As a result of a few meetings amongst members to review membership issues, please read attached proposals. Membership committee invites all community members to a formal, chaired and minuted membership meeting to discuss proposals this Saturday 29th August at 10am, Camp Kitchen.
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Goolawah Co-op Members 
Of course it was a special general meeting. In any case, that section of the NCL is about providing 14 days notice of ALL general meetings. The announcement clearly defined it as a general meeting – all members invited, chaired, minutes. That’s a general meeting in anyone’s books, and the requirement is for 14 days notice. Further, why am I the person pointing this out? All Board members and the Secretary particularly, are not doing their job if they do not know and implement the basic contents of the National Co-operatives Law. I can give an electronic copy of this document to anyone who wants it, upon request.
In regard to the stated aim of being “constructive”, it’s clear this is a follow-up to vicious comments posted on this website the day after the vote to raise the levies, denigrating those who voted against the rise, saying they did nothing for the co-op and so on and that there is a need to look at membership procedures so certain people, whom you do not like, can be excluded. Those utterly inappropriate comments were posted by the Secretary and yourself, so we all know where you are coming from – part of this is personal vendetta.
Have a nice day.
I don’t think the website is a good place for personal accusations, Harvey.
I’ve not made vicious comments on the website. I have not denigrated anybody.
for those that want to vilify me, my driveway is open. If people want to rant about me online, I will NOT pay attention to them. I’m HERE, come and talk to me.
It was supposed to be a constructive meeting to continue the thoughts and work a dozen members did after the last GM (where those stayed who were interested in the subject), and in refining afterwards.
It was not supposed to aggravate members, but rather to work together for an improvement of processes and life on the co-op.
Since this needs obviously much more time :
How about we get togehter on October 10th? That should gives members enough time to dwell and think and free up some time in their diaries to have a look at the ideas?
PS: it was not announced as a “special general meeting” – it was a meeting to discuss membership issues – we can get together for discussions like that any day of any week, if we like.
This meeting is illegal and cannot go ahead. It is in direct breach of Section 254 of the Co-operatives National Law. You are required to give at least 14 days notice of a special general meeting. Instead you give just several days notice (which of course draws your motivation into question). And by the way, Section 191 provides for a fine of $500 for the Secretary of a co-op if the co-op breaches any part of the Co-operatives National Law, as has happened here. I am aware that some members are currently considering reporting these breaches.
I challenge any of the authors, contributors and approvers of this document to suspend their current membership and reapply for membership using the proposed document
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