The Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia Incorporated (MASA) is administrated
by a committee, who is responsible for all policy decisions relating to
MASA and the day to day organisation.
The committee is drawn
from members of Australian Marine Aquarium Societies as a
representative of each society, and the total number of positions is
variable (allowing for fluctuations in interests and formation of new
socieites). Each Australian Marine Aquarium Society is invited to
submit two members to serve on the MASA Committee as
representatives. It is at the discretion and responsibility of
each MAS to decide how and who to select to be submitted to
serve. The representatives are volunteers and receive no
remuneration in any form.
The committee consists of four primary positions, known as Executive
Committee Members (President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer),
with an additional five defined positions (Business Liaison /
Partnership Coordinator; Media Liason; Promotions, Competitions &
Sponsorship Coordinator; Online Resource Manager (technical); and RTAW
Coordinator (content & people)). The remainder of committee members
are known as General Committee Members.
The positions within the MASA Committee are
elected by the representatives. Tenure is one year, our financial year is July to June of each year, and committee positions are filled in approximately September/October of each year.
The
Committee is responsible for the running of MASA. That includes any
policy decisions, strategic direction, dealing with external parties
(business, government, etc). It is very structured and governed
by "strict" rules.
Committee members must commit to:
- Being involved in the running and policies of MASA
- Take an active interest in promoting MASA
- Take an active role in the assembly and maintenance of MASA resources for Australian hobbyists
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Truly represent their society and play an active role in two way
communication between their society members and the MASA committee
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