{"id":4958,"date":"2015-05-01T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2021-07-10T18:33:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T08:33:07","slug":"changes-to-the-aiya-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2015\/05\/01\/changes-to-the-aiya-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the AIYA Executive Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear AIYA members, supporters and followers,<\/p>\n<p>I am writing to inform you of some changes which have recently occurred to the AIYA National Executive team.<\/p>\n<h2>Director changes<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday 26 April, AIYA held a National Council meeting at which a number of changes were made to the AIYA National Executive. Particularly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hugh Passmore<\/strong> resigned as Partnerships Director and will be replaced with two new\u00a0directors, <strong>Sam Bashfield<\/strong> and <strong>Courtney Saville<\/strong>. Sam is a former\u00a0Victoria Chapter President, and currently works at the University of Sydney&#8217;s Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. Courtney is currently living in Yogyakarta, and has had substantial professional experience in partnerships roles in Australia;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bede Moore<\/strong> resigned as Director for the Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth (CAUSINDY). Bede&#8217;s role will not be replaced at this time as there remains two CAUSINDY Directors on the AIYA National Executive;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sally Hill<\/strong> has moved roles from National Treasurer and Company Secretary to become Director of a new initiative which AIYA will launch this year. <strong>Sheila Hie<\/strong> will take on the Treasurer and Company Secretary role. Sheila currently works at ANZ,\u00a0previously served as President of\u00a0AIYA&#8217;s Queensland\u00a0Chapter and has been involved in PPIA among other things; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ghian Tjandaputra Muhammad<\/strong> will take on a role as an Executive Officer for the National Executive. This is a non-Director position, but Ghian will assist and work closely with the Directors. Ghian is VP of the AIYA Victoria, and currently works at the Australia-Indonesia Centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The outgoing directors, Bede and Hugh, were part of the inaugural AIYA National Executive and have made a huge contribution to our organisation. Bede was the founder of the hugely successful <a href=\"http:\/\/causindy.org\">CAUSINDY<\/a> (and will continue to act as an advisor to that initiative) and Hugh played a key role in the development of AIYA&#8217;s strategy and forming some of its key partnerships. They both move on to exciting new opportunities, but will be sorely missed in AIYA.<\/p>\n<h2>President changes<\/h2>\n<p>I am also writing to inform you that, after much deliberation, I have also decided to resign as AIYA&#8217;s National President. AIYA has grown from a group of four friends, to a formidable youth-focused people-to-people organisation with chapter representatives across Australia and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>The over 50 events during my time as President have reached thousands of young people; our 5000+ followers on Facebook have developed into a vibrant online community; our advocacy has appeared repeatedly in the press; and CAUSINDY has developed as a key event on the Australia-Indonesia calendar for young professionals and students.<\/p>\n<p>Deciding to step down during a time when AIYA is at a point of great strength has been a difficult decision, but one which I feel &#8211; after three and a half years as the inaugural President of AIYA &#8211; is in the best interests of the organisation. I will remain in an advisory capacity to the organisation.<\/p>\n<h3>Incoming President<\/h3>\n<p>Nicholas Mark has been selected to take on the role as AIYA National President. Nick has a strong track record of leadership in the Australia-Indonesia people to people space. He is the inaugural and outgoing NSW AIYA Chapter President, a delegate at CAUSINDY, a delegate of the Australia-Indonesia Bilateral Dialogue, the author of an Indonesian children&#8217;s book, a talented musician (performing in Australia and Indonesia) and at the same time a solicitor in Sydney!<\/p>\n<p>I and all of the outgoing and current AIYA National Executive are confident that AIYA is in a safe set of hands under Nick&#8217;s leadership, and we are excited to see what the future will bring.<\/p>\n<p>Salam hangat,<\/p>\n<p>Arjuna Dibley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear AIYA members, supporters and followers, I am writing to inform you of some changes which have recently occurred to the AIYA National Executive team. 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