Governance
Revised Proxy Form for 03 Aug GM
It seems there has been some confusion about voting separately on the resolutions being presented by the Finance Committee. So the Board has issued a revised Proxy Form, showing that each resolution may indeed be voted on separately. On the meeting day, either a revised or original proxy form will be accepted, for those who have already completed a proxy and are happy with what they have decided.
Delegation Manual – Revision
The purpose of the Co-op’s Delegation Manual is to inform Directors, Office Holders and community members of the functions, approval processes and financial implications (if applicable) of relevant decision-making.
At the June General Meeting directors undertook to review the manual, and propose an increase in the authorised amount of expenditure payments to be approved by directors between monthly general meetings.
A group of directors and policy committee members met last Saturday and agreed on the following draft update, with a suggested $3,000 contingency expenditure limit. Other edit changes made to the manual are recorded at the end of the document, and the current manual is shown under Policies on the home page.
The draft will be discussed at the July general meeting and proposed for adoption, so be ready with your ideas or queries. Otherwise you can leave a comment below, or contact Cindee, Dan, Roger, Louise or Peter O’H.
Finance Policy Update – May 2019
Last Saturday’s General Meeting approved the Treasurer’s proposal for handling of ‘unidentified receipts’, which has been included in the existing Finance Policy:
Privacy Policy Update – March 2019
The Co-op’s privacy policy was updated to align with Cooperatives National Law, discussed at the May General Meeting and proposed for adoption at the next meeting:
Preparing 2019/20 Co-op Finance Budget
Following the recent finance meeting, Directors would like to get input from members to prepare the Co-op revenue & expenditure budget for next year:
“All members are invited to come forward to present any and all ideas for community projects they would like to see funded. We realize that at this point this may look more like a ‘wish list’, but why not consider all ideas? We, as a community, can prioritize as funds become available. Please contact one of the Directors if you have a project you would like considered: Roads, Machinery – Kevin; Water (Flood Warden), Social Events – Craig; Working Bees, DAs – Dan; Policy, Complaints, Media, Newsletter – Cindee; Flora and Fauna, Land Care, Pig Control, Fire – Dave; Camp Kitchen, Membership – Trinh. If your project does not fall in these categories, please call one of us and we will figure out who is best suited to help you. As the budget needs to be formulated within the next few months, we ask that you present your idea/s by the end of May. Happy brainstorming!”
– Cindee (for the Directors)
Goolawah Co-op Members 