You’re invited to the MAV 2024 AGM
MAV is looking forward to hosting its 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at our new headquarters in the Melbourne Polytechnic Preston campus. It is a chance for you to catch up with what’s been happening at MAV over the last year, meet the operational staff and board, and check out the new office and possible art-making spaces that will soon be available for members to use!
Retrospection Visual Identity Series by Melissa Tidah Him.
For this year’s AGM, we are excited to announce a special program line up. Hosted by Sam Gaskin, the program will feature spoken word poet Nyarath Gatkouth, and guest speaker Leah Avene, from Co-Culture Communication. A light, but nourishing spread will be on offer from Beit Siti catering.
Sam is a creator, change agent and always one to stand out in a crowd. An accomplished artist and actor, he founded BEAT Entertainment, which specialises in bespoke creative solutions. His recent work RECKŌNING was awarded four Melbourne Fringe Awards, including Best Emerging Indigenous Artist.
Nyarath is a South Sudanese spoken word poet, writer and facilitator balancing the conflicts of her creativity on the unceded land of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri people. With loud passion, she hopes to bring together life’s quiet moments to unite audiences. Through her practice, she hopes to inspire others to create, make and most importantly, connect.
Leah is a mother, musician, broadcaster, facilitator and educator of Irish and Tuvaluan ancestry whose work focuses on personal, relational, collective and systemic repair, healing and transformation. Leah has been working closely with the team to support them in facilitating the next journey and era of MAV.
Founded by Jordanian-born, Palestinian woman Rahaf, Beit Siti was born out of a desire to preserve and share the ancestral knowledge and traditions of the home kitchen that was handed down to her by her grandmother, Teta Jamal. In honouring how food traditions and oral histories are intrinsically linked, Beit Siti tells these stories of survival, hope and resilience through continuing food cultures as a form of resistance.
The Annual General Meeting and Board election will be held on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 6PM. Doors will open at 5:30PM for registration.
The purpose of the AGM is to give members a report on the organisation's activities and finances for the previous year, to allow time for members to ask questions, and to elect new directors to a governing board. We have 22 nominees standing for election, please click here to find out more about the standing nominees.
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Please note, you must be a member in order to vote in the election. To register for membership, click the button below.
If you are unable to make it to the AGM as a member but wish to vote, please nominate a proxy using the form below.
To view the minutes of the 2023 AGM, please click the button below.
