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	Board Communiqué 7 – August 2016 The Wounds Australia Board met by teleconference on the 24th August. Items from the meeting of interest to report include: Executive Officer Interviews for this position will take place on the 2nd September and the Board hopes to be able to introduce the first Wounds Australia Executive Officer shortly after. This will give a huge boost to developing our organizational capacity and future member support actions. WAW A lot of hard work is being undertaken in a short time frame by Wounds Australia and the Wound CRC to ensure we produce a high standard national population health promotion activity for WAW. The descriptors for the release of the project will be available soon and will be communicated to members as soon as they are available. Portfolio Update Thank you to every member who expressed an interest in working on a portfolio. Following the final EOI call for membership portfolio, we now have an over-subscription of members interested in each portfolio which is a fantastic response and I am very happy to know that members have an active interest working on the future activities of the portfolios. As our operational capacity increases, there will be other project groups arising , both short and long term, that we would like you to consider joining if you are not able to be included in the first portfolio groups. Conference update Just a reminder that the conference is now only just over 2 months away! Board members look forward to catching up with as many members as possible throughout the conference. Helen McGregor Chair – Wounds Australia Board
	Board Communiqué 6 – July 2016 The Wounds Australia Board met by teleconference on the 20th July. Items from the meeting of interest to report include: Executive Officer On advice taken during consultation with the HR/IR advisor regarding our membership size and revenue level we are currently recruiting to an Executive Officer position. There have been a large number of good quality applications and the recruitment panel is processing these applications to enable interviewing shortly. WAW There has been a lot of consideration given by Wounds Australia and the WAW partner Wound Management Innovation CRC as to when to hold and how to develop WAW as a national health promotion program. The joint decision has been taken to promote the underused and almost unknown International Wound Care Day on 18th October annually and to champion this day and build Australia’s WAW around the week of 16-21 October. We apologise for another date change and changes to your local planning that may occur but this has given us a little more time to establish and produce resources. The theme and resources are being confirmed now and notification will be made to members as soon as these are available. Scholarships round closing date We would like to alert you to the closing date for this round of scholarships at the end of July – please consider applying for the available funding. Scholarship funding is available – we just need applicants. Conference update A reminder that Early Bird registration closes on 31/07/16. There is still room in the workshops for participants. Remember that there are two competitions as part of registration you will find details on the conference website including a photography competition. The dinner as part of the conference promises to be fabulous the theme is Glitz and Glamour including great entertainment. Please see the EOI notice on the Wounds Australia website for anyone interested in being part of the Conference Organizing Committee for 2018 Conference. Helen McGregor Chair – Wounds Australia Board
	Board Communiqué 5 – June 2016 The Wounds Australia Board met face to face on the 4th June. Items from the meeting of interest to report include: CEO Progress is being made on this with the assistance of a HR/IR advisory body. The Board is keen to ensure that the recruitment process will be done with due care to correct procedure. The recruitment of the first CEO is a critical part of Wounds Australia’s success in meeting our strategic and operational goals as a peak body representing wound care clinicians. Newsletter An update was held with Elfi Ashcroft one of the Editors of the Wounds Australia newsletter-DeepesTissues. The newsletter will continue to be published quarterly. New ideas for keeping the newsletter relevant to members can be forwarded to the editors at any time. Don’t forget, your newsletter is also a great way to let members know what is happening in your state or territory. The editors can be contacted on [email protected] Scholarships Progress continues towards renewal of the scholarship application and awarding processes. We can confirm that the new national process will be ready for the first round of scholarship applications starting in July 2016 so keep watching the website and eblasts for application period opening and we encourage you to apply. Conference update Conference momentum continues to build. The Conference Organising Committee reports that 135 abstract submissions have accepted for oral or poster presentations. The program is being populated with greater detail and will be available on the website as soon as it is finalized. Registrations are now over 500 delegates. Helen McGregor Chair – Wounds Australia Board
	Board Communiqué 4 – April 2016 The Wounds Australia Board met by teleconference on the 27th of April. Items from the meeting of interest to report include: Preparation of Wounds Australia Budget 2016/2017. Preparation of the next financial year budget is well advanced with just some outstanding information to be added as the states/territories wind up processes are completed. This complex task has been undertaken by Board member Sandra Buzek and we are very grateful to Sandra for her skill, tenacity and personal time spent on reviewing and setting up our financial reporting systems for the future. I know there are some items that Sandra is still working on but it has been a huge benefit to Wounds Australia to have someone with such a high level of expertise on our Board. CEO We are moving to recruit for this vital position with a Position Description and KPI being finalized to assist recruitment. We are targeting 01/07/16 to have the CEO in position but if it takes a little longer to get the best person with the right attributes and capabilities then the timeline will be a bit more flexible. Scholarships Progress continues towards streamlining the management of the scholarship application and awarding processes. The Board is aware that members need this information as soon as possible but we want to get