. Frank presented his report to the meeting outlining the ten initiatives for the year.
That the president’s report be accepted as read.
Proposed Frank Hinton
Seconded Julie Hinton Carried
Treasurer’s report
Tony Hambling, the treasurer for 2015/16, spoke to the tabled Profit and Loss and
Balance sheet for the 2015 Financial year:
That the treasurer’s report be accepted as read.
Proposed Tony Hambling
Seconded Julie Hinton Carried
That the auditor for the 2016 financial year should be Jason Rochaix of Page Harrison, Milson’s Point, NSW. It was noted that an audit was not required for the 2015 financial year.
Proposed Frank Andrewartha
Seconded Tony Hambling Carried
Other reports
There were no other reports.
Election of the Board
There were fewer nominations than positions so the list of nominees was presented
to the meeting as follows:
1. Amber Technology (Leon Hart)
2. ATT Audio Controls (Frank Hinton)
3. Philips Selecon (Peter McKenzie)
4. Production Audio/Video Technology (Graeme Stevenson)
5. Quest Engineering (Frank Andrewartha)
6. Murray Tregonning (Tony Hambling)
7. Synchronised Technology (Robert Sloss)
There was therefore no election and the nominees were congratulated on their Board membership.
Frank thanked the outgoing board members:
• Jands (Paul Mulholland)
• National Audio Systems (Shane Bailey)
• Meyer Sound (Steve Devine)
General business
David Cooper (Dolby Australia) as well as John McKissock and Peter Dwyer spoke of his company interviewing candidates for positions who did not fit and wondered if they could be referred to other companies? Was it possible to have a pool of people that members could call on? Could this dovetail with the idea of an Aptitude Test that Frank spoke of as one of the initiatives in his president’s report? Could the Association host a list of people looking for positions and members could refer candidates to be added to the list? Frank Hinton spoke about the need for some momentum to support and promote
Associate members. Stephanie Bleakley was happy to be involved in a subcommittee for this
Speaker
Frank Hinton Introduced Patrick Emery from ACMA. Patrick spoke about the wide remit ACMA has and expressed that he was keen to work with ACETA to understand the industry in order to come up with a scheme for self regulation. He spoke about electrical safety being a very difficult area to navigate and also spoke about the very complex areas of online supply, 'grey importing' and counterfeiting - these areas were often associated with non compliance. He also noted that the supply chain was a lot more complicated in these times but they did not want to punish those who were doing the right thing. ACMA were interested in exploring lateral approaches to compliance. Patrick answered questions about how ACMA found and addressed non compliant products (Annual audit program and reporting) Frank Hinton thanked Patrick and gave ACMA a good plug stating that ACETA wanted to marginalise those who wished to undermine the industry and to maximise opportunities for trade in Australia
Frank Hinton introduced Richard and Glenys Gijsbers from Stockdale ACS who are the principals for the new Administrative team.
In closing the meeting, Frank Hinton commended the work of Frank Andrewartha as Secretary and Tony Hambling as Treasurer over the last 12 months.
Frank Andrewartha acknowledged Frank Hinton’s work and noted that he had put in more than 200% of a 100% job!
Meeting ended at 7.55pm with attendees moving to the dining room for dinner and the new board met to elect office bearers.
Glenys Gijsbers
Administrator
ACETA: ABN 55 997 240 779
Meeting commenced at 7.00pm chaired by Frank Hinton.
Attendees:
Leon Hart - Amber Technology, Julius Grafton - CX Network/Julius Media, Julie Hinton - Classic Audio Designs, Frank Hinton - ATT Audio Controls, Frank Andrewartha - Quest Engineering, Mark Van Vegten - Classic Audio Designs, John McKissock - Clearlight Shows Pty Ltd, Paul Anderson - NAS, David Cooper - Dolby Australia, Stephanie Bleakley - Integrate/Diversified, Paul Mulholland - Jands, Peter Trojkovic - CMI Music & Audio, Tony Hambling - Murray Tregonning, Shane Bailey - NAS
Guests: Richard Gijsbers & Glenys Gijsbers - Stockdale ACS/ACETA - Arthur Rappos - Elektra Audio, Patrick Emery - Australian Communications and Media Authority, Peter Dwyer - Comtest Laboratories, Rob Walker - Australian Music Association, Andrea Andrewartha, Sheryl Hambling
Welcome and introduction
Frank Hinton welcomed everyone to the sixth AGM and thanked the Terminus Hotel for the provision of the room.
