| CONNO COUNCIL | appointees as of November 2011: | |
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| Kim Ryan (Chair) | Australian College of Mental Health Nurses | |
| Tracey Osmond (Deputy Chair) |
The College of Nursing | |
| Julianne Bryce (Treasurer) |
Australian Nursing Federation | |
| Lynette Hinspeter | CRANAplus | |
| Belinda Caldwell | Australian Practice Nurses Association | |
| Helen Gosby | Australian College of Nurse Practitioners | |
| Robyn Coulthard | Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses | |
| Debra Cerasa | Royal College of Nursing Australia |
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| Maryanne Craker | National Enrolled Nurse Association |
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CoNNO Organisational Structure
CoNNO Organisational Structure | View (PDF)
CoNNO Strategic Plan
CoNNO Strategic Plan | View(PDF)
Governance Framework
The governance of the work of CoNNO is guided by the Governance Framework. The Framework was formally endorsed on December 6th 2007.
Governance Framework | View(PDF)
Governance Standards for Nursing and Midwifery Organisations
CoNNO (formerly NNO) developed a set of Sound Governance Standards to guide the governance practice of organisations representing the interests of nurses and midwives and other health professionals.
Governance Standards Report
The report from the project to develop the Governance Standards for specialist nursing and midwifery organisations is available.
This report contains:
- the Governance Standards;
- the process undertaken to develop them;
- the results of a survey to map the application of the Governance Standards across the CONNO member organisations;
- the survey itself; and
- some example documents to provide guidance to organisations in the development of guidelines, and a constitution.
Governance Standards Report | View(PDF)
Governance Standards Toolkit
The Governance Standards and Toolkit for Nursing and Midwifery Organisations are freely available for use by any organisations representing the interests of health professionals.
The toolkit contains:
- the Governance Standards;
- a questionnaire to assist organisations in assessing their own governance practice; and
- a template for the development of an Action Plan .
Governance Standards Toolkit | View(PDF)
Governance Surveys
Governance Survey Report 2007 | View (PDF)
Looking for governance training for your board or committee?
Suggested governance training providers:
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Associations Forum Pty Ltd
Enterprise Care
The Australian Institute of Community Practice and Governance (AICPG)
Matrix on Board
Other useful websites
National Institute for Governance - Canberra Australia
Chartered Secretaries Australia offer a certificate and a diploma course for board secretaries in each state
BoardWorks International - Australian NZ group who provide the magazine Good Governance