General Meeting - Minutes

Minutes of General Meeting

Date 16th February 2017

Venue Karios Church Hall, 147 Rode Road, Wavell Heights QLD 4012

Meeting Opened: 7pm

Present (19) Amanda Church, Michele Fort, Kim Hickson, Barbara Lupton, Colleen Byers, Sherryl Searles, Jenny Roemermann, Cheryl Landsberry, Julie O’Kane-Ginn, Michelle Paterson, Angela Young, Judy Duff, Edith Li, Lyne Taylor, Jim Tannion, Deb Payne, Lana Frost, Guy Piper, Rosie Arnold

Apologies (16) Richard Nash, Anne Ronstedt, Carole Fitzpatrick, Clare Gibson, Geoff Mazlin, Ashley Bergh, Pamela Nair, Sandra Hill, Eunice Phipps, Mary Burns, Hayley McLeod, Kerri Hayes, Margaret McLeod, Sandy Senior, Anita Stanfield, Barbara Abernethy, Elizabeth (? surname)

Visitors Maureen Bernard, Kerry Tully

Minutes of the previous meeting 20.11.2016

Motion: That the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted.

Proposed: Lana Frost Seconded: Michele Fort

Business arising from the previous minutes: Nil

Correspondence In/Out: Nil

Treasurer’s Report

·  Previous Treasurer Debbie Payne presented the Auditors Report for the financial period ending 30th June 2016, as this was not ready in time for the 2016 AGM.

·  Current Treasurer Angi Young presented the Treasurer’s Report to 31st January 2017

See attached - Balance as at 31.01.2017 $12,654.62

With the Investment total being $TBA – statement not received

Motion: That the treasurer’s report be accepted and all outstanding accounts, totalling $1240.39 be paid

Proposed: Angi Young Carried

General Business

Motion to increase membership fees from $100 to $120 as from 1st April 2017 was voted on by 19 members present.

For: 15 Against: 4 Carried

CoCA Report Delegate Guy Piper updated members on Coca activities. The next CoCA meeting is 20th May 2017. Cheryl Landsberry and Guy Piper will be taking turns to attend all CoCA meetings. All members requested to advise our delegates of any issues to go to CoCA or AG department for discussion.

Facebook Workshop Presented by Cheryl Landsberry

Meeting Closed: 8pm

Discussion notes arising from General Meeting 16th February 2017:

·  To take to CoCA: BDM Conflict of interest: BDM is cutting into our business and they have no OPD or Registration Fees to pay. Their hours should be Mon-Fri 9am-4pm and no weekends.

·  OPD dates for PCA (with AssenTECS):

19th March 2017, Virginia Palms

7th October, Bus Tour Redcliffe area

Members queried why we have OPD in these months, as they are peak wedding season.

·  BDM email updates out to celebrants, but as they don’t have everyone’s email addresses – you can ask to be on their mailing list.

·  Request made to have a Q&A at the end of every meeting

·  Angi Young and Rosie Arnold to send individual email to members who have not yet registered on the website so that we can start using the MailChimp feature for our PCA correspondence