29 September - 1 October 2009, Brentwood Hotel, WellingtonThe Annual Conference has supreme authority within the Association and is the forum in which our major policies are formed.
As the annual meeting of the Association Conference has the power to: - Adopt the annual report, statement of accounts and balance sheet.
- Fix the subscriptions.
- Amend the Constitution.
- Appoint the auditors.
- Declare the election of the national Executive.
- Consider regional remits.
- Consider any business which may be brought forward and for which special notice is not required.
- Set new policy.
It also provides the secondary teaching profession with a major publicity focus. The Conference comprises: - The members of the Executive.
- Two delegates from each region plus one per each complete 2% of the total number of full members of the Association within each region.
- Te Huarahi - two plus one for each 200 members on the Māori electoral roll (in addition to Te Huarahi Executive representatives).
- The Kaumatua and Whaea.
Any member may attend the Annual Conference and speak but may not vote. Association policy initiatives: - Originate with members in the branches.
- Are developed and consolidated by the regions;
- Receive approval at the Annual Conference and become part of the Association's policy.
- Are further developed and then represented by the Executive and staff.
- Progress is reported back to a later conference by the Executive.
- Executive has the power to decide policy on issues which arise between conferences.
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