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How do meetings work?

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The Council will have 2 meetings a year.

These meetings will be online with Microsoft Teams.

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The Council might have extra meetings if they need to.

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Council meetings will go for 3 hours.

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There will also be pre-meetings.

Pre-meetings give members a chance to get ready for the Council meeting.

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They will happen one week before each Council meeting.

The pre-meeting will go for one hour.

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The Council has a Secretariat who:

  • organises meetings
  • creates and shares meeting information.

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The Secretariat will let Council members know:

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

2 NDIS Commission chairs running a Forum meeting online using a laptop.

There will be 2 Chairs to run Forum meetings.

Chairs are people from the NDIS Commission who will run Forum meetings.

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

Rules about meetings

A group of 7 people.

Council meetings need at least 7 members to attend.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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Members can also leave the Council any time they want.

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