Council

The Australasian Region is governed by a council comprising the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Officer, Social Media Coordinator and Public Officer of the region, as well as the website manager, regional newsletter correspondent, and regional representatives to IBS. We currently have one member on the IBS Executive Board and three on Council, as seen below.

A President-elect shall be chosen by ballot at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) falling in the middle of the term of the current President. The President-Elect shall assume the office of Vice-President at the end of the AGM at which they are elected, and the office of President at the end of the next AGM, when the outgoing President becomes Vice-President as the immediate Past-President. That is, the Vice-President alternates between Past-President and President-Elect each year.

Nominations for each vacant position are called for by the Secretary towards the end of the calendar year. If more than one nomination is received for a particular position, then members are required to vote for a preferred candidate for the position at the annual general meeting (AGM). Otherwise, no formal election is necessary.

Current council members

The regional council currently comprises the following people:

Name Affiliation Position Term
Alison Kelly University of Auckland President 2025 - 2026
James Curran University of Auckland Vice President 2025
Louise McMillan Victoria University of Wellington Secretary 2025
Ian Renner University of Newcastle Treasurer 2020 - 2025
Sam Rogers University of Adelaide Membership Officer 2020 - 2025
Emi Tanaka Australian National University Social Media Officer 2018 - 2025
Warren Muller CSIRO, Canberra Public Officer 2020 - 2025
Charley Budgeon University of Western Australia Biometric Bulletin correspondent 2022 - 2025
Peter Green AgResearch Ltd Regional website manager 2025
Samuel Muller Macquarie University IBS Council Member 2020 - 2025
Kevin Murray University of Western Australia IBS Council Member 2017 - 2025

Emi, Ian and Vanessa are the current safety officers referred to in the regional code of conduct document.

Past council members

Note: this is not the complete record, it has been recreated from historical regional newsletters.