About ASOR

ASOR is a not-for-profit national organisation. ASOR is entirely operated by volunteers drawn from its membership.

ASOR adopted a new constitution in 2021 and this can be viewed at ASOR Constitution.

  • ASOR is incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (Registration number A 00227).
  • This Act requires ASOR to nominate a public officer. The current ASOR Public Officer is Hasan Turan.
  • The constitution states that ASOR is run by a committee of up to 12 current ASOR members.
  • We usually refer to the committee as the ASOR National Committee.
  • Committee members serve a two-year term, and half of the positions are vacated each year. 
  • The constitution defines the office-bearer roles of President and Vice-President.
  • Using by-laws or simply convention, ASOR establishes other roles such as Treasurer.

ASOR is not presently registered for GST.

ASOR National Committee 2022

Following elections held in April-May 2022, the ASOR National Committee for 2022 is:

  • ASOR President - Honglei Xu (Curtin University, Perth)
  • ASOR Vice-President - Simon Dunstall (CSIRO Data61, Melbourne)
  • ASOR National Treasurer - Melanie Ayre (CSIRO Data61, Melbourne)
  • ASOR Secretary - Hasan Turan (ADFA, Canberra)
  • David Marlow (DST Group, Melbourne)
  • Hamish Waterer
  • Babak Abbasi (RMIT, Melbourne)
  • Asef Nazari (Deakin University, Geelong)
  • Louis Caccetta (Curtin University, Perth)

ASOR National Committee 2021

The ASOR National Committee in 2021 was:

  • ASOR President - Simon Dunstall (CSIRO Data61, Melbourne)
  • ASOR Vice-President - Sondoss el-Sawah (ADFA, Canberra)
  • ASOR National Treasurer - Melanie Ayre (CSIRO Data61, Melbourne)
  • David Marlow (DST Group, Melbourne)
  • Hasan Turan (ADFA, Canberra)
  • Paul Gaertner (DST Group, Adelaide)
  • Masih Fadaki (RMIT, Melbourne)
  • Babak Abbasi (RMIT, Melbourne)
  • Asef Nazari (Deakin University, Geelong)
  • Louis Caccetta (Curtin University, Perth)
  • Paul Lochert (Melbourne)
  • Honglei Xu (Curtin University, Perth)