AFMW President, Dr Brenda Masters has released the 2023-2024 Annual Report for the 18 January 2025 Annual General Meeting.
View Annual Report (3mb pdf).
President’s Report [Extract]
Change of Executive roles
We have been through some tumultuous times and have been dismayed to receive resignations from some key Council members in the last few months including Dr Sarah Coll 9 months into her Presidency, shortly followed by Dr Magdalena Simonis from the National Coordinator role and Dr Evelyn Konstantopoulos from the Treasurer role with her co-Treasurer Dr Desiree Yap. We are grateful that Evelyn and Desiree offered to continue until the AGM so that they could finalise the EOFY reports. I would formally like to thank them both for their efforts in managing our funds over the last 2 ½ years, and Desiree for her contributions to AFMW in many roles including President, Western Pacific Chair of MWIA and National Coordinator.
This is a good point for me to thank the Past Presidents Dr Magdalena Simonis and Dr Sarah Coll for their tireless input to AFMW and Medical Women’s issues in general. I know that they will both continue to contribute to issues that ignite their passions into the future and wish them both the best of luck in future endeavours.
Our AGM is normally held in November, but the resignations meant that the planned November meeting in Cairns could not proceed, and with the remaining elected Executive heavily committed it was decided to defer until the New Year (with permission from the Authorities in SA where we are Incorporated).
Council met to fill the vacancies, and after nominations were received I was elected to be President for the remainder of the 24/26 Triennium on 17 October. The National Coordinator Position has been filled by Dr Betty Ge, and we are yet to find a Treasurer.
This situation has occupied a great deal of Council time and our meetings were necessarily focussed on our own structure and issues. I hope that we will now be able to apply our energy to representing the Medical Women of Australia effectively.
Respectfully
Dr Brenda Masters
President, AFMW
Dr Brenda Masters is a Canberra GP, President of the AFMW (2024-2026).
Brenda grew up in rural SA, studied Medicine in Adelaide, and has worked in Practices around the country before settling in our beautiful National Capital over 20 years ago.
Brenda is keenly involved in the Medical Women’s Society of ACT and Region, a group who provide both networking and peer support. She believes that everyone should be given the opportunity to realise their full potential in life and applies this to both her work and her relationships.
Brenda enjoys gardening and singing in her spare time and tries to make the most of Canberra’s proximity to the snow.
