VIRTUAL AGM

Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Virtual 2023 AGM

Medical Oncology Group of Australia Incorporated (MOGA)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2023 Annual Meeting will be conducted solely online by means of remote communication via Zoom.

Members may attend the meeting by logging into the virtual AGM from 1.00 pm AEST on Friday 29 September 2023. Separate instructions for how to attend the meeting will be provided close to the date.

The following business will be conducted at the AGM: 

1. The receipt and consideration of the annual report of the MOGA Executive;

2. The consideration of the annual financial report of the MOGA Executive Office Bearers and the auditor’s report;

3. To declare the results of the election/nomination process for members of the MOGA Executive;

4. To transact any other business necessary to be conducted at the AGM;

   Resolution 1: Appointment of Auditor of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia 

   Resolution 2: Honorary Memberships of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia 

5. Members Questions.

All Standard and Honorary members of the Association are entitled to vote, provided they are financial in accordance with the Constitution of the Association. If you wish to appoint a proxy you must submit a completed and signed copy of the proxy form provided with this notice of the AGM. The proxy form must be received at the MOGA Secretariat via email to moga@moga.org.au by no later than close of business on Friday 15 September 2023.  

If you have any questions regarding the AGM please contact MOGA Secretariat via email to moga@moga.org.au.  

Instructions for participating in the 2023 MOGA Online AGM 

Attending the Online Annual Meeting 

• MOGA members may join the meeting through the online Meeting Login provided by email.

• MOGA members will be able to submit questions or comments during the meeting through the chat function.

• Questions will be answered as the allotted meeting time permits. We cannot ensure that every Member who wishes to have a question or comment addressed during the meeting will be able to do so but all questions not addressed will be responded to formally in writing after the AGM.

Voting

• Should a Vote be required members will be able to register their vote/s prior to and during the Annual Meeting.

General 

If you encounter any technical difficulties. Technical support will be available beginning at 12.30 pm AEST on Friday 29 September to moga@moga.org.au and will remain available until the meeting has ended. 

We thank you for your interest in MOGA-our national, professional organisation. 

Call for Nominations 2023 | Executive Committee of MOGA

The MOGA Executive Committee consists of eleven members, including the Chair, Deputy Chair and Treasurer, the Immediate Past Chair and seven other elected members plus the national Trainee Representative (ex-officio).   

A/Prof Eastgate, Prof Parente, Dr Florian Honeyball, Dr Mislang, Dr Clay, Dr Diakos and Dr Liu will end their current term of appointment on the Executive Committee at the Online Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Friday 29 September from 1.00 pm AEST. Dr Karikios will step down as the Chair at the AGM but will remain on the Executive in the position of Immediate Past Chair. The National Trainee Representative, Dr Rhiannon Mellor, will also be stepping down at the AGM.  

A/Prof Eastgate and Prof Parente are eligible and have determined to re-nominate to remain on the Executive. The other continuing members of the Executive include Dr James Lynam and Professor Desmond Yip. Dr Florian Honeyball will complete his current term of office and will be stepping off the Executive. 

Accordingly, there will be seven available vacancies on the Executive Committee. 

If you wish to stand for election to the Executive Committee or would like to nominate a candidate, please complete and return a nomination form together with a photo and brief biography for the nominee. Nominations must be received at the MOGA Secretariat by email to moga@moga.org.au by close of business on Friday 1 September 2023.

If there are more nominations than positions vacant, an election will take place so that the Committee can be formalised and the incoming Executive members will be announced at the Virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Friday 29 September from 1.00 pm AEST.