The library will reopen from Wednesday 10th June with a limited service for members. We will continue to keep members updated with details.
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Board and Staff

The Melbourne Athenaeum is an incorporated association governed by a committee of management,

Office bearers are elected annually at the AGM and one third of the general committee positions are declared vacant at the AGM.

The association's principal activity is to manage a heritage building, provide a recreational library for members, manage an archive and encourage interest in the organisation and its activities.

 

Patron

The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria

 

Committee of Management

Office Bearers

President:                Don Smith

Vice-President:        Barbara Gliddon (interim)

Treasurer:                Kevin Quigley

General Committee

Matthew Balmford, Louise Box, Marianne Dunham, Michael Fawaz, Christine Gibbs, Chris Johnson

 

Financial Management

David Pryor, accountant

Caroline Debevc, bookkeeper

 

Business Manager

Sue Westwood

 

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Lawana Coulson

 

Library

Honorary Librarian

Rose Blustein

Library Staff

Eunice Ang, James Baker, Tom Coleman, Clare Murayama

Volunteers

Perry Anderson, Lea Beranek, Aaron Cook, Norma Gates, Lynne Johnston, Moyra McAllister (life member), Pat Miller, Shannon Parsons

 

Archives

Archive Volunteers

Margaret Bowman, Merran Fuller, Kimberley Hughes, Anne Marsden, Christine Perkins