Annual General Meetings 2024

Annual General Meetings 2024

All of our Members are encouraged to participate in our election process and attend our Annual General Meetings.

Since 1976, with the support of our Members, The Wilderness Society has stood at the forefront of Australia’s most historic environmental victories—from the Franklin River to K’gari (Fraser Island), to Lutruwita/Tasmania’s forests, to the Kimberley, to the Great Australian Bight, and numerous World Heritage Areas, such as Ningaloo.

We’re focussed on bigger-picture outcomes, such as bringing Australia’s deforestation crisis front and centre. Corporations may want Australians to be in the dark about deforestation, but our people-powered satellite monitoring platform, Watch on Nature, corporations’ hidden forest destruction is being brought to light.

The Wilderness Society Ltd 2024 Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, 27 November

Image: Jarrah forests, WA | Lewis Burnett. Top image: Carnaby's black cockatoos | Laurie Boyle

Every day we work to fulfil our Purpose of protecting, promoting and restoring wilderness and natural processes across Australia for the survival and ongoing evolution of life on Earth. As a Member, you are a vital part of a broader movement making this happen.

Vote for The Wilderness Society Ltd 2024 Election of Directors

All of our Members are encouraged to participate in our Election of Directors and attend our 2024 Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 27 November.

In September, we called for nominations for Directors on The Wilderness Society Ltd’s Board. Nominations have now closed with nominee details made available to all Members from Wednesday, 30 October 2024 with the formal notice of Wilderness Society Annual General Meetings.

Voting opens 9am, 30 October and closes 5pm, 20 November 2024 AEDT!

All Wilderness Society Members are registered with Vero Voting to participate in the online ballot and will receive a unique link to vote. If you haven’t received your voting details, please check your promotions tab or spam folder for an email from [email protected].

Please email [email protected] if you have not received your link.

Join us for The Wilderness Society Ltd 2024 Annual General Meeting

The Wilderness Society has made arrangements consistent with our Constitution and the law for our 2024 AGM to be held as an online meeting. This enables Members to participate in the event remotely, to receive reports from the current Board of Directors and be notified of the results of the Election.

Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 6:00pm for meeting commencing at 6:30pm AEDT

Place: 132 Davey Street, Nipaluna/Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania—hosted by Vero Voting via virtual webinar

Meeting format and attendance: To facilitate technical matters with the meeting, Members are asked to please register to attend. Registered Members will receive the online meeting link and further information. Vero Voting supports participation by all attendees. Detailed instructions for attendance and how to participate will be issued to all registered Members in advance of the meeting.

Registration is essential to receive a link and participation details.

To register: Go to https://wildernesssociety.verovoting.com.au or call 1800 030 641

Please note that registrations will close 24 hours prior to the meeting start time (6:30pm AEDT, 26 November).

In case you are unable to attend, you can submit a proxy via the link above. Proxies also close 24 hours prior to the meeting start time.

This year our Board will be recommending technical changes to The Wilderness Society Ltd Constitution to continue with the Constitutional Review process that began in 2022. These proposed changes are based on governance advice and will align the organisation’s Constitution with recent legislative changes to Deductible Gift Recipient endorsement and will be put to Members as a Special Resolution for decision at this years’ AGM.

Further information—including the Agenda and details of the proposed Special Resolution—are available below. Please note that The Wilderness Society Ltd 2024 Audited Financial Statements will be made available (below) in early November, and the Annual Review will be published in advance of the AGM.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support as a Member and to encourage you to participate in the 2024 Director election process and attend our AGM in November.

See below for your local Wilderness Society organisation’s Annual General Meetings in Newcastle, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

We hope you can join us!

Yours for nature,

Matt Brennan
Company Secretary
The Wilderness Society Ltd

PLEASE NOTE: If, as a Member you would like to bring a resolution to a General Meeting the process for doing so is outlined in Members Resolutions to TWS Ltd General Meetings

Further Information

Local Wilderness Society AGMs

Our Wilderness Society entities are also hosting their own Annual General Meetings. Click the links below to RSVP to a gathering near you!

Wilderness Society (South Australia) Inc. AGM

Wilderness Society Newcastle AGM

Wilderness Society (Tasmania) Inc. AGM

Wilderness Society Victoria Inc. AGM

Wilderness Society WA AGM

Sincere thanks to all of our Members for their ongoing support, and for taking interest in the governance of the Wilderness Society.