New Games appointees

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32847, 22 February 1972, Page 6

New Games appointees

Four positions for women administrative assistants have been created by the the changing of the Commonwealth Games organising committee, bringing the number of women employed at the games headquarters to six.

The organising committee is now in four groups of committees with each group having a female administrative assistant. Two new appointments have been made.

They are Miss Gerardine de Munter, aged 25, and Miss Jill Annand, 24. The other two assistant’s positions have been taken by existing staff members, Mrs Toni Coulson and Miss Jill Sutherland. Miss Belinda Young, who joined the headquarters staff before Christmas, replaces Mrs C. Biggin as assistant to the chairman (Mr R. S. Scott), and executive secretary (Mr A. W. Barrett).

Miss de Munter is Dutch and came to New Zealand 16 months ago from The Hague. She previously worked at Massey University, Palmerston. North, and joined the Games staff last week.

As assistant to the public services committee, she coordinates material from the accommodation, tickets, programmes, traffic, city decorations, design, and publicity groups for examination by the public services vicechairman.

Miss de Munter speaks Dutch, English, French, and German.

The second new appointment, Miss Jill Annand, is assistant in the operations section. She deals with the sports, sports technical, village catering, reception and hospitality, venues, transport, and medical groups. She describes her job mainly as “secretarial coordinating.” It involves also preparing minutes and agenda for the operations section vice-chairman. Miss Annand started her job at the same time as Miss de Munter, after returning to New Zealand from England.

Mrs Coulson and Miss Sutherland are assistants to the vice-chairman of the finances and legal section. This involves keeping tabs on finance, the Games appeal, fund raising, and legal and concessions work. As well as her secretarial duties, Miss Young serves the vice-chairman of the general services section (Mr N. B. Ulrich) in work for communications, news media, ceremonial, co-ordination, manpower, and protocol groups.

The only other woman on the permanent staff at present is Miss Mary Koia, who is now the receptionist and general office clerk. She was appointed last year.' '■