Dear DTE Members, Volunteers and Guests You are invited to attend DTE’s

2021 MEET THE DIRECTOR CANDIDATES FORUM DATE: Wednesday 24 November 2021

TIME: 7.30pm – 10.30pm (Melbourne daylight saving time)

We welcome you to join in online, Zoom meeting portal: https://zoom.us/j/2362803611 (Password: 123456)
or telephone: (02) 8015 2088 Meeting ID Number 2362803611

“ConFest is a not-for-profit community festival that encourages creativity through artistic expression, enables the healing arts, fosters inclusive engagement and provides a platform for environmental and social activism.

DTE is an independent organisation that facilitates the running of ConFest. It fosters participation, enables a safe working model for its volunteers and acts in a financial responsible manner to ensure its longevity”. (Email Correspondence to DTE Active, Sunday, May 22, 2016 10:52 PM)

DTE 2021 AGM Director Candidate Forum Hosts

Lindy Hunt – David Cameron – Melody Braithwaite

AGENDA SUMMARY

AGENDA DETAIL

7:30pm WELCOME: DTE Director Candidates & Members, Volunteers & Guests ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY:

DIRECTOR CANDIDATE STATEMENTS (4 minutes each)
Order of speaking as per 2021 AGM Notice from the Board sent 8 Nov 2021
(1) Tania Morsman (2) Robin MacPherson (3) Lance Nash (4) Kathy Ernst (5) John Magor

6 FORUM QUESTIONS - PREPARED RESPONSES (2 minutes per candidate)
Order of speaking as per 2021 AGM Notice - rotated so each candidate is given the opportunity to speak first, as well as hear other candidate response before presenting theirs

OPEN QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR (2 minutes per candidate)

• One question per member or volunteer (please make questions simple without subsections)

  until everyone has had an opportunity to ask a question

• Questions from the floor may be written in the Chat on the night where they will be moderated by the Forum Hosts for timing, conciseness and appropriateness.

• Questioners from the floor will be acknowledged by Forum Hosts to speak when it is their turn

• Questioner nominates if they are asking one, several or all candidates

• If ALL candidates are asked to respond to a question from the floor - the Forum Hosts will specify in which order the candidates will speak (rotated so each candidate has an opportunity to speak first)

• Questioner has 1 minute ONLY to state their question (will be muted at 1 minute)

• Candidates can reply for 2 minutes (a 30 sec audio cue will be given before their mic is muted)

  10:30PM MEETING CLOSED

MEETING PROTOCOLS

• The Zoom CHAT will only be visible to the Forum Hosts until after the meeting has been

  declared CLOSED

• All attendees will be MUTED except Forum Hosts (Lindy, David & Melody), the timekeeper and the nominated speaker

• An audible time cue will be given 30 seconds before the end of time allocated (e.g at 1:30 for a 2 minute response or 3:30 for 4 minute speech)

• Speakers will be automatically MUTED at 4 or 2 minutes - whichever is applicable

• Director Candidate have the opportunity to send through their responses to be read out if they are not able to be present at the Forum. Please keep written responses to 200 words with an apology for absence. Please do not use links or references to external information resources.

• Minutes of the Director Candidate Forum will be sent out within 48 hours to assist members with their voting choices. We expect the audio to be uploaded as usual.

  Thank you for your attendance, patience, participation and consideration ? FORUM HOSTS:

  Lindy Hunt
  David Cameron Melody Braithwaite