Nominations for Positions on the Board of Directors 2024

In accordance with our constitution, this year the positions of President, Honorary Treasurer and one (1) board member (Directors) are due for re-election. Any two (2) financial members of the Society shall be at liberty to nominate any member to serve in any vacant position on the Board of Directors. Board members are required to be members of the Society. Please find below a link to download the nomination form:

The nomination shall be in writing and signed by the nominee, and the proposer and seconder and be lodged by 30 June 2024. The nomination may be hand delivered during business hours to our office at the Plantation (1204 New Cleveland Rd, Gumdale Qld 4154), or posted to the address shown below, however nominations must be received by us on or before 5pm on 30 June 2023.

Postal Address
The Secretary
Royal Life Saving Society Queensland Inc
PO Box 1093
CAPALABA QLD 4157

Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted.

All nominations must be accompanied by a citation of no more than 200 words (one page with no pictures). To be eligible, all nominees must comply with requirements for an officeholder as issued by Queensland Government Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the Australian Charity and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Fit & Proper Persons requirements in addition to any requirements of our rules and by-laws. In the event that there are two (2) or more nominations for a an officer position (or more nominations than are available for other Directors) a postal ballot shall proceed of all financial members as at 30 June 2024.

Please note that if you have an unpaid debt to the Society you may not be considered a financial member. When ballot papers are circulated, the citation of each nominee will be included, with each citation edited to be in a similar format and font (and cut to a word count of 200 words). The counting of ballot papers will be conducted by the Honorary Solicitor and the outcome of the ballot will be announced at the Annual General Meeting which will be before 30 September 2023.