Annual General Meeting

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Annual General Meeting

The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) will be held during Congress on Wednesday, 31 May 2023 at 3.30 pm (AWST).

2023 Notice of Annual General Meeting [PDF; 184 KB]

Please note that an electronic copy of the Notice of Meeting, together with the link to an Appointment of Proxy Form has been emailed to those Members who have elected to receive RANZCP communications electronically.

If you have elected to receive a hard copy of the Notice of Meeting, this was posted to your nominated address.

Venue

Riverside Theatre
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
21 Mounts Bay Road
Perth Western Australia 6000
Australia

Entitlement to Vote

Pursuant to Articles 3.3.4, 3.4.2, 3.5.2, 3.6.3 and 3.7.2 of the RANZCP Constitution:

Fellows are entitled to attend, speak and vote at the AGM.
Associates (Trainees), Affiliates, Honorary Fellows, and International Corresponding Members are entitled to attend and speak, but are not entitled to vote at the AGM.

Proxies

A Fellow unable to attend the meeting in person has the right to appoint a Proxy (the Appointment of Proxy form is available on the RANZCP's website). Only a Fellow may be appointed as a Proxy. The Proxy Form must be received by the RANZCP no later than 3.30 pm AWST on Monday, 29 May 2023.

The Chairperson intends to vote all available proxies in favour of each item of business.

Appointment of Proxy Form [PDF; 91 KB]

Annual Review and Financial Report

See the Annual Review and Financial Report

Previous AGM Minutes

2022 RANZCP AGM Minutes [PDF; 121 KB]

Questions

Questions prior to the AGM can be directed to the Company Secretary, Ms Callie Kalimniou
at cosec@ranzcp.org or by phone + 61 (0)3 9640 0646.

Ms Callie Kalimniou
Company Secretary
26 April 2023

Members Requisition General Meeting

A General Meeting was called to consider four resolutions which relate to the RANZCP Mood Disorders Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) and in particular, long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of mood disorders.

Update, 21 April 2023

The College remains committed to producing quality resources to assist members in treating and supporting their patients. The process undertaken to publish the Clinical Practice Guideline in the treatment of mood disorders involved members with significant expertise and was subject to international peer review.

At its March meeting, the Board considered the minutes of the Member Requisition General Meeting (MRGM). Thematic responses to the questions submitted to the MRGM are also available.

The Board has established the Mood Disorders Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Evidence Review Steering Group (the Steering Group), Chaired by Professor Bruce Singh, to commission a review on the evidence for long term psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of mood disorders. A Request for Quote for tender applications for an independent consultancy to review the evidence for long term psychodynamic psychotherapy was circulated with a deadline of 11 April 2023 and the submissions are currently being reviewed.

Regular updates on the work of the Steering Group have been provided to members via Presidents Update and Psyche and any questions can be directed to policy@ranzcp.org.

The Board supports the scope of the Steering Group and looks forward to receiving their recommendations with respect to proceeding to address the resolutions and providing updates to the members.

Meeting outcome

The General Meeting was attended by 384 members, including 333 eligible voting Fellows. Given the interest and volume of questions, a condensed presentation was delivered to provide background and further information. Over 100 questions were received and a number of them were responded to during the meeting.

The outcomes of the four Ordinary Resolutions, as outlined in the Notice of Meeting, are outlined below and all four resolutions were carried. More than 50% of votes must be cast in favour of the resolution for it to be carried.

Outcomes (including proxy allocation)

Resolution	For	Against	Abstain	Total
i)	632 (68%)	247 (27%)	48 (5%)	927
ii)	676 (73%)	218 (23%)	34 (4%)	928
iii)	674 (73%)	217 (23%)	38 (4%)	929
iv)	660 (71%)	223 (24%)	47 (5%)	930