2025–26 National Council
Your Incoming 2025–26 National Council
| PRESIDENT – Rebecca Jeffcoat ¹ | Councillors (not already listed, alphabetically by family name) |
| VICE PRESIDENT – Kevin Shepherd ¹ | David Ellyard ² |
| SECRETARY – Lucinda Coates, ¹ | Tim Feetham ² |
| TREASURER – Denise Allen ¹ | Ron Hann ² |
| Jenna Kelley ² | |
| Duncan MacKenzie ² | |
| Philip Wolter ² | |
| 1 – National Council, Office Bearer; 2 – Ordinary Councillor; 3 – Ex Officio | |
| Immediate Past President | David Dodd ³ |
| Editor | Dale Jacobsen ³ |
| Futures Committee | David Ellyard ²(Convenor), Lucinda Coates ¹, Ron Hann ² |
| Membership Team | Barend Becker ² (Membership Officer), Denise Allen ¹, Kevin Shepherd ¹ |
| Information Technology | Kevin Shepherd ¹ |
| Sales | Tim Feetham ² (with Brian Harvey ³, Denise Allen ¹) |
| Historian | Ian Toohill ² (with support as required) |
| Special Projects | David Dodd ², Lucinda Coates ¹, Ron Hann ², Philip Wolter ², John Gillies ³, Malcolm Robertson ³, Melanie Van Twest ³ |
| Social Media | Rebecca Jeffcoat ¹ (Convenor), Barend Becker ², Dale Jacobsen ³, Jenna Kelley ² |
| Phillip Law Medal | Lucinda Coates ¹ (Convenor), Rebecca Jeffcoat ¹, AAD representative (incl. their chief scientist), Ron Hann ², a former awardee |
| 1 – National Council, Office Bearer; 2 – Ordinary Councillor; 3 – Ex Officio | |
Calls for nominations were posted in Aurora, in our Newsletter and on our web site. Nominations opened on Monday 2 June and closed on Sunday 29 June 2025. Nominations were accepted Online on our web site or by form. Nominations were reviewed by a meeting of the National Council on Monday 7 July, which determined that elections were not required and voted to ratify the nominations. The new 2025-26 National Council took office at the ANARE Club Annual General Meeting on 16 August 2025. Further roles (Membership Officer, IT Support, Club Historian, etc) were determined by the new National Council.
For details about the Roles and Responsibilities of our National Council, refer to our Rules of Association, Division 5.
