The 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is conducted as postal ballot commencing 12 May 2020.
Originally the AGM was scheduled to be held in Melbourne as part of the RACS Annual Scientific Conference, however public health concerns associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 as well as travel restrictions and government limits on gathering of people has necessitated the change in conducting the AGM via a postal ballot.
Please view the following AGM papers:
- AGM papers (PDF 80.6KB)
- 2019 Annual Report (PDF 6.45MB)
- 2019 Financial Report (PDF 1.46MB)
- AGM Questions and answers
- Frequently asked questions
Key dates
Voting
Voting commences Tuesday 12 May 2020 at 4pm (AEST) and your vote must be received by 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 17 June 2020. On 12 May, you will receive an email from BigPulse with your personal code to access the voting platform.
Questions from Fellows
Fellows can submit questions from Tuesday 12 May at 4pm (AEST) until 5pm (AEST) Tuesday 26 May 2020. On 12 May, you will receive an email from BigPulse with your personal code to access the voting platform and to submit questions.
How to vote at the AGM
You can cast your vote online by using the personal code and following the instructions as contained in the email you will receive from BigPulse (please also check your spam/junk folder) issued on 12 May 2020;
Your completed online voting form must be received by RACS by 5pm (AEST) Wednesday 17 June 2020.
Questions from Fellows
Fellows who would like to ask questions of the Council concerning matters to be considered during the AGM, are invited to do so by accessing and completing the online form by 5pm (AEST) Tuesday 26 May 2020.
Your questions are important to us and although we will not be able to reply to each question individually, we will respond to as many of the frequently asked questions as possible prior to the closing date of the Tuesday 26 May 2020.
Answers to questions submitted for the AGM will be posted on a secure section of the RACS website, which you can access by login in with your RACS login and password.