Secretary News December 2025
2026 Company General Meeting, AGM and Federation Meeting
Registrations are now open for the 2026 Company General Meeting, AGM and Federation Meeting. Club Representatives/Proxies, Federation Invitees and all Soroptimists (as Silent Observers) are welcome.
Friday 1st May 2026
9.00am-5.00pm
The Pacific Sutera Hotel, Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu
Nomination for SI President Elect
At the Soroptimist International Board Meeting held on 10 October 2025, SI received notification from Soroptimist International of Africa Federation that they would not nominate a candidate for Soroptimist International President 2028-2029. Therefore, the rotation system previously used to elect the Soroptimist International (SI) President will no longer be used. Instead, nominations will be open for candidates from all Federations, except Soroptimist International of Europe as Renata Trottman will be the SI President 2026-2027.
The relevant SI Bye-Laws were agreed at the 10 October2 025 Board Meeting detailing the requirements, process and timeline that need to be followed for the election of the SI President 2028-2029 / SI President Elect [Term of office 1 July 2026 – 31 December 2027].
October-December 2025 New Member Fees Waived
Fees will be waived for the final month of December 2025 for all members joining as part of our Federation wide M2M campaign. Last opportunity!
Annual Federation Fees 2026
All Clubs have been emailed notification of the Federation Fees and the Annual Return Packs for 2025.
All Soroptimists:
A reminder that the due date for Soroptimists to pay their membership fee to their Club is 31 December 2025.
All Clubs:
To be eligible for the Early Payment Discount. Federation Fees must be received at HQ by no later than 31 January 2026. Otherwise, the final due date for Clubs to pay fees is 28 February 2026.
HQ Office Christmas Closure
The SISEAP HQ Office will be closed for the holiday period from Monday 22 December 2025 through to Tuesday 6 January 2026.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2026
HQ Officer - Long Service & Annual Leave
HQ Officer Gabbi Kearney commences her long service and annual leave in November, with her final working day for 2025 on Thursday 30 October. Gabbi will return Wednesday 21 January 2026 . All HQ emails and phone messages will be monitored by Jessica during this period.
SISEAP Shop
We are no longer accepting any further orders for 2025. We will resume taking orders when we reopen after the holiday closure in January 2026. Thank you for your understanding.