MOTION for CHANGE

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MOTION for CHANGE
TEFMA

• AAPPA Relationship with APPA

Presented at SPACE PLANNING WORKSHOP Melbourne -
18 March 2003 By ALAN McGREGOR PRESIDENT AAPPA
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Change in the Tertiary Sector

• Centralised planning funding for Australian
  universities is back on the agenda.
• A new Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has
  been established in New Zealand commencing in
  January 2003.

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Existing Relationship

• The relationship between the AAPPA Region and
  APPA has always been strong.
• It is with this strong background in mind that we
  now seek to take stock of the relationship and
  consider how best to move into and cater for the
  future.

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Existing Relationship

• Some of our membership question the value being
  added through continued membership of APPA.
• This may be the result of our success in
  developing stand-alone structures in relation to
  administrative services, information services
  and, education programmes.

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Existing Relationship

• Being a region of a larger Association limits our
  future development.
• For example our ability to enter into credible
  strategic alliances with other Associations in
  our own right is being decreased, both locally
  and internationally.

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Existing Relationship

• There is a general feeling that our organization
  has matured to a point where there seemed to be
  little benefit, and in fact some disadvantages
  for our members, if we remained a region of APPA.
  

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New Relationship

• AAPPA conducted a straw poll by telephone and
  email with 87 of our Institutional Members and
  found
• 73 - strongly supported
• 16 said no
• 11 -were undecided .

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New Relationship

• At AAPPAs board meeting in November 2002 the
  board unanimously voted to proceed with an action
  outlined in the following motion

That AAPPA move towards being an independent
organisation and establish a strategic alliance
with APPA
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What This Means

• In these changing times AAPPA needs to move
  forward as an independent organisation so as to
  increase our ability to operate strategically
  with local and international organisations in the
  sector

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Other Initiatives

• APPA is reviewing its strategy with regard to
  internationalisation through the Globalisation
  Task Force (GTF).
• The GTF has suggested one option, a global
  partner that is similar to a strategic alliance.
• This is structured in a way that would provide
  AAPPA with a more mature relationship with APPA.

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What this Means

• This objective is important and a water shed
  for AAPPA.
• AAPPA will continue to have a positive
  relationship with APPA.
• AAPPA will operate as an independent entity in
  the FM sector and
• Institutional members can remain a member of APPA

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Next Steps

• The Board, at its March 16 board meeting agreed
  it will ask the membership to vote on the motion
  below over the next few weeks
• that the constitution be amended
• The new name be Tertiary Education Facilities
  Management Association.