Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) will hold its 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in a virtual capacity on Thursday 26th November 2026 at 7:30pm AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS), 7:00pm ACDT (SA), 6:30pm AEST (QLD), 6:00pm ACST (NT), 4:30pm AWST (WA). 

Deadline to nominate for positions is Friday, 16th October at 5:00pm AEDT. For more information about what’s involved read a summary or listen to the information session, BCA Inform: October, Championing Your Voice: Election 2026

Agenda

The agenda for the AGM includes:

  1. Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
  2. Roll call and apologies
  3. Declaration of proxies held
  4. Receipt and approval of minutes of the 50th Annual General Meeting held 27th November 2025.
  5. Annual Review 2025-2026:
    President’s Overview
    Chief Executive Officer’s Summary
    Receipt of the Annual Review
  6. Receipt of Audited Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report.
  7. Confirmation / appointment of auditor.
  8. Reports (Company Secretary):
    Jeffrey Blyth Foundation and Shirley Fund update
    Election Report:
    NSW/ACT State Division positions
    NPC representatives
    FARM representatives

To register for the AGM visit the Humanitix website

Documents

Notice of AGM

AGM Agenda

Proxy Form

Minutes of the 2025 AGM

Nomination Form

Note: the following three documents will be added approximately 31st October

  1. Nominations Update
  2. Year in Review – 2025-26 (Word)
  3. 2025-26 Financial Statements and Audit Report (Word)

BCA’s Constitution and Branches and State Divisions documents

Position Description:

President

Director

NSW/ACT State Division Committee Member

National Policy Committee Representation

Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee Representative

Code of Conduct/Ethics:

Board Code of Ethics

Volunteers Code of Conduct 

Listen to the Notice of AGM

Listening to the entire Notice will take approximately 10 minutes, however the Notice is split into sections for ease of navigation.

Introduction and Contents

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Positions Vacant

Call for Nominations for NSW ACT State Division

How to Nominate

Election of Positions

Voting

NPC Call for Expressions of Interest

FARM Committee Call for Expressions of Interest

Summary

Agenda