The Council holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) at least once in every financial year, which takes place as part of ACFID’s Annual National Conference.
The purpose of the AGM is to:
- Review ACFID’s operations, including to receive and consider the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the report of the Auditor and the report of the Board
- Receive and consider the report from the Code of Conduct Committee
- Set policy-making guidelines, and formulate fundamental policy principles and objectives
- Encourage active participation of all members
- Elect Board members and officeholders of ACFID in place of those retiring
- Approve and ratify the admission of new members
- Address such other matters as the Council determines from time to time.
If you would like to see the minutes of the most recent ACFID AGM, please contact us to request them.
During the ACFID Council's 2016 AGM several resolutions were passed, they can be viewed and downloaded here:
- Resolution on residential care
- Resolution on combatting discrimination on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
- Resolution condeming offshore detention
- Resolution on women's leadership in the sector
- Resolution on opposing the extrajudicial killings of drug users in the Philippines
During the ACFID Council's 2017 AGM several resolutions were passed, they can be viewed and downloaded here:
- Resolution on Supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart
- Resolution on Space for Civil Society
- Resolution on Manus Island closure
During the ACFID Council's 2018 AGM several resoltuions were passed, they can be viewed and dowloanded here:
- Resolution on Moving Children Off Nauru by International Children's Day
- Resolution on Prevention of Sexual Misconduct within ACFID Member Agencies
- Reslution on ODA and Aid Program
During the ACFID Council's 2019 AGM several resoltuions were passed, they can be viewed and dowloanded here: