2012 ANNUAL REPORT - Gumala

Gumala Aboriginal Corporation
ABN 93 807 596 843
Directors' Report
30 June 2012
- Review and recommend to the Board identified amendments to current members’ programs, whilst maintaining the
principles of self-management, economic independence and self-determination of the Banyjima, Innawonga and
Nyiyaparli peoples;
- Review and monitor the implementation of new programs to ensure the Corporation’s programs are aligned with the
GAC Rule Book;
- Ensure that the Board and management have available to them sufficient information and advice to facilitate
informed decision making regarding current programs, new programs and program amendments; and
- Ensure the implementation of additional programs and services as identified by the Committee addresses the
immediate and long term economic, environmental, and social, health and cultural benefits and needs of the
Banyjima, Innawonga and Nyiyaparli Traditional Owners and beneficiaries.
The Member Services Committee currently consists of the following four GAC Directors: Doreen James (Chair), Natalie
Parker, Shane Derschow and Nicholas Cook. The GAC Chairman, Mr Stephen Peterson, is an ex-officio member of all
GAC Board Committees.
5. Office Bearers Committee
The role of the Office Bearers Committee is to handle all matters relating to urgent or time sensitive business that the
Chairman or Chief Executive Officer brings before the Committee that needs to be handled before the next scheduled board
meeting, including but not limited to the following:
- Ensuring the Corporation responds, as required, to urgent requests from the regulator, the Office of the Registrar for
Indigenous Corporations;
- Ensuring the Corporation responds as required to urgent requests from the Trustee, Gumala Investments Pty Ltd
(GIPL);
- Ensuring the Corporation responds as required to urgent requests from other Government agencies;
- Ensuring that the Corporation responds as required to legal procedures and matters; and
- Ensuring that the Corporation lodges funding documentation as required for Commonwealth, State and philanthropic
grant applications.
The Committee consists of the three directors occupying the office bearers positions at the time, currently these are Stephen
Peterson (Chairman), Stuart Ingie Snr (Deputy Chairman) and David MacLean (Secretary).
6. Remuneration and Human Resource Committee
The role of the Remuneration and Human Resource Committee is to:
- Review and approve contract terms and remuneration arrangements for the Chief Executive Officer;
- Review and approve, subject to any requirement to obtain membership approval, the remuneration arrangements for
the Chair and Directors of the Board, including fees, travel and other entitlements;
- Ensure the Corporation’s remuneration structures are fair, aligned with the long-term interests of the Corporation,
and sufficient to attract and retain skilled managers and staff;
- Ensure that the Board and management have available to them sufficient information and independent advice to
facilitate informed decision making regarding remuneration;
- Review and monitor executive succession planning; and
- Ensure the implementation of employment strategies and succession planning which support the Corporation’s
aspirations for Aboriginal capability development and eventual capacity for Members to self-manage the
Corporation.
The GAC Board Chairman (Director Stephen Peterson) is the Chair of the Remuneration and HR Committee. The other
three Directors who are members of the Committee are Doreen James, Archie Tucker and Slim Parker.
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