Members and
Annual General
Meeting
Scope Members
Scope’s members are an essential part of the organisation, playing a key role in helping us achieve our mission to enable each person we support to live as an empowered and equal citizen.
Scope’s members have allowed the organisation to have a powerful voice in the disability sector. With the support of members, Scope has actively driven change in the community and has been an influential advocate for the rights of people with a disability.
Scope has a total of 146 members, consisting of 115 Governing (voting) Members and 31 Associate Members as of June 2022.
Our membership engagement over the last 12 months was mostly digital, with Scope members attending and voting at our virtual Annual General Meeting and receiving Horizon newsletters and communications from our Board.
The Scope Board continues to seek opportunities to engage purposefully with Scope’s members, evolve the role of Scope membership, and keep members informed on key developments and governance matters, with some digital and in-person activity (where possible) planned for the coming 12 months.
Annual General Meeting
Scope’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held via virtual technology on 9 November 2021.
Using technology ensured we were able to meet our governance requirements and engage with key stakeholders, while protecting the health and wellbeing of our members, Directors, and staff.
In partnership with our registry support, Computershare, Scope utilised meeting platform Zoom to host our AGM. Governing Members were able to submit questions via email and phone prior to the AGM and ask live questions during the AGM by raising their hand or via an online chat function.
The AGM was attended by 48 people, 21 of whom were Scope Governing (voting) Members. Sixteen proxy votes were submitted by Governing Members prior to the meeting in line with statutory requirements. The meeting was duly convened and quorate.
During the AGM, members viewed a video presentation by NDIA Board Chair Dr Helen Nugent AO and a presentation on Scope’s supported employment pathways for people with disabilities. Scope Board Chair Professor Sanchia Aranda AM and Scope Deputy Board Chair Gary Brinkworth addressed the strategic and financial accomplishments of the previous 12 months, with Scope continuing to deliver services and support to people with disability amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scope members unanimously approved the re-appointment of Elected Director Serge Sardo to the Scope Board, who stood unopposed.
Dr Jennifer Fitzgerald AM advised members that after ten years as CEO of Scope, she would be stepping down from the role in early 2022.
The Scope Board thanked the people we support and our members, families, staff, business partners, donors, supporters, volunteers, and friends, all of whom help us further our mission to enable each person we support to live as an empowered and equal citizen.
