ILGA OCEANIA REPORT This
is a great opportunity to hear form the newly elected Co-Chair, Ken Moala. He
will be giving a brief welcome and introduction, as he highlights some updates
on various key issues in preparation for the ILGA Oceania Virtual Conference,
on the Thursday 22nd October 2020, and AGM Event, on the Saturday 24th October
2020. Let us introduce you to Ken Moala! 
SCHOLARSHIPS There
is no registration fee to the 2020 ILGA Oceania Conference / AGM [Thursday & Saturday, 22 & 24
October 2020],
however, ILGA Oceania knows there are expenses which may be a hurdle to
participating in such a 2-day virtual event. For delegates to this conference,
especially in non-OECD countries, whatever your expenses to participate in this
ILGA Oceania conference, there is more than likely going to be a scholarship
that meets your needs. Sub-Regional Host
Scholarship Are
you thinking of hosting a few people from your organisation to take part in the
ILGA Oceania conference / AGM? We have a budget for supporting at least one
sub-regional host in each country of the Oceania region to participate in this
ILGA Oceania conference / AGM event [Thursday & Saturday, 22 & 24
October 2020].
This can include anything from internet access, venue hire to even catering.
Applications for these sub-regional events which host a few ILGA Oceania
members from your country are encouraged. Participation Grant
Scholarship A
scholarship grant from the LGBTI Language Exchange is available for indigenous
delegates of LGBTI organisations of the Pacific Islands and Australia, to pay
their ILGA membership fees for this year (2020)
and indeed any outstanding prior year's fees that prevent that organisation
participating fully in the ILGA Oceania conference / AGM. APPLICATION FORM There is only one online application form for all the
scholarships that ILGA Oceania is offering this year. Make sure you fill it out
ASAP! 
PREPARATIONS To ensure that the
virtual event runs smoothly, makes sure you do the following things. Some of these
steps only take a second to complete, but will save you a lot of pain on the
day of the event!
PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE The official deadline for proposals set by the secretary has
passed [Thursday, 24 September 2020]. The following
proposals were submitted and endorsed by the ILGA Oceania board:- ELECTION PROCEDURE REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS PROCEDURAL CORRECTIONS & UPDATES CONFERENCE The ILGA Oceania website has the current forms of both the ILGA Oceania
constitution and the ILGA Oceania
standing orders. To check out what the ILGA Oceania constitution will look
like, if all these proposals were passed, the following documents have been
created, indicating how the proposed changes will affect those documents:- CONSTITUTION STANDING ORDERS Check out the explanations, progress, discussion of each of
the proposals via the proposal portal. 
MEMBER PROPOSALS On the passing of the official deadline for proposals set by
the secretary, no member proposals were submitted. As a result, the deadline of
submissions will be extended to Saturday (03 October 2020). Can you suggest a change in how ILGA Oceania operates! Did
these ILGA Oceania board approved changes give you any ideas? Get cracking and
submit a proposal now! The form to fill out is still the same, and all
proposals must be submitted on that form. 
CAMPAIGNS ILGA Oceania is composed of representative organisations
around the Oceania region, working tirelessly on their own individual campaigns.
Whilst ILGA Oceania is not a campaign organisation, it can support for such campaigns.
Such support is registered in the
relevant “campaigns” section of the ILGA Oceania policy document. Campaign proposals are handled like all other proposals. Therefore,
the deadline for campaign proposals, like the general deadline for proposals, has
now been extended to Saturday (03
October 2020). Having said this, campaign proposals can also be submitted
at the ILGA Oceania conference AGM via one of the portfolio caucuses. All campaign
proposals are submitted on the form for
submitting ordinary proposals, by nominating “ILGA Oceania Policy Document” as
the document you hope to change.
This is a list of deadlines and important events occurring in this
region over the next couple of months:- Extended ILGA Oceania AGM Deadline – Proposals, i.e. constitutional changes, standing
order changes, and policy document changes (including campaign support).
[submit] Saturday, 03 October 2020 ILGA
Oceania AGM Deadline – Amendment proposals. [submit] Friday, 09 October 2020 ILGA Oceania AGM
Deadline – Nominations [submit] Friday, 09 October 2020 ILGA Oceania Conference – Day 1 Thursday, 22 October 2020 ILGA Oceania Conference – Day 2
& AGM Saturday, 24 October 2020 Note from the Communication’s team: 
What is coming next
week!
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