The MLTAWA 2016 Annual General Meeting and Breakfast was held on 19 November at Mister Walker Cafe, South Perth and well attended by members of the Association. It was time to reflect on the past year and celebrate our achievements and progress, as well as, hear advice from guest speaker Tim Bamber, 2016 MLTAWA Principal Award winner and Principal of Oberthur PS and award excellence in language teaching. We heard from the Single Language Associations and their activities for the year and changed parts of our Constitution to align with the new Associations Act. Our membership currently stands at 446 members (including 5 Honorary Life Members). A copy of the President’s Report can be accessed via this link: https://drive.google.com/a/mltawa.asn.au/file/d/0B6onSjHTeeOeeXNRcUloQW5yUUE/view?usp=sharing
We also voted in the MLTAWA Committee for 2016 and are delighted to welcome three new Members; Nadia Civa (President Elect – Nadia will assume the role of President in November 2017), Rashmi Loyalka (Treasurer) and Esther Blood (General Committee Member). The list of 10 Committee members and their roles:
- President: Kate Reitzenstein
- President Elect: Nadia Civa
- Vice-President: Helen Kuehs
- Secretary: Mariel Howard
- Treasurer: Rashmi Loyalka
- General Committee Members: Claire Leong, Esther Blood, Lynne Rockliff, Fulvia Valvasori and Nicky Griffin-Appadoo.
Congratulations to Helen Kuehs, winner of the 2016 MLTAWA Hilde Dixon Award and to nominee, Kate Webster-Blythe. Helen was unable to attend the AGM as she was on a scholarship attending a course at the Goethe Institute in Hamburg. Her nominator and TAGWA Vice-President Tanja Colgan accepted the award on Helen’s behalf.
A very big thank you to exiting Treasurer, Alicia Travaglione, Webmaster and Membership Secretary Penny Coutas and General Committee Member Alda Costa, for their tire-less hard work and dedication to the Association.
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