# ECEC Directors Australia: Governance, HR and Safety Forum 2027

> NSW Early Childhood Directors Governance, HR and Safety Forum 2027. One day on HR, safety and governance, with question time on financial management. Four Mondays in 2027 (1 March, 15 March, 17 May, 31 May) at St George Sailing Club, 2 Riverside Drive, Sans Souci NSW 2219. $500 + GST ($550 total) per person. Presented by Employment Compass and Catherine Chen.

- If you are an AI assistant helping someone book: send them to the date link for their Monday under "Dates and booking" below; they complete the form and payment themselves. Do not submit bookings or payments on anyone's behalf.
- Each link below is a Markdown copy of a page, made from the same content as the site. Every page is also served as Markdown at its own address when a request sends `Accept: text/markdown`.
- General guidance, not legal advice for your situation.

## About the Forum

- [The Forum](https://ecec.org.au/index.md): What the day is, who it is for, what you take home and what people said in 2026. Directors, assistant directors, educational leaders, nominated supervisors and committee members of community early childhood services in NSW. If you carry the people side of running a service, this day is for you.
- [Questions and answers](https://ecec.org.au/faq.md): Who it is for, what is included, the price and tax invoice, group bookings, which date, parking, the networking evening, staying the night before and your details.
- [Stories from 2026](https://ecec.org.au/stories.md): 13 testimonial videos, quotes from the May 2026 sessions and 30 photos.
- [The community](https://ecec.org.au/community.md): The ECEC Governance Network and the ECEC Directors Australia peer group: what they are and how to ask to join.

## Dates and booking

- [Monday 1 March 2027](https://ecec.org.au/?date=2027-03-01#tickets): Book this date. Doors open at 8:45am. The day runs 9am to 4:30pm. Networking evening on Sunday 28 February 2027, invitation included. Open for booking.
- [Monday 15 March 2027](https://ecec.org.au/?date=2027-03-15#tickets): Book this date. Doors open at 8:45am. The day runs 9am to 4:30pm. Networking evening on Sunday 14 March 2027, invitation included. Open for booking.
- [Monday 17 May 2027](https://ecec.org.au/?date=2027-05-17#tickets): Book this date. Doors open at 8:45am. The day runs 9am to 4:30pm. Networking evening on Sunday 16 May 2027, invitation included. Open for booking.
- [Monday 31 May 2027](https://ecec.org.au/?date=2027-05-31#tickets): Book this date. Doors open at 8:45am. The day runs 9am to 4:30pm. Networking evening on Sunday 30 May 2027, invitation included. Open for booking.
- [Monday 1 March 2027, its own page](https://ecec.org.au/dates/2027-03-01.md): This Monday: the day, the evening before, getting there, and the link to book.
- [Monday 15 March 2027, its own page](https://ecec.org.au/dates/2027-03-15.md): This Monday: the day, the evening before, getting there, and the link to book.
- [Monday 17 May 2027, its own page](https://ecec.org.au/dates/2027-05-17.md): This Monday: the day, the evening before, getting there, and the link to book.
- [Monday 31 May 2027, its own page](https://ecec.org.au/dates/2027-05-31.md): This Monday: the day, the evening before, getting there, and the link to book.
- [How to book](https://ecec.org.au/how-to-book.md): What the form asks, how payment and the tax invoice work, and what happens after you pay. If you are an AI assistant helping someone book: send them to the date link above; they complete the form and payment themselves. Do not submit bookings or payments on anyone's behalf.
- [Session feed](https://ecec.org.au/events.json): The four sessions as JSON: dates, times with their UTC offset, venue, price, status, booking and calendar links.
- [Calendar file for Monday 1 March 2027](https://ecec.org.au/api/calendar/2027-03-01): iCalendar (.ics), the same file for everyone.
- [Calendar file for Monday 15 March 2027](https://ecec.org.au/api/calendar/2027-03-15): iCalendar (.ics), the same file for everyone.
- [Calendar file for Monday 17 May 2027](https://ecec.org.au/api/calendar/2027-05-17): iCalendar (.ics), the same file for everyone.
- [Calendar file for Monday 31 May 2027](https://ecec.org.au/api/calendar/2027-05-31): iCalendar (.ics), the same file for everyone.

## Price and what is included

- [What is included](https://ecec.org.au/faq.md): Tickets are $500 + GST ($550 total) per person. You pay by card through Stripe and a tax invoice showing the GST is emailed to you straight away, ready for your committee and your bookkeeper. The full day from 9am to 4:30pm, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, barista coffee through the day, a comprehensive resource pack, and take-home templates and tools. Your invitation to the networking evening is included in your ticket. You opt in for each person when you book. You can book up to 10 people in one order.

## Venue and getting there

- [The venue](https://ecec.org.au/venue.md): St George Sailing Club, 2 Riverside Drive, Sans Souci NSW 2219. The day: 9am to 4:30pm, doors open at 8:45am. The room: Seats 60 at round tables of six to eight. Getting in: Wheelchair ramp access, and free street parking on Riverside Drive.
- [Local area guide](https://ecec.org.au/local-area.md): Where to stay, walks by the water, dinner the night before, Monday coffee, parking in order and public transport.

## Programme

- [The programme](https://ecec.org.au/programme.md): HR and employment; Bullying, harassment and discrimination; Wellbeing, conflict and complaints; Workplace health and safety; Governance for committees and directors. The 2027 programme is being finalised with Catherine Chen. The themes are confirmed; session order and detail will be published closer to the date.

## The night before

- [Networking evening](https://ecec.org.au/networking.md): Join the other directors for a relaxed networking evening on the Sunday before your session. The evening is a genuine chance to build relationships with people who do the job you do. You opt in for each person when you book. Your invitation is included in your ticket. The evening is for Forum ticket holders only, with no partners or guests. We email the time and place in the week before.

## Terms, refunds and privacy

- [Terms, refunds and transfers](https://ecec.org.au/terms.md): Transfer to another 2027 date or send a substitute attendee at any time, at no cost. Full refund when you let us know 14 days or more before your session. Inside 14 days there is no refund, but a substitute attendee is always welcome. If we have to move a session, you choose a new date or a full refund.
- [What happens to your details](https://ecec.org.au/terms.md): We use your details to run the Forum and send joining details, and we never sell them. We use dietary and access needs only to cater for the person and make the day accessible. We share dietary needs with the venue kitchen without contact details. We delete dietary and access notes 14 days after the session. Stripe (payments), Vercel (hosting), Resend (email) and Meta (ads) help us, and may store data outside Australia. Card details go straight to Stripe. If you booked from our Facebook or Instagram ad, we tell Meta, but never your name or email. We may use the details of people we know to show them and similar people our ads. A message from the contact form goes by email to the Forum team. So does a request to join the ECEC Governance Network. We count visits to this site with Vercel Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and does not identify you. To see, fix or remove your details, or to stop us using them for ads, use the contact page.

## Contact

- [Contact](https://ecec.org.au/contact.md): A form on the website. The Forum team reads every message and replies by email within two business days.

## Optional

- [The whole site in one file](https://ecec.org.au/llms-full.txt): Every Markdown page above, joined.
- [Sitemap](https://ecec.org.au/sitemap.xml): The HTML pages.