Berndt Museum of Anthropology Advisory Board (constitution)

1. The Berndt Museum of Anthropology Advisory Board (the board) is responsible to the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor through the Co-ordinator, Community Outreach, for—

(a) advising the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor in regard to the management of the Museum and making recommendations on policy when it considers this necessary;

(b) advising the Director/Curator on the display of the Museum’s collections and facilitating and fostering research and other activities related to the collections;

(c) advising the Director/Curator on the management and deployment of the funds of the Museum, however derived, and ensuring that relevant gifts, donations and bequests are utilised in accordance with the donors' wishes;

(d) advising the Director/Curator on the implementation and encouragement of the preservation, expansion and development within the University of the ethnological collections housed in the Museum for the benefit of both the University and the wider community.

2.(1)The board comprises:

(a) an appointee of the Vice-Chancellor as Chair;

(b) the Director/Curator of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology;

(c) the Chair of the Anthropology and Sociology discipline group;

(d) the Dean of the School of Indigenous Studies;

(e) the Co-ordinator, Community Outreach;

(f) an Indigenous member of the academic staff appointed by the Vice-Chancellor;

(g) two representative of the business or wider community appointed by the Vice-Chancellor; and

(h) two Indigenous members of the community appointed by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the Board.

(2) The board may co-opt up to two members to provide balance or expertise as required.

(3) Appointments of the Vice-Chancellor are made with a view to ensuring that at least 50 per cent of the board is comprised of people from Indigenous communities.

(4) Appointed members serve for three years and may be re-appointed.

(5) Co-opted members serve for one year and are eligible to be co-opted again.

3. The board elects a chair and deputy chair annually.

4. The quorum for a meeting of the board is not less than one half of its members.