At our 2020 MDAS AGM, on November 28, MDAS members set us a new course and new challenges for the future of our organsiation.
We are so proud of an amazing turnout to our AGM (137 members took part, both in person at Mildura, Robinvale, Swan Hill and Kerang and online on Zoom) - one of the biggest attendances at an AGM ever.
A big thank you is due to our amazing outgoing chair Aunty Deb Chaplin who decided not to stand for re-election. She has been the driving force for change that was needed – she has been the voice of community and her leadership and integrity has been unflinching. Thank you Aunty Deb.
Our membership voted for change at the board table and we are pleased and proud to welcome new board members.
They are:
• Vicki Clark (Swan Hill)
• Jenene Murray (Mildura)
• Damien Murray (Kerang)
Congratulations to all of our new board members.
They will join our existing board member:
Uncle Josh Kirby.
The board took the decision to initially elect an interim chair and interim deputy chair as the board continues work on Constitutional Reform. The Interim Chair is Damien Murray; Interim Deputy Chair, Jenene Murray.
Congratulations to all of the courageous and committed MDAS members who put up their hands to seek election. In their own way, each and every one of them is truly committed to the vision: Generations of vibrant, healthy and strohg Aboriginal communities.
Congratulations also to every MDAS member who, despite the conditions and the technological challenges, had a say. That is what being an ACCO is all about. This is just the beginning.
We look forward to working strongly together towards that vision, across our Mallee communities, over coming months and years.
Mallee District Aboriginal Services Limited is a company limited by guarantee.
The business of Mallee District Aboriginal Services Limited is managed by a board of directors.
The principal activity of the company is to promote Aboriginal health, wellbeing, culture and economic prosperity through delivery of health, family and community services to clients in Mildura, Swan Hill, Kerang and Robinvale.
Services are targetted to address areas of need created through social disadvantage, drug and alcohol misuse, sickness, disability, family violence, youth suicide, homelessness, teen pregnancy, low levels of childhood wellbeing, unemployment, disengagement with the education system and high levels of involvement with the criminal justice system.
The purposes and activities of the company are governed by the constitution, which can be
downloaded here.
MDAS is governed by a set of rules, which can be
downloaded here.
More about the activities in any given year can be found in our
annual reports.
Membership application packs are
available here.