The Board of JOY Melbourne Inc invites members to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held at 6:30 pm sharp AEDT Monday 25th November 2024. The meeting will be held in person at the Victorian Pride Centre in the Theatrette located on the ground floor, 79-81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda and via Zoom for those that wish to attend online.   

All JOY members may attend the meeting. All members will have received an email inviting them to attend the meeting in person, via zoom or to send an apology.  

If you are a member and have not received this invitation, please email the secretary@joy.org.au with your name, member number and best contact phone number and we will resend the invitation. Alternatively call the JOY office on 03 9267 6000, during business hours, and ask for the members admin. 

RSVP’s will close at 4 pm on Friday 22nd November 2024. We understand that your attendance method may change at short notice due to unforeseen circumstances (e.g. due to illness) so we will send the zoom link to all attendees, even if you choose to attend in person. 

This email will also contain a link to the 2023/24 audited financials. 

The JOY Annual report for 2023/24 will be presented at the meeting and available here after the meeting. 

We are delighted to announce that Joe Ball, Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ Communities Commissioner, will be our keynote speaker. Joe is a proud transgender man and longstanding LGBTIQA+ advocate with decades of experience in the mental health, family violence, suicide prevention, and disability sectors.

The AGM 2024 Information Pack may be downloaded from here and includes: 

• The Meeting Details & Agenda
• Minutes AGM held 24th November 2023 which are to be approved
• The candidate statement for our new board member, elected unopposed this year

Since there was one vacancy and one nominee, no election for board members will be held at this AGM.

Should you not be able to attend the meeting in person or online and wish to vote* on the motions please consider appointing a proxy to vote on your behalf.   

A proxy form is available to download here.  Completed proxy forms must be provided to the Secretary no later than 24 hours prior to commencement of the AGM which is 6:30pm on Sunday 24th November 2024.  

For assistance, contact the Secretary via:

• Email: secretary@joy.org.au;
• Post: JOY Media, Victorian Pride Centre, Level 1, 79-81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, VIC 3182; or
• Phone Call: 1300 569 949.

Kind regards,  

John Wintle

Board Secretary
JOY Melbourne Inc.

*Voting is restricted to eligible members. This is a member who is a natural or legal person, and has achieved six or more current and continuous months membership of JOY Melbourne.

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