Apologies were received from:
1. Graeme Stevenson (Frank Hinton Proxy of Frank Hinton)
2. Gary Krix - Krix Loudspeakers
3. Michael Sloss Synchronised Technology
4. Hugh Dean Aspen P/L
5. Peter McKenzie
6. Robert Sloss
7. Paul Goldsmith
8. Stephen Dallimore (received by email after the meeting)
Minutes of the last AGM
It was proposed that the minutes of the last AGM be accepted as distributed:
Proposed Frank Andrewartha
Seconded Shane Bailey Carried
Business arising
No business arising was advised.
Agenda items
No further agenda items were tabled.
Correspondence
No correspondence recorded
President’s report
Frank Hinton, as president for 2015/16 welcomed Patrick Emery from ACMA as ourbvguest and noted that the relationship with ACMA was an important one for the association. Frank presented his report to the meeting outlining the ten initiatives for the year.
That the president’s report be accepted as read.
Proposed Frank Hinton
Seconded Julie Hinton Carried
Treasurer’s report
Tony Hambling, the treasurer for 2015/16, spoke to the tabled Profit and Loss and
Balance sheet for the 2015 Financial year:
That the treasurer’s report be accepted as read.
Proposed Tony Hambling
Seconded Julie Hinton Carried
That the auditor for the 2016 financial year should be Jason Rochaix of Page Harrison, Milson’s Point, NSW. It was noted that an audit was not required for the 2015 financial year.
Proposed Frank Andrewartha
Seconded Tony Hambling Carried
Other reports
There were no other reports.
Election of the Board
There were fewer nominations than positions so the list of nominees was presented
to the meeting as follows:
1. Amber Technology (Leon Hart)
2. ATT Audio Controls (Frank Hinton)
3. Philips Selecon (Peter McKenzie)
4. Production Audio/Video Technology (Graeme Stevenson)
5. Quest Engineering (Frank Andrewartha)
6. Murray Tregonning (Tony Hambling)
7. Synchronised Technology (Robert Sloss)
There was therefore no election and the nominees were congratulated on their Board membership.
Frank thanked the outgoing board members:
• Jands (Paul Mulholland)
• National Audio Systems (Shane Bailey)
• Meyer Sound (Steve Devine)
General business
David Cooper (Dolby Australia) as well as John McKissock and Peter Dwyer spoke of his company interviewing candidates for positions who did not fit and wondered if they could be referred to other companies? Was it possible to have a pool of people that members could call on? Could this dovetail with the idea of an Aptitude Test that Frank spoke of as one of the initiatives in his president’s report? Could the Association host a list of people looking for positions and members could refer candidates to be added to the list? Frank Hinton spoke about the need for some momentum to support and promote
Associate members. Stephanie Bleakley was happy to be involved in a subcommittee for this
Speaker
Frank Hinton Introduced Patrick Emery from ACMA. Patrick spoke about the wide remit ACMA has and expressed that he was keen to work with ACETA to understand the industry in order to come up with a scheme for self regulation. He spoke about electrical safety being a very difficult area to navigate and also spoke about the very complex areas of online supply, 'grey importing' and counterfeiting - these areas were often associated with non compliance. He also noted that the supply chain was a lot more complicated in these times but they did not want to punish those who were doing the right thing. ACMA were interested in exploring lateral approaches to compliance. Patrick answered questions about how ACMA found and addressed non compliant products (Annual audit program and reporting) Frank Hinton thanked Patrick and gave ACMA a good plug stating that ACETA wanted to marginalise those who wished to undermine the industry and to maximise opportunities for trade in Australia
Frank Hinton introduced Richard and Glenys Gijsbers from Stockdale ACS who are the principals for the new Administrative team.
In closing the meeting, Frank Hinton commended the work of Frank Andrewartha as Secretary and Tony Hambling as Treasurer over the last 12 months.
Frank Andrewartha acknowledged Frank Hinton’s work and noted that he had put in more than 200% of a 100% job!
Meeting ended at 7.55pm with attendees moving to the dining room for dinner and the new board met to elect office bearers.
Glenys Gijsbers
Administrator
ACETA: ABN 55 997 240 779