8.    Membership Options

The meeting noted that the 2004 AGM had requested that the Core Group explore the issue of developing membership options with a view to the organisation developing the capacity to become a body which provides accreditation to reflect the professional capacity of members.  Accordingly, 3 membership options were developed and circulated to the members who were asked to vote for their preferred option.  The result of the vote was very close but on balance favoured option 2 which involved adjustment to the membership structure reflecting the defacto status quo rather than development of an accreditation system at this time.

The meeting accepted the three recommendations below relating to option 2 provided in the agenda paper including the requisite changes to the NZAIA constitution.

Recommendation 1.

That

TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP

23.    There will only be one class of members - ordinary members. These can be either individual persons or organisations.

Be amended to read

23     There shall be four types of members. These are individual members, student/low wage earner individual members, corporate members and life members.

(i)      Individual members are a broad general category of membership status for persons.

(ii)     Student/low wage earner members are those person's enrolled as a student or who are low wage earner at a cut-off to be set by the association at any general meeting

(iii)    Corporate members are institutions rather than individuals.

(iv)    Life membership shall be open to New Zealanders or those with a significant professional or other connection with New Zealand present or past.  Life membership shall be awarded to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to impact asssment.  Nominations for life membership shall be submitted to the AGM through the Core Group.  There is no limitation on the number of life members but normally no more than two candidates should be proposed to an AGM in any one year.

Recommendation 2.

That

MEMBERSHIP FEES

24.       Each member shall pay to the Association such membership fees as may from time to time be determined by an annual general meeting.

Be amended to read

24.       Each member shall pay to the Association such membership fees as may from time to time be determined  for each type of member by an annual general meeting.

Moved:           Jamie Newell             Seconded:     Di Buchan  

9.   IAIA'05 Conference Boston 31 May - 3 June[1]

Martin Ward will attend the Prague conference in September.  This is a special thematic meeting of the IAIA.

10.   NZAIA Conference 2007/IEANZ

The meeting agreed that the core group should investigate the viability of a joint conference with EIANZ

Moved:           Rob Quigley                  Seconded:     Richard Morgan

The meeting noted that:

(i)         having an annual conference helps retain the organisation's profile and provide an event for the members;

(ii)        convenor's report recommended that NZAIA conference's are an enormous effort for the core group and that making them a two yearly event would be more realistic for the core group;

(iii)             it might be possible to have a joint conference with the NZ Chapter of IEANZ (Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand[2]) in the years that that organisation is not having a NZ based conference;

(iv)       developing too close an association with IEANZ might be inviting the possibility of being subsumed by that body;

(v)        IEANZ has few NZ members; and

(vi)       a number of the IEANZ certification panel includes former NZAIA members.  

11.       Next Meeting of the Core Group

The meeting agreed that Melissa Stewart would be responsible for calling the first meeting of the 2005/06 core group.  

Moved:           Kaylene Sampson                Seconded: Bob McClymont.

That meeting will:

(i)         include members of the 04/05 core group to facilitate an orderly handover of affairs; and

(ii)        appoint a convenor for 05/06

12.       Votes of thanks

The meeting made votes of thanks to the following people for their work over the past year/s

And, in anticipation of work over the coming year, the meeting made a vote of thanks to Melissa Stewart for accepting the role of secretary/treasurer.

13.    Time And Date Of The Next Meeting