The Council will have 3 meetings a year.

Council meetings will be online with Microsoft Teams.

The Council might have extra meetings if they need to.

Council meetings will go for 3 hours.

There will also be a short break.

Members will get information to read before each Council meeting.

The information will explain the issues the Council will talk about.

There will also be pre-meetings.

They will happen one week before each Council meeting.

Pre-meetings support members to understand what the Council meeting will be about.

The pre-meeting will go for 1 hour.

The Council has a Secretariat who:

• organises Council meetings
• creates and shares meeting information.

The Secretariat will let Council members know:

• when Council meetings will be
• if a Council meeting needs to be in-person.

There will be a Chair to run Council meetings.

The Chair is a person from the NDIS Commission who will run Council meetings.

The Chair will work with the Secretariat to make sure Council meetings go smoothly.

Council meetings need at least 7 members to attend.

Council members cannot ask another person to attend a Council meeting for them.

Members need to tell the Secretariat if they think there might be a conflict of interest.

A conflict of interest is when someone might make a choice that is good for them but isn’t fair to other people.

The Secretariat will tell the Chair about a member’s conflict of interest.

The Chair will decide what is best to do about the conflict of interest.

Members should take part in Council meetings in a way that respects everyone.

Members can also leave the Council any time they want.

They must tell the Secretariat in writing if they want to leave.