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