AUSIT NSW Branch - Notice of AGM 2022 and Student Excellence Awards

Another year has passed, and a number of newly graduated students who have excelled at their T&I studies are ready to enter our profession. We look forward to congratulating them for their hard work and to welcoming them into our profession with open arms.

AUSIT NSW invites you to join us at the AUSIT Student Excellence Awards.  You are able to join from 9.45am on the day, for a 10.00am start.

Notice of AGM

AUSIT NSW Annual General Meeting – 10.15am - 11.30am

The AUSIT NSW Branch will be holding its AGM, pursuant to provisions of Section 7.1.2 of the AUSIT Constitution.

If you are new to AUSIT, the AGM is an excellent opportunity to get an idea of AUSIT activities at the state level, and to participate in those activities, meet experienced practitioners and ask questions.

AUSIT members are able to claim 10 PD points in section 1.6 for participating in the AGM.

Agenda

1.    Opening and Apologies
2.    Confirmation of Previous Minutes
3.    Branch Report
4.    Election of: Chair, Secretary, Branch Delegate to National Council, Deptuty Branch Delegate to National Council, PD Coordinator, Membership Liaison Officer, and Committee members
5.    Other Business*
6.    Close

* Items for discussion under "Other Business" should be sent to:  nsw@ausit.org

Election of Branch Committee

To nominate for membership of the Branch Committee or an Office Bearer (Chair, Secretary, Branch Delegate to National Council, PD Coordinator, Membership Liaison Officer), you will need to fill out and submit a Nomination form by 31 August 2022.  Please submit nomination forms to nsw@ausit.org.

If you cannot attend, but would like to assign someone to speak and vote on your behalf, please complete the Proxy Form and send to nsw@ausit.org by 31 August 2022.

AUSIT NSW Branch Report 2021-2022

AUSIT NSW AGM Minutes 2021

NSW Branch Delegate Report July 2022

PD EVENT:

A professional development event by Dr Uldis Ozolins will be held after the AGM at 12.30pm, which requires separate registration. Please ensure that you register for both the AGM and the PD separately to receive the relevant Zoom links. 

Here is a quick note about the event:

 “A step back to the bigger picture: the changing linguistic landscape of Australia” by Dr. Uldis Ozolins – 12:30pm to 1:30pm

This PD session takes a step back from the daily practitioner issues in Interpreting & Translation to look at the evolving language ecology of Australia. It briefly surveys the history of language policy in this country, and uses Census data to show important shifts in the salience of Languages Other than English, and an abiding presence of significant numbers who speak English poorly. It finishes with some ongoing thoughts on both language maintenance and language loss.

Dr Ozolins is a teacher, researcher, and practitioner of Interpreting & Translation, and is one of the best published authors in this field in Australia. He has taught at several Australian universities, currently at Western Sydney and RMIT. He is author of The Politics of Language in Australia (CUP 1993) and co-author of Liaison Interpreting (MUP 1996) and of Community Translation (Bloomsbury 2016). He led the team rewriting the AUSIT Code of Ethics in 2012.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, 10 September 2022!

AUSIT NSW Branch