2023 OWLS Committee

Convener: Hayley Galvin

Deputy Convener:  Grace Ockwell

Treasurer: Astrid Bond

Secretary: Shona Squires

General Committee:

• Lauren Brent
• Jessica Hardman
• Jessica Higgins
• Zoe Hollander
• Grace O’Hagan
• Grace Titter
• Juliette Wilson

OWLS –  Descriptions of Committee Roles

Convener: 

• Set meeting schedule for year including AGM
• Prepare agenda
• Chair monthly OWLS meetings
• Respond to media requests as needed
• Ethel Benjamin Sub-committee membership and other subcommittees of interest
• Appointed member of the Otago Branch of NZ Law Society – attend monthly meetings, provide monthly reports for Otago Branch NZLS  agenda
• Semi – annual newsletters for OWLS members

Deputy Convener:

Assisting Convenor with undertaking their duties

• Providing support to the Convenor to ensure a balanced workload
• Filling in for the Convenor if the Convenor is absent
• Sharing the lead role in the Ethel Benjamin sub-committee

Secretary (duties may be shared): 

• Maintain a register of members
• Send and receive communications to members, including event invitations and other correspondence
• Prepare minutes at committee meetings.

Treasurer:

•  Managing the OWLS bank account
•  Attending to payment of any invoices or reimbursements
•  Preparing invoices/ receipts for payments into OWLS bank account
•  Liaising with the accountant in regards to end of year financial statements
•  Preparing yearly Treasurer’s report for AGM
• Completing yearly tax return, attending to any correspondence received from the IRD
•  Managing  sponsorship funds

Wise OWLS

• Established in 2016 to provide a network of experienced practitioners to provide support and mentoring for junior colleagues one-on-one basis.
• The  Wise OWLS  committee reviews and facilitates the role of Wise OWLS.

CPD

• Organises  and facilitates continuing professional development (CPD) seminars and events.  
• The CPD committee meets every month to brainstorm new event ideas, contact potential speakers and plan events.  CPD points are available at all events.

Social Committee:

The social Committee organises the following annual events and any other events of OWLS choosing:

• Meet the Committee Drinks and Nibbles
• Quiz at the Kensington Hotel
• Suffrage Day Breakfast/lunch
• Mid-winter Christmas Dinner
• Christmas Dinner
• Coffee Catch-ups (A 2020 and 2021 response to Covid restrictions)
• 20-Year Lunch celebrating OWLS members who have held a practising certificate or been admitted for 20 years.

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PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

2022 OWLS Committee

Convener: Natalia Dowrick

Deputy Convener:  Hayley Galvin

Treasurer: Astrid Bond

Secretary: Jessie Paterson

General Committee:

• Hannah Field
• Zoe Hollander (appointed September 2022)
• Kate McLay
• Korrie Middendorf (resigned August 2022)
• Tarsha Norris (resigned September 2022)
• Grace Ockwell
• Jeanne Snelling
• Grace Titter

2021 OWLS Committee

Convener:  Grace Ockwell

Deputy Convener:  Natalia Dowrick

Treasurer: Georgia Stumbles

Secretary: Lizzie Rutherford

General Committee:

• Astrid Bond
• Catherine Donaldson (resigned September 2021)
• Hayley Galvin
• Melissa Hammer
• Kate McLay
• Korrie Middendorf (joined October 2021)
• Jessie Paterson
• Jeanne Snelling
• Grace Titter

2020 OWLS Committee

Convener:  Lizzie Rutherford

Deputy Convener:  Catherine Donaldson

Treasurer: Georgia Stumbles

General Committee:

• Karen Billinghurst
• Alison Douglass
• Grace Ockwell
• Jenny Ross
• Caitlin Kearney
• Melissa Hammer
• Amanda Short
• Joy Liddicoat
• Natalia Dowrick