SDEA Annual General Meeting 2025

Singapore Book Council, Training Room90 Goodman Road, Blk E #03-32, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore 439053Singapore
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SDEA will be hosting its 23rd Annual General Meeting in-person on 23 September 2025, at 7pm. All members are invited and encouraged to attend and take part in the AGM in this important year, and to nominate and elect the SDEA Committee for the next two years. 

What to look forward to:

  • A look back at FY2024 (April 2024 - March 2025) 
  • A look forward at upcoming SDEA programmes and initiatives
  • Voting and Election of the new Committee for 2025-2027*

When: 23 September 2025, 7pm
Where: Singapore Book Council Training Room, 90 Goodman Road, Blk E #03-32, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore 439053

Refreshments will be provided

*Note that only ordinary members are eligible for nomination and may vote for the upcoming elections. But all members are encouraged to attend. 

Members should log in via Wild Apricot at sdea.wildapricot.org to register. If you have forgotten your password, click 'forgot password'. If you need any assistance, email us at membership@sdea.org.sg

Agenda

The proposed agenda for the AGM will be released soon. Members are welcome to submit items to be considered for the agenda by writing in to membership@sdea.org.sg

Nominations for Committee 2025-2027

The current Committee for the term of 2023-2025 will end their term on 23 September 2025 at the 23rd Annual General Meeting, and a new committee will be voted in to lead SDEA and its advocacy and professional development efforts for the next 2 years. This could be you!

Roles 

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Committee Members (2-5 committee members may be elected)

In accordance with the constitution: Names for the above offices shall be proposed and seconded at the Annual General Meeting and election will follow on a simple majority vote of the members. All office-bearers, except the Treasurer may be re-elected to the same or related post for a consecutive term of office. The term of office of the Committee is two years. Re-appointment of the outgoing Treasurer may be considered after a lapse of at least two years. 

You may refer to the Terms of Reference for Office Bearers here.  

Current Nominees (by Role)

President

Aishwariyah Shanmuganathan

Vice-President

Adeeb Fazah

Secretary

None

Treasurer

Regina Chua

Ordinary Committee Member

None

Eligibility

Nominees must be Ordinary Members to be eligible for nomination.

In accordance with the SDEA Constitution, to qualify to stand for election to the Committee, a candidate has to be a fully paid up member of good standing with SDEA, and has to have been an active member of, or active volunteer with, SDEA prior to their consideration for election. 

  1. Fully Paid Up  
    Membership application fees must have been paid 

  2. Good Standing  
    Nominees must attain a backing and seconding member. The backing member must provide an 80–100 word testimonial. Backing members should also have been active members of SDEA. 

  3. Active Member / Volunteer 
    Nominees must have attended, volunteered, or contributed to at least one SDEA programme or initiative in the last 2 calendar years. These include but are not limited to:  

    1. Attending or running a workshop at the Theatre Arts Conference 
    2. Attending a Professional Development Programme 
    3. Taking part in Focus Groups or other Advocacy Initiatives 
    4. Contributing or Taking Part in any other SDEA projects 
    5. Participating in a subcommittee or interest group

  4. Prior to Consideration 
    Any of the above must be valid before nominations are open. I.e. to qualify to be an active member, a nominee must have already participated in a programme prior to the AGM. 

The above was prepared by the Elections Officers Mark Benedict Cheong and Rosemarie Somaiah.

Nomination Process

  1. Download and fill in the form here: pdf, docx

    • The nominee will need to provide an 80-100 testimonial as part of the form on why they should be voted in
    • The nominee will need to get the support of 1 backing member, and 1 seconding member. The backing member will need to provide an 80-100 word testimonial as part of the form

  2. Return the completed form to membership@sdea.org.sg before the AGM, after which your eligibility for nomination will be assessed by the election committee

  3. Eligible nominees will be made public from 26 August onwards

  4. Voting will be decided by simple majority 

  5. All nominees will be invited to give a short 3-minute speech followed by a short Q&A before voting for each role at the AGM 

  6. In the event of a tie, the chairperson of the meeting will have the deciding vote 

  7. In the event of there being only one nominee for the role, nominees will have to pass a vote of confidence of 50% 

If you have any enquiries on nominations, drop us an email at membership@sdea.org.sg  


This page will be updated with more information soon.