First general meeting held!
The Yued Aboriginal Corporation’s first General Meeting was a success, held in Moora on Saturday 9 July 2022.
Ruby Ryder Narrier opened the meeting with a Welcome to Country.
The first Cultural Advice Committee (CAC) for the Yued Aboriginal Corporation was elected by private ballot, with twelve successful candidates. The cultural advice committee is made up of Elders who consider matters relevant to culture and make decisions to promote and protect cultural interests of the Yued Noongar region. Find out more about the CAC at https://yued.org.au/governance-structure
The female members of the cultural advice committee are: Stephanie Mippy, Sandra Ryder, Margaret Drayton, Patricia Ryder, Kerry Ryder and Dolores Yappo.
The male members of the cultural advice committee are: Revis Ryder, Patrick Moody, Greg Narrier, Darryl Dawson, Rodney Joseph and Colin Headland.
The outgoing initial directors – Greg Narrier, Diane Yappo, Mark Borinelli and Trevor Walley – were thanked for their hard work in setting up the corporation, and were each given a gift in appreciation.
The first elected directors – Gail Beck, Benny Woodley Snr, Diane Yappo and Trevor Walley – took up their roles at the closing of the meeting and are now busy exploring how the corporation will operate. This will include selecting expert directors, appointing a CEO, hiring staff and finding a suitable office location within the Yued region.
In his report as interim director chair, Greg Narrier celebrated the exciting and historic occasion, and updated members on the journey so far.
Greg informed members that the Yued Aboriginal Corporation was registered with ORIC on 8 September 2021. All the necessary registrations to get charitable status, register the corporation name, and get an ABN have been completed.
The corporation also held two membership meetings and approximately 10 initial director meetings.
“We now have 397 members, which is an incredible achievement,” Greg said.
“Thank you so much to every one of you who have joined us. The more members we have the more effective we will be in our efforts to build our a strong, sustainable, united Noongar Nation.
“The Southwest Native Title Settlement is a momentous part of our long history as Noongar people. As we all know, it has taken us many, many years for us to get to this point.
“It has taken our past Elders many more years, and some of them were not able to see this day. So, we honour them by continuing their work, to protect and respect our corporation and its potential.
“Now that regional corporations are ready to start work, we will start seeing the results of all of that time and effort.”