In accordance with AGPN’s Constitution, the election of the AGPN Board of GP Directors will be coordinated by AGPN. 

As per the appointment periods, the following director elections will take place:

• Queensland GP Director
• Western Australia GP Director
• South Australia GP Director
• Victoria GP Director
• Non-GP director (appointment by Board).

The ACT, NSW, NT and Tasmanian Director positions were elected for a period of 2 years, and will thus come up for election prior to the 2008 AGM.

The proposed election process and associated timelines are as follows.

Call for Nominations – Monday 2nd July to Friday 27th July 2007 (4 weeks)
SBOs  to conduct the ‘Call for Nominations’ process:

• SBOs will circulate nomination forms and associated documentation (Director Position Description/Guidelines) to Divisions in their State/Territory;  
• Individual Divisions will forward completed nomination forms with accompanying candidate CVs to their SBOs – Divisions may nominate more than one nominee;
• SBOs will compile completed nomination forms and forward consolidated returns to AGPN. 

Postal ballots – Monday 30th July to Friday 24th August 2007 (4 weeks)
AGPN to conduct the postal ballot process:

• AGPN to post candidates CVs on its website; 
• AGPN to send postal ballot forms to Divisions with relevant State/Territory candidate information and a stipulated ‘reply by’ date; 
• Completed ballot forms are to be returned to AGPN within a sealed envelope.

Directors elected unopposed will be immediately identified on the AGPN website.

Counting of the votes – by Friday, 31st August 2007

• The counting of votes (preferential voting system) will be conducted by AGPN with an independent observer present.

Notify Divisions Network of results – from Monday, 3rd September 2007