The 72nd Annual General Meeting of the Council of Social Service of New South Wales (NCOSS) was held at 5pm on Monday 16 November 2009, at the Citigate Sebel Sydney Hotel, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills.

Our special guest speaker was Clare Martin, ACOSS CEO, who talked about some of the key challenges facing the Australian community into the future – notably homelessness and unemployment.

Annual Report

The NCOSS Annual Report for 2008-09 was accepted by the AGM delegates – a copy of the report will be sent out to members with the December issue of NCOSS News. A pdf version can be downloaded from here .

Notification of result of poll for NCOSS Board

Returning Officer Leslie Garton announced the following people had been elected to the NCOSS Board.

• Bill Pritchard (Vice President): Bill is the Executive Officer of ABSEC. He has been on the NCOSS Board since 2007.
• Denele Crozier (Treasurer): Denele is the Executive Officer of Women's Health NSW. She first joined the board in 2003.
• Karen Bevan (Director): Karen is the Manager of Social Policy & Research at UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families.
• Sarah Fogg (Director): Sarah is a Policy Manager at The Benevolent Society.
• Susan Heyne (Director): Susan is the Executive Officer of Lower North Shore Community Transport Inc.
• Mary Perkins (Director): Mary is the Director of Shelter NSW. She has been on the NCOSS Board since 2003, most recently in the capacity of Vice-President.

Congratulations and welcome to the new members. They join current and ongoing Board members President Pam Batkin, Vice-President Bernard Boerma and Directors Helen Backhouse, Matthew Bowden, Helen Campbell, Michael Coffey and Elizabeth Priestley.