Annual General Meeting 2009 - APS Member Groups

substantial contribution to the committee which has been greatly appreciated. Student events to
be held this year included the cocktail party and also the student research day. The prize for the
best paper was won by Sarah Knight. Attendees were fortunate enough to hear A Prof Michael
Saling talk about his personal career development in neuropsychology and also provide great
insights and advice.
The committee recently welcomed Rob Burke as a co-opted member. We look forward to working
with Rob in the following year. Kate Frencham has informed the committee of her intention to
stand down at the end of the year. Kate has made a wonderful contribution to the Victorian
section CCN; both as a member and more recently as the secretary. The committee will certainly
miss Kate and wishes her well in the year to come.
I must stress that I have genuinely enjoyed my involvement on the Committee this year, and wish
to thank Dana, Kate, Emilie, Fiona and the student reps Louise, Ming-Yun, Angie & Mel for all their
hard work and commitment. At times there seem to be manic flurries of email confirming
presenters, registrants, venues, dietary requirements etc – and it seems like a miracle that it all
comes together on time – but of course that is because of your hard work.
The committee looks forward to further professional development sessions in 2010, and welcomes
suggestions and feedback from members. Potential developments include seminars for
professional development sessions. I understand membership of the college has grown in
particular with regard to students, which no doubt is related to the greater promotion of student
involvement which has occurred in past years. Therefore the committee hopes to continue to
promote this trend.
Matt Hughes
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SECTION
The CCN WA Branch is now in its third year and our membership has slowly grown to 12 Full
Members and 2 Student Members. The committee has been trying to increase student membership
and has a Student Function scheduled for 16/11/09. Practising neuropsychologists will give brief
presentations about their professional work followed by an open question and answer session
providing opportunity for students to ask about all things neuropsychological. We have continued
with monthly joint Student Case Conferences at the University of WA, which have been well
attended. The committee have also coordinated a range of professional development events over
the past year on topics such as the new WAIS & WMS, psychopharmacology & neuroimaging. We
are gearing up to host the National CCN Conference in Perth next year (30th of September to
Saturday the 1 st of October 2010) and hope to see lots of national CCN members in sunny
Perth.
The WA committee members have also joined in the national advocacy efforts with regard to
several issues, including Medicare, National Registration, and more recently restrictions on
Psychological Testing. Our section also made a submission to the State Mental Health Policy and
Strategic Plan (2010-20) for Western Australia, advocating for additional neuropsychology
positions in this State. Our Committee aims continue to 1) Promote eligible members to submit
their application for CCN membership; 2) Advocate for neuropsychology among other professions
within the State; and 3) Encourage members to bring issues to the committee that they come
across in practise. Our Annual AGM took place on the 9.11.09 and a new committee was elected,
with Dr Carmela Connor continuing as Chairperson, and Rachel Zombor taking up the Vice-Chair
position. Our Treasurer will be Dr Jonson Moyle and our Secretary, Dr Sarah Fairjones. Michael
Weinborn (as our co-opted UWA liaison member), Mandy Vidovich and Pascalle Bosboom will
continue on the Committee.
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