OBI OBI HALL

Obi Obi Hall. The Management Committee has accepted a quote  from  EBIS Engineering & Building Investigation Service (Buddina) for the design details and drafting of working drawings for the Hall. Because we are a community Organization, EBIS are giving us a 15% discount on the total cost of their work.

This involves, building inspection & report, a soil test at the hall stumps, stump design, building energy rating design, structural design, and then working drawings.

With working drawings, the next two further steps will be taken,  the Building Committee will obtain quotes for the actual renovation and a Building Certifier will be employed to make an application to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council for its approval of the renovation.

The Cattle Grid on Staves Road. The planned meeting on 03.04.09,  at the Obi Obi Hall with Councillors Mackay and Tatton, to discuss the  cattle grid, was cancelled at the last moment. As there was flooding rain that day, and  getting around the valley was problematic, the cancellation was probably for the better, though it meant another delay for progress on the proposed hall property boundary fence. A new meeting is being organized.

Sunshine Coast Regional Council, through their annual  funding for Community Groups programme, have donated $400.00 to our Association. This sole programme will replace all previous grant or funding arrangements by Council, including Councillor discretionary funding. This means that in future years we will have to formally apply for a grant for a particular project that will have to be carried out in the same year, and we will have to supply an acquittal form for the project at the end of that financial year.

Our coming AGM. The management Committee would like to change the name of our Association (the secretary would prefer a short name). The existing name “Kidaman Creek Community Hall Inc” does not reflect the changed circumstances of the property owned and dispersion of  its members. Also they would like to change the rule that defines who is eligible to be a member. At present rule 4 of our model rules defines a member, as being one who resides within a 6km radius of the Kidaman Creek Hall property, which no longer formally exists. These type of changes are made through the Qld Govt Department of Justice & Attorney-General, who is responsible for the administration of the legal affairs of Associations. Two Small fees of around $25.00 apply.

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 7.00pm on the 29th April 2009 at the Kenilworth Hall, Supper Room, Maleny-Kenilworth Rd, Kenilworth.

We are unable to use the Obi Obi Hall for our AGM, because our insurance policy does not cover meetings at the hall.

17.03.09,

The management committee met at the Obi Obi hall  with a representative from a building design company. The proposed renovation of the hall, the kitchen and toilet extension, and the siting of water tanks were discussed. The company will respond with a quote for the cost of preparing working drawings. Costs of  siting of the water storage under the stage area are being investigated by the Building Committee.

14.03.09.

Cindy and Will MacDonald, Pam Engle, Dennis Woodford and Grahame Beljon combined to complete a clean-up at the Hall.  The walls and floor were thoroughly washed out using using a high pressure water hose, and  all possible unnecessary items were removed from inside, and under the hall.  The porch floor was repaired using material donated by Will and Cindy.

11.03.09.

Dennis Woodford attended a meeting of the Kenilworth & district Chamber of Commerce & Citizens Inc, Management Committee, where an update on developments at the Obi Obi Hall was given. This presentation was in response to a request from the Kenilworth & district Chamber of Commerce & Citizens Inc,  Management Committee for information about the Obi Obi Hall

10.03.09.

A management committee meetion was held at Pam Engle’s house. Decisions were made regarding the new hall design with a building design company being selected to quote for the production of working drawings. The coming Annual General Meeting, holding hall gatherings  and insurance were also discussed.