AACB Structure & Protocol

The organization behind the Bureaux of Australia that market their destination and

Australia for Business Events

(scroll down to view Committees & Representatives)

Acronyms:  

Ø  AACB – Association of Australian Convention Bureau Inc.

Ø  AAP – Australia Associations Project

Ø  ATEC – Australian Tourism Export Council

Ø  BECA – Business Events Council of Australia

Ø  BEA – Business Events Australia

Ø  BESIG – Business Events Strategy Implementation Group

Ø  CEDA – Committee for Economic Development of Australia

Ø  NLA – Nothing Like Australia

Ø  TA – Tourism Australia

Ø  TVAG – Tourism Visa Advisory Group

• Protocol:
• Marketing Group (or Board of Directors) develop and agree to Projects
• Project plans are to be developed with KPIs, budget and critical path
• Board of Directors ratifies (or rejects) Projects
• Various Committees manage Projects at all times keeping AACB Executive office informed of outcomes so as to address matters of Governance
• The Executive manages Strategic matters, reporting to the Board
• Marketing Group, Board and Committees work with alliances such as BEA, Austrade,  CEDA and ATEC
• Board of Directors address the matter of rotation, succession and backups of Committee Heads & Representatives 

Committees & Representatives:

• AACB Executive – President, Damien Kitto @ AdlCB, Vice-President and Hon. Treasurer, Peter O’Reilly @ TWCB, Executive Director, Mike Cannon @ AACB

• Marketing Group – Chairperson, Lyn Lewis-Smith @ BES

Assisted by:  Mike Cannon @ AACB re governance and project financials, along with the following:

Marketing Group – Vice-Chairperson, Annabel Sullivan @ BMCB 

Members: Marketing and/or Sales Managers @ Bureaux

Bureaux & TA's "Nothing Like Australia Project" – Chairperson, Lyn Lewis-Smith @ BES

Members:  Robyn Hendry @ CCB, Julie Sheather (Advisory), Mike Cannon (Governance) working with Committees from TA

What is the Bureau? (WitB) Project Working Group – Chairperson, Carol Scott @ CCB,

 Members:  Annabel Sullivan @ BMCB, Raewyn Dooley @ TEL, Claire Harrington @ BETas

TA IMM Destination Briefing Template – tba

Meeting Events Calendar - Project Head Julie Sheather, assisted by Martin Radcliffe @ AdlCB, AACB to manage communications and collection from non-AAP members

 ASIA – Edwina San @ MCVB, Sidd Ketkar @ GCCB, Liza Bajracharya @ BES

China BE Market Research - Lyn Lewis-Smith @ BES

• Australia Associations Project Committee (formerly TAAP) – Chairperson, Robyn Hendry @ CCB (together with Head of BEA)

Industry Committee Members: Martin Radcliffe @ AdlCB, Lyn Lewis-Smith @ BES, Julia Swanson @ MCVB, Amanda Anker @ SCEC, Anne Jamieson @ MCEC, Annabel Sullivan @ BMCB

Assisted by:  Mike Cannon @ AACB re governance

• AACB/BEA Marketing Committee (formerly Team Australia) - Chairperson, Lyn Lewis-Smith @ BES (Addresses C&I Business, e.g. TABEE and such like)

Industry Committee Members: Martin Radcliffe @ AdlCB, Hayley Blumenthal @ MCVB and Tom Hill @ BEA

• Research & Marketing Intel Committee – Chairperson, Sandra Chipchase @ MCVB

Members: Mike Cannon @ AACB re governance matters plus Danielle Ramirez @ MCVB

• Staff Education Committee – Chairperson, TBA

2011 Staff Conference working Group – Chairperson, CEO @ Host Bureau, i.e. Martin Winter @ GCCB

Members: Mike Cannon @ AACB, Jacqui Taylor @ GCCB, five (5) more to be advised

AACB Scholarship Working Group – Mike Cannon – with the assistance from representatives from Qantas and BEA

• BECA – AACB Represented by Damien Kitto @ AdlCB and Mike Cannon @ AACB
• BESIG – AACB Represented by Sandra Chipchase @ MCVB
• TVAG - AACB Represented by Robyn Hendry @ CCB
• ACCREDITATION - Project Head Mike Cannon @ AACB with assistance from AACB Executive