Management Committee Meeting 17.08.09

Meeting held at Pam Engle’s Home.

Obi Obi Hall.

The property. The northern and western boundaries of the property have been fenced. Negotiations with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council regarding the cattle grid have been successfull, with the Council approving the placing of a grid in Staves Road at the rear boundary fence line.  Negotiations with Council regarding installation cost sharing are continuing.

The building. The Management Committee, following representation by concerned members regarding the suitability of the toilets for disabled people, have investigated disabled toilet facilities; and have  asked the building designers Ebis to delay completion of the working drawings for the Obi Obi hall to allow time for the Committee to address these concerns.

General Meeting 23.07 09

At the Kenilworth Hall, Supper Room. Kenilworth

This meeting was held to discuss the residential eligibility of  members of our Association, and the proposed name change for the Association.  After much discussion, the meeting moved motions confirming the following resolutions.

Resolution 1. To change the name of the Association to ‘Obi Obi and Kidaman Creek  District Community Hall Inc`

Resolution 2. To change our existing Model Rule 4, (1) for an ordinary member.

To define an ordinary member as one who has currently resided for 3 months within the area defined by a 6km radius of the site of the original Kidaman Creek Hall property at 11 Kidaman Creek Road,  Kidaman Creek Queensland joined to a 6km radius of the Obi Obi Hall property, 856 Obi Obi Road Obi Obi, Queensland.

Resolution 3. To change the class of membership defined in Model Rule 4, (1) Part a – Interested landholders, or tenants who have currently resided for three months within a 6km radius of the site of the original Kidaman Creek Hall.

To – Associate membership consisting of interested people who reside outside the ordinary membership area, which does not include voting rights or representation on the Management Committee.

Resolution 4. To create a new class of Special membership, with voting and Management Committee rights, consisting of past financial members as of 23.07.09, and/or persons who have demonstrated commitment to the Kidaman Creek and/or Obi Obi Halls.

An application by our Secretary to be made to The Department of Fair Trading, Queensland, to confirm these changes to our Model Rules.

The meeting also decided that another change should be made to the Model Rules, Model Rule, Part 7 (1) regarding ratification of new members. That – all future applications for membership are to be decided by the management Committee and ratified by members of the Association at the following General Meeting. This amendment to our Model Rules will be raised at a future General Meeting.

Management Committee Meeting 26.06.09

Meeting held at Pam Engle’s Home.

Model Rules. In order to check whether or not the Association had the latest version of our Model Rules,   the Department of Fair Trading will be asked to provide a copy of their copy of our Model Rules.

Obi Obi Hall. Concerns regarding the design of the disabled toilets were raised.

Coming General meeting. The date (23.07.09),  adjenda, and the need for  a proxy vote form were discussed and decided.

Annual General Meeting 29.05 09.

Held at the Kenilworth Hall, Supper Room. Kenilworth

At the meeting the following were elected.

Steve Walker –  President, Rodney Heading – Vice president, Dennis Woodford – Secretary, Pam Engle – Treasurer.

Building Committee – John McKenzie, Rodney Heading and Al Scot.

Auditor – Peter Hennesy of Kenilworth.

The Model rules, particularly the rule regarding the eligibility of members  and a new name for our Association were the major topics for discussion. The meeting decided that a future General Meeting would be held to discuss alterations to the Model Rules.

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Progress

26.05.09.

Renovation. Pam Engle met with EBIS (Engineering & Building Investigation Service)  at the Obi Obi Hall to allow a structural analysis of the hall to be carried out. EBIS will now complete the working drawings.

Hall valuation. Pam also met a Real Estate Agent at the Hall to enable a valuation to be carried out. This valuation will be suitable for our Auditor to use for our Association audits.

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Our AGM, it nearly happened

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) planned for 7.00pm on the 29th April 2009 at the Kenilworth Hall, Supper Room, Maleny-Kenilworth Rd, Kenilworth, was not able to be held, because an  insufficient number of members were available on the night to obtain a quorum of  members (A Quorum – The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, who must be present for valid transaction of business).

The Cattle Grid. On 29.04.09, Pam Engle (Management Committee) and Grahame Beljon (Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade) met with Paul Tatten (Sunshine Coast Regional Council) and a Sunshine Coast Regional Council Council engineering representative, to discus the proposed cattle grid on Staves road. Pam and Grahame outlined our reasons for placing a grid on Staves Road, which appeared to be understood by the  Council representatives. The following tentative agreement was reached by the parties involved. That, if a grid is allowed, two options were presented. One, the cost of  supply of a grid  to be borne by the Kidaman Creek Community Hall Inc and the placement of the grid in Staves Road to be carried out by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Council. Two,  the council buys and installs the grid and the Association and the Fire Brigade makes a substantial contribution towards the total cost of the project.  Council will respond to us with their decision regarding allowing the grid.

A Management Committee Meeting was held on 11.05.09 at Pam Engle’s house.

AGM 2008. It was decided that our 2008 AGM will  now be held on Friday 29th May 2009 at the Kenilworth Hall, Supper Room, Maleny-Kenilworth Rd, Kenilworth at 7.30pm, for an 8.00pm meeting opening.

Eligible membership. One of the items on the agenda for the attempted AGM on 29.04.09 was the modification of the eligibility rule for members.  The Management Committee discussed this issue again, and because membership is presently confined to the Obi Obi valley , has decided to include in the agenda for the posponed AGM on 29.05.09, as well as the eligibility, the subject of the division of  our membership into classes of  ordinary and associate members.

Obi Obi Hall. Preliminary drawings for the renovation of the Obi Obi Hall have been received from  EBIS Engineering & Building Investigation Service. These drawings have been approved by the management Committee and EBIS will be given permission to proceed to develop working drawings. In deciding the design principles for the Hall renovation, the need to get the hall operational as soon as possible was a high priority, with the lengthy process of  grant applications being a complicating  factor. Grant applications to the Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund take six months to complete and if we required extra funds to complete the renovation, it would add six months to the process. In order to keep the costs within our existing available resources,  the Management Committee has tried to keep the cost of renovations and extensions to the minimum required. Further modifications if required can be carried out at a later date. Working drawings should be available after about one month after EBIS has permission to proceed, then quotes can be obtained for the cost of renovation.

It was decided that for the purposes of proper accounting and future audits the Obi Obi Hall property will be valued by a independent Property Consultant. At present the Management Committee does not have a current value for the hall property.

Fire Brigade Lease. The Management Committee has received notice that the lease documents for the lease of land to the Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade via the Dept Of Emergency Services has been legally approved.  The leases are for two approximate periods of ten years dating from the 30.10.2007, and expiring on 01.06.2027, no options. Rental, $1.00 per year on demand. Legalization of the lease does not complete the process of allowing the Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade  to use the leased area to erect a building. The leased area still has to have its Material Use zoning changed to allow it to be used by the Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade ,  and  the problem of the Hall property being in a Council designated flood prone area is still being investigated. These matters are being handled by the Dept Of Emergency Services.

Preliminary drawings.

may not be to scale

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Side elevation viewed from Staves rd

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