Management Committee
The running of our U3A is entrusted to a Management Committee of six to twelve members who are elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) usually held in March. Each Committee member has a special set of responsibilities to fulfil, and these are the people you should contact if you have any question about U3A Southern Highlands.
The Principal Officers are directly elected by the membership at the AGM. The Principal Officers comprise the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Course Coordinator.
The balance of the Committee, after election of Principal Officers, is elected without portfolio by the membership at the AGM.
Portfolios are allocated by the President and confirmed by the Management Committee at its first meeting following each AGM. In these portfolios, members report to the President and the Management Committee on operational and policy matters but have a fair degree of autonomy and responsibility for day-to-day operational matters within their portfolios.
The Principal Officers form an Executive of the Committee, which provides strategic advice to the Management Committee as a whole.
If twelve members are not sufficient to spread the workload of overseeing the operation of our U3A, the Constitution gives the Committee the power to delegate functions to other people.
The Committee meets monthly, except January, and the Executive of the Committee meets monthly between Committee meetings. Conduct of the meetings is reasonably formal, at least to the extent that decisions are agreed and clearly minuted, with reference to business papers where relevant.
With about 1,000 members, we run our volunteer organisation professionally like a small business.
| Committee Members | ||
| President | Neill Ustick | |
| Vice-President | Margaret Parkinson | |
| Secretary | Heather Temperley | |
| Treasurer | Kim Zegenhagen | |
| Course Coordinator | Ingrid McCulloch | |
| Course Administration | Christine Woods | |
| Course Support | Peter Wurfel | |
| Enrolments | Ingrid McCulloch | |
| Membership | Heather Knights | |
| Venues | Judy Jones | |
| Other Key Roles | ||
| Financial Assistant | Marijke Morse | |
| Financial Assistant | Geoffrey Williams | |
| Public Officer | Margaret Parkinson | |
| UMAS Administrator | John Blair | |
| Web Manager | Jean de Hosson | |
| Wise Owl Editor | Lynne Dalton | |
| Wise Owl Editor | Annie Crawford | |