Thinking about nominating?
East Perth Community Group · committee elections 2026
A few people have asked what is involved, so here it is in one place. Nominations close 11.59pm Thursday 20 August 2026 and the AGM is Thursday 17 September 2026. If getting involved has been on your list, this is the part where you put your hand up.
Four steps to nominate
1. Be a financial member
Only paid-up Ordinary Members can stand or vote. Membership is $10 a year, and you must be 18 or over. Join or renew on using the menu above.
2. Get the form
Download it from the button on this page at the bottom, or ask any of us on the committee and it will come straight to you.
3. Find a seconder
Another member signs a short statement supporting your nomination.
You nominate for one position: an office, or Ordinary Committee Member.
4. Police certificate
Attach a recent WA National Police Certificate if you have one.
If not, tick the option to apply through the Association and the Treasurer arranges it after nominations close. EPCG pays.
What you are actually signing up for
Ordinary Committee Member is where most people start, and it is the least mysterious job on the committee. One meeting a month, about two hours. Beyond that you pick the thing you care about, whether that is an event, a piece of advocacy or a corner of the neighbourhood, and you help make it happen. Nobody is handed a portfolio they did not ask for.
You do not need planning expertise, a governance background, or spare weekends. You need to live here or care about here, and turn up.
If you are eyeing an office
Chairperson (rule 28). Consults the Secretary on the business for every committee and general meeting, convenes and presides at committee meetings, and presides at general meetings.
Deputy Chairperson (rules 41 and 55). Presides at committee and general meetings in the Chairperson's absence. The rules give the position no separate list of duties. In practice, the Chair's second pair of hands.
Secretary (rule 29). The Association's correspondence and the notices for every meeting, full and accurate minutes, the register of members, the record of who may act for the Association, an up-to-date copy of the rules, and safe custody of the books.
Treasurer (rule 30). Money in receipted and money out paid on time, banked as the committee directs, safe custody of the financial records, the financial report for the AGM, assistance to the auditor, and compliance with Part 5 of the Act.
Worth knowing
You nominate for one position only, and nobody may hold two offices at the same time. So pick the job you actually want, not the one you think is going spare.
Questions? Ask any of us, including the awkward ones.
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Committee members are expected to become familiar with the Association's rules and the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 (WA).
We give you both, and nobody arrives knowing them.