Expert advisory committee
As part of it’s consultation strategy, ACCAN has a number of Standing Advisory Committees.
Standing Advisory Committee on Disability Issues
01 October 2010
The Standing Advisory Committee on Disability Issues (SACDI) will be a forum to help ACCAN identify consumer, communications issues for people with disabilities and strategies for dealing with them.
The function of SACDI is to:
• Provide advice to the ACCAN Board and staff through the ACCAN CEO in relation to priority issues for consumers with disabilities and suggest strategies to achieve positive outcomes.
• Discuss emerging technologies and developments in Communications affecting consumers with disabilities and identify potential relevance to ACCAN policies and activities.
• Provide a commentary on relevant research to assist in the development of coordinated and unified consumer positions.
• Provide advice to ensure that all ACCAN's activities remain inclusive and relevant for consumers with disabilities.
• Act to bring information from consumers with disabilities to the attention of ACCAN and to disseminate information from ACCAN to constituents.
Current Standing Advisory Committee Disability Issues members are:
Denise Wood - University South Australia
Leah Hobson - Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Lynnden Beaumont - Deafness Forum Australia
Nick Rushworth - Brain Injury Australia
Scott Hollier - Media Access Australia
Zel Iscel - National Ethnic Disability Alliance
David Parker - Deaf Australia
The 17 March 2010 Meeting Report is available here
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Standing Advisory Committee on Consumer Affair (SACCA)
22 February 2010
The Standing Advisory Committee on Consumer Affairs (SACCA) is a forum to help ACCAN identify consumer communications issues and develop ACCAN policies and inform ACCAN’s strategic directions and campaigns.
Current Standing Advisory Committee on Consumer Affairs members are:
David Lawson - Australian Financial Counsellors & Credit Reform Ass.
Heather Wieland - Country Womens’ Association of Australia
Holly Raiche - Internet Society of Australia
Ian Butterworth - Telecommunications Consumer Group of South Australia
Jo Benvenuti - Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre
Paul Harrison - Deakin University
Loretta Kreet
Victoria Rubensohn
The functions of SACCA are to:
• Provide advice to the ACCAN Board and staff through the ACCAN CEO in relation to priority issues for communications consumers and suggest strategies to achieve positive outcomes.
• Discuss emerging technologies and developments in Communications affecting consumers and identify potential relevance to ACCAN policies and activities.
• Provide a commentary on relevant research to assist in the development of coordinated and unified consumer positions.
• Act to bring information from consumers to the attention of ACCAN and to disseminate information from ACCAN to constituents.
On 5 November 2009, SACCA members had their first meeting in Sydney. The Meeting Report is now available.
The February 2010 Meeting Report is available here.
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