these processes to a clear, equitable and well defined position before they are implemented. Board member Kerry May has undertaken this project for the Board. New Structure, Portfolios, States Please see the Wounds Australia website (NEWS) and a recent eblast to Members for a Webinar recording regarding the Wounds Australia Structure and establishment of the 3 portfolios of Membership, Education and Research. An EOI for members to join the portfolios will follow. The recording and accompanying documents also describe the functions for the states/territories to continue to provide services locally. Despite this being a period of organizational change, we are getting reports of wonderful events continuing locally with most states and territories holding education events recently or planning for events through the year. Conference update Conference planning and registration is progressing well. Register soon to join us for a wonderful event. Don’t forget that the Wounds Australia AGM is part of the conference program and I encourage you to attend to see achievements so far and future strategies. We hope to see you in November for a great conference. Helen McGregor Chair – Wounds Australia board
	Board Communiqué 3 – March 2016 Introduction The Wounds Australia board met again on the 16th March. Items from the meeting of interest to report include: Development of the national organizational budget for 2016 / 2017. This is a major item for the Board and work is continuing on defining our accounting restructure, developing forward projections and planning. While this may not seem like a glamorous piece of work, it is essential to our business operations and for planning to be able to drive the nationalized organization into strategy building, allow for organizational positioning as a peak body and for member growth and benefits. Development of Strategies and Business Plans Again, not the highest profile of actions to many, but essential to the Board and the organizational functioning. We have underway: finalization of the board business plan, development of the communications strategy and marketing strategy, and the organizational risk management plan. We are also moving as quickly as possible on the Terms of Reference and EOI process for the national portfolios as mentioned in the last communiqué. We don’t want to lose any of the enthusiasm of members or the opportunities to engage in the development of Wounds Australia as a national body. When the portfolios commence their formation and activities and new State bodies are formed, I hope to be able to give a Podcast on the new ways that members of Wounds Australia can become part of our organizational development process. Development of document templates We have developed the first of our Wounds Australia document templates and are trialing it with the Aseptic Technique committee who are writing a position statement. We have developed an initial draft of a preamble descriptor of Wounds Australia to be included in this type of documentation and a structural guide for the document. The aim is to standardize the style of Wounds Australia document outputs as part of developing recognition of Wounds Australia through our official communications as a peak body. Conference update Hopefully many of you are already registered for the 2016 Conference or are considering coming. Just a few figures on how things are progressing: Registrations are at 338 with 53 exhibitor booths and 16 sponsors. The program including the workshops is completed and we have an outstanding group of invited speakers from both overseas and Australia. Abstract submission is open until April 7th so there is still time to send in an abstract to talk about your area of interest. Congratulations to the Wounds Australia conference organizing committee and the conference organizer for achieving such great results early in the registration period. Don’t forget that the Wounds Australia AGM is part of the conference program and I encourage you to attend to see what we have achieved and where we are going. We hope to see you in November for a great conference. Helen McGregor Chair – Wounds Australia Board
	Board Communiqué 2 – February 2016 The Wounds Australia Board met again on the 6th February to continue to develop the new organizational structures. We have been informed by our collaboration partner, The Wound Management Innovation CRC, that Wound Awareness Week will be held in September this year and not in March when it has traditionally been held. Information and resources will be available closer to September. The Wounds Australia Board members have been working further on structure and processes and a new national structure will see a revival of some of the previous Key Result Areas into national portfolios – Education, Research and Membership. Each of these portfolios will have a Board liaison member whose task will initially be to re- establish the portfolio and attract participants through an EOI process. We hope that the portfolio member participants will be able to guide the Board on the development of key strategic actions and directions. This is a great way for the Board to be able to hear the voice of members and to respond by shaping strategic direction. The Board members who will do this work are: Kerry May – Membership Jan Rice – Education Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts – Research The Wounds Australia Board members are aware that the issue of the future of the scholarships program has been of concern to members. We have commenced a process for reviewing all scholarships that have previously been offered by each State. After 30th June 2016, these scholarships will be combined into a national pool of scholarship funding. The named or memorial scholarships and the criteria by which these named or memorial scholarships were awarded will be preserved, but funded from national scholarship funds. For other scholarships, the Board will be increasing the total number offered in the next financial year commencing 1 July 2020. Information on the application for scholarships will be available on the website from 1 July 2020. As all members should all be aware by now, 2016 November Conference Registrations are now open. We hope to see you there for a great conference. We have included a photo from this Board meeting so you can get to know who is who and who we are. Standing L to R: Geoff Sussman, Kerry May, Sandra Buzek, Jan Rice, Bill McGuiness Seated L to R: Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts (Deputy Chair), Helen McGregor (Chair)
	Board Communiqué 1 – January 2016 Not available

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