In response to issues raised by members AIMS will trial an online voting system for the 2016 Council and Executive positions that will allow members to submit a private vote regardless of their location or ability to access a State meeting or the AGM.

At the conclusion of the 2016 AGM members advised that voting for Council and Executive positions did not allow any privacy of member opinion and that getting to a State meeting or the AGM was prohibitive in many cases. It was also raised that proxy forms were complicated, confusing and open to interpretation.

To try and combat the range of issues raised AIMS is implementing an online voting system in 2016 that, if successful will be used in all elections.

The new system that will allow every eligible voting member both privacy and access and will eliminate the need for proxy forms.

To be eligible to vote you must be an Associate, Full member, Fellow or Life Member and, obviously, just like the previous system, voting is not anonymous. You are required to enter your name, member number and the email address that AIMS has listed for you.

You may only vote once and cannot change your vote once you have hit the submit or end button.

You cannot allow others to vote from your computer unless they have a unique sign in and their own email account as each vote must have a unique URL that is verified by Survey Monkey.

If your URL appears twice in the statistics Survey Monkey will assume that there is a discrepancy and will notify the AIMS and a cross check of voters will occur.

In the event that a discrepancy does arise Survey Monkey will alert AIMS and will, if necessary, provide all URL and personal details to AIMS to cross check and confirm that a member has not voted twice.

The online system also means that we have an independent scrutineer. Survey Monkey will scrutinise and cross check the results with our member list and provide us with the final results.

This year nominations for State Rep positions (including incumbents) will be called for on June 1st & close on 15th June.

To download a State Rep nomination form click here

To download an AGM Executive nomination form click here

Voting for nominees will commence on June 16th and will close on the 30th June. This will give any new State Rep time to acclimatise before the AGM.

Executive nominees (including incumbents) will be called for in July. Voting for nominees will commence in August and close at least 5 working days prior to the AGM which will also provide ample time for the Executive Officer to prepare and publish the AGM agenda.