Coalition of Celebrant Associations (CoCA)
A peak body for ALL celebrants!
.Welcome news as of October 16, 2008
At an historic meeting in Canberra on October 16, 2008, 12 associations and affiliations joined forces to create a very welcome peak body for celebrants, the Coalition of Celebrant Assocations, to be known colloquially as ‘CoCA’.
Through the encouragement of Robyn Caine, past president of the National Council, the following people met in Canberra with the intention of putting past differences aside and working on the creation of a celebrant association peak body. The Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, joined us for a brief discussion and to provide some background. After a full day of very positive work, an agreement was reached and a Memorandum of Understanding was created.
Here is a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding signed on that day.
There is a lot of work to be done to promote the work of celebrants and to improve standards and quality of ceremonies. The next few years will see major changes take place, if you are an interested celebrant and do not currently belong to an association, please reconsider, as all voices should be heard at the association level to enable our wishes and desires to be heard.
Associations and their delegates are:
Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants – Lance Tapwell
ACMCV- Lyn Knorr
AAMCA – Tony Gelme
ACMC NSW & ACT – John O’Carrigan
SE Aus CMC Association – Ian Deegan
ACMCSA – Sybil Sleight
MCAInc WA – Dorothy Harrison
Humanist Celebrant Network – Charles Foley
Association of CMC’s Qld – Delmar Broadbent
Celebrants Australia Incorporated – Robyn Caine (proxy for Judy Brooks)
Civil Celebrants Graduate Association – Nigel Caswell
ICC Alumni and Friends – Yvonne Werner
Professional Celebrants Association – Ashley Bergh.
Give us a call (03) 94190460 or email celebrants@netspace.net.au to join in.
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