Infrastructure Shares
The Department of Fair Trading has approved Goolawah Co-op Rules changes and Terms of Issue for the purchase of Infrastructure Shares.
Printed copies of the Terms will be available for collection at the Community Meeting this Saturday. Those copies not collected at the meeting will be emailed or posted to members over the next few days.
To be eligible for subscription to the share, member responses must be returned to the Secretary via email (Secretary.goolawah@gmail.com) or post by 30 November 2023.
Community Meeting Sat 11 Nov 2023
As discussed at the October GM there will be a Community Meeting next Saturday 11 November at 9am Camp Kitchen to discuss the By-laws revision with a focus on by-laws noted for community consultation: no.4 bush bashing & off roading, no.5 Noise, no.7 introduced species and no.12 sand mine.
Community by-laws are important as they impact the way we live, so directors hope to see you there.
Camp Kitchen Pizza Oven Roof Project
As required at the last General Meeting, below are the Council-approved plans and our project plan for construction of a roof over the pizza oven:
T6-19-83 (Rev 01) CB-20-353 Approved Plans
Camp Kitchen Pizza Oven roof project v1
Mental Health First Aid – Training 27/28 Nov 2023
After our Mind Your Mates Sessions in July, Lifeline has scheduled a two day Mental Health First Aid training for us at the Co-op on 27-28 November. It’s free of charge for members and friends and will be held at Camp Kitchen.
The session aims to to improve knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments, appropriate first aid strategies, and confidence in providing first aid to individuals with mental illness.
For details and registration (necessary for info on group size and catering) please click on the flyer attached.
Grievance Policy & Procedure
Managing disputes and rule infringements is a challenging issue for intentional communities, and our Cooperative is no exception. A little background to this new draft policy and procedure may help.
In September 2014 Goolawah unanimously adopted the Code of Conduct, and in August 2017 a committee was formed to develop a policy and procedure to assist in upholding it and our rules. The current Complaint Management Policy and Procedure (CMPP) was unanimously adopted in January 2018, and finally put into practice two years later.
In December 2020 the community approved a confidence vote in the board to fulfil its obligations under the Law, including implementation of the CMPP, but members also voted to review it.
After many meetings a draft Rules Breaches & Disputes Management Policy was posted on June 25 this year for community consideration. But since then an altered approach and new document have been developed for further consideration as replacement for the CMPP.
The new document title, Grievance Policy and Procedure, takes the term “Grievance” from Co-operative National Law (CNL), our Rule 22 Disputes and Mediation, and Department of Fair Trading.
Denise and others who have worked tirelessly on this very long policy review are looking forward to community feedback.
Goolawah Co-op Members 