{"id":4245,"date":"2025-09-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:48:33","slug":"21-resolutions-in-21-days-episode-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/21-resolutions-in-21-days-episode-17\/","title":{"rendered":"21 resolutions in 21 days &#8211; Episode 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the indemnity provisions need to be simplified<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The current indemnity provisions in the AMT Constitution are dense with legal terminology that obscures a simple principle: AMT protects directors and officers when they are acting in good faith for the Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying to list every possible scenario can accidentally create gaps or become outdated as laws change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simplified version provides maximum indemnity &#8220;to the full extent permitted by law&#8221;,  offering broader protection than listing specific scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach also means protection automatically adapts as legal requirements change, rather than being limited to situations we could think of when writing the current clause. Specific insurance arrangements, exclusions, and claims procedures move to the AMT Board Charter where they can be updated more flexibly without constitutional amendments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are you joining us at the Special General Meeting on October 19? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>All AMT members are welcome to attend. Please register <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/3WK8iBicTduuZ1GoqslumQ#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unable to attend but still want to exercise your democratic right? Complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/amtorg.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/EXrJ2DTaqmNMgF0S5tLWC7EBon-KIzChMObVEdPJ77o_CA?e=75Rtx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proxy voting form<\/a> and return it to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/contact-amt\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"50\">A<\/a><a href=\"mailto:info@amt.org.au\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:info@amt.org.au\">MT Head Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is Episode 17 in our blockbuster blog bonanza &#8220;21 Resolutions in 21 Days&#8221;, exploring the cases for constitutional change that will be considered at the upcoming Special General Meeting on October 19. Each change is designed to strengthen AMT&#8217;s governance and better serve members.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tomorrow:<\/strong> Sorting out the procedures from the principles, part n + 1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned the truth at seventeen<br \/>\nThat love was meant for beauty queens<br \/>\nAnd high school girls with clear-skinned smiles<br \/>\nWho married young and then retired.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 17 is the sanity clause we all needed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,13],"tags":[1075,1070,1073,598,1072,1071,1074],"class_list":["post-4245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amt","category-news-and-events","tag-21-resolutions-in-21-days","tag-amt-constitution","tag-amt-governance","tag-association-of-massage-therapists","tag-cases-for-change","tag-rules","tag-we-the-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gordian-knot.jpg?fit=800%2C535&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4251,"url":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/21-resolutions-in-21-days-episode-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":4245,"position":0},"title":"21 resolutions in 21 days &#8211; Episode 19","author":"admin","date":"28\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"As we reach the end of the terrible teens in this blogbuster series on the AMT Constitution, we are also drawing tantalisingly close to our final goal.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AMT&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AMT","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/category\/amt\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red and white \"STOP\" road sign but with the words \"Making sense\" added in smaller print.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stop-making-sense.jpg?fit=423%2C606&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4201,"url":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/21-resolutions-in-21-days-episode-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":4245,"position":1},"title":"21 resolutions in 21 days &#8211; Episode 7","author":"admin","date":"16\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Lao rides a golden donkey (implied to be The Golden Ass of Apuleius) into the small town of Abalone, Arizona and visits Edward Cunningham's newspaper to place a large advertisement for his traveling circus, which will play for two nights only. 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You might feel like you have nowhere to turn, and you may be clueless as to how you can get started\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AMT&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AMT","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/category\/amt\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A big, clunky old fax machine with labels on it which say \"dial here\", \"start button\" and \"place the paper in this tray face down\".","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fax_machine.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fax_machine.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fax_machine.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4256,"url":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/21-resolutions-in-21-days-episode-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":4245,"position":4},"title":"21 resolutions in 21 days &#8211; Episode 20","author":"admin","date":"29\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Penultimate means \"next to last\" or \"second from the end.\" It is often used to describe the second to last item in a series, such as a chapter in a book or a scene in a play. 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