AGM 2023

The 2023 Annual General Meeting of Humanists Australia was held on November 27. The 2022/23 Annual Report was presented and accepted.

We said thankyou and farewell to outgoing director and Secretary Rod Bower. Rod will continue to work with HA in other roles.

We welcomed new directors Neville Buch and Rob MacPherson.

Members voted to make changes to the HA Diversity and Forgiveness values. The new values are:

Diversity: We believe the strength of humanity lies in diversity. We welcome people of all ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and cultural backgrounds, and strive to ensure they feel included. We value and respect people for their own sake, and treat them ethically, as equals. We believe all should have the same rights and opportunities.

Forgiveness: Part of being human is making mistakes. When we make a mistake we apologise. We do our best to make amends, and learn from the mistakes we make. When someone harms us we try to forgive. Where an apology and conciliation between parties has been achieved, we all strive to not renew the conflict.

You can see the changes and the rationale for them here.