The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) held its hybrid 2023 AGM and a Special General Meeting last week in Perth, updating its constitution and voting in Lisa Michalanney of Signageworld in Adelaide as the new South Australian Chair.
(l-r) Marc Martello (treasurer, NSW chair), Mick Harrold (president, VIC chair), and Damian Nielsen (VP, QLD chair), at ASGA's hybrid AGM in Perth, WA
ASGA president Mick Harrold told those who attended the meeting in person and online that while the association’s activities in 2022 had resulted in a net loss for the year, those activities were necessary to provide the association with good foundations moving forward.
“2022 was about continuing to build foundations to enable the ASGA to move forward and effect change,” Harrold said. “ASGA is gaining momentum, with a lot of the back-end items are now done.”
A Special General Meeting followed the AGM where changes to ASGA’s constitution were passed by members.
“Updating ASGA’s constitution was one of the back-end items that was important for us to address,” said Harrold.
“This will now be in line with other model constitutions. We cleaned up ambiguous clauses and increased the range of membership classes, both important for management of the association for current and future directors.”
During the AGM, the 2023 executive committee and regional state committees were confirmed, with Lisa Michalanney voted in as the new South Australian Chair, while other committee members remain unchanged from 2022: Mick Harrold (President, Victoria Chair), Damian Nielsen (Vice President, Queensland Chair), Marc Martello (Treasurer, New South Wales Chair) and Wade French (Western Australia Chair).
Harrold thanked ASGA sponsors and outgoing South Australian Chair Julie Rochester for their contributions, noting that the ASGA was in a better position for Julie being involved.
The AGM included a review of 2022 and upcoming plans for 2023 across the finance, membership, marketing and communications areas, and presentations were given by ASGA advisors Warwick Ryan and Glenn Hain on employment law and building code changes.
Eight West Australian members took advantage of the meeting being held in their state. Apart from the opportunity to network with others and meet the directors in person, they also had access to Glenn Hain in person after the AGM, where they were able to question him on a range of sign regulatory issues. Others from around the country attended the hybrid AGM online.
The new constitution will now be registered with NSW Fair Work. For more details contact admin@signs.org.au
For over forty years, the Australian Sign & Graphics Association has been the representative body for the sign and graphics industry in Australia. It covers the whole spectrum of sign makers, engravers, sign installers, signwriters, graphic designers, sign educators and apprentices, as well as sign industry suppliers.
