Minutes for the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the NFCA Inc
Minutes of the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Nathan Forest Community Association Inc held at Bistro
463, 463 Beaudesert Nerang Road , Mount Nathan on Sunday December 16th 2018 at 11am .
Present
Paul Blake, John Davenport, Heath Dewson, Neville Dowling, Russell Freebody,
Sharynne Freebody, Jennifer Phillips, Peter Phillips, David Shepherd, Janet Shepherd &
Sonny Tan
Apologies
Cheryl Dowling
Meeting commenced at 11:00
Welcome
The President Mr Dowling introduced himself and welcomed everyone to the meeting
and thanked them for attending. He also thanked the members of the committee
for their work over the past year.
Quorum
The President determined and announced that a quorum (five) was present and
the meeting was duly constituted.
Previous Minutes
Mr Blake proposed we accept the minutes of the previous AGM, seconded Mr Dowling,
carried.
Public Liability Insurance
Mr Dowling advised our requirements and current status (no insurance) and that we
are reviewing our insurance op ons. We have recently secured stamp duty exemption
for Public Liability insurance should we decide to to take up such insurance.
Finance
Mr Dowling advised that we have a new treasurer this year, Heath Dewson, and
thanked our previous treasurer Michelle Green who did our financial reports up to the
end of the financial year. Heath Dewson moved and Paul Blake seconded that the
accounts created by Michelle Green be adopted, carried. Heath advised we had
$1515.10 at the end of the financial year and we now have $1871.72 in the bank and
no liabilities. The records were made available for members to inspect. Neville Dowling
proposed and David Shepherd seconded that we send a letter to Peter Young
acknowledging his contribution of $400 to the association this year.
Committee
Mr Dowling then declared all committee positions vacant, advised that the existing
committee Neville Dowling, Paul Blake Heath Dewson and David Shepherd, had all
renominated, those nominations have been posted at this location for the past seven
days as required by the Act. Mr Dowling then moved that the nominated members be
elected, seconded Janet Shepherd, carried. Mr Dowling then invited anyone with an
interest in being on the committee to let us know as we can appoint new members to
the committee. The association currently has 69 members.
Other Business
1. Mr Dowling advised of a list of items people have expressed an interest in chasing
up....
A cycle lane from Nerang to Mt Tamborine.
A gent in Kingsmead had an article published in the Gold Coast Bulletin about the poor
quality of our NBN and has an interest in getting other people to join with him to
present a group application to the NBN for Fibre to the premises.
Our poor mobile coverage.
Upgrade to the playground.
2. Question from John Davenport regarding a toilet block for the park. Mr Dowling
advised that we did talk about this at the last AGM and that Councillor Peter Young had
responded and explained the significant costs involved (>$200k) and the limited
division 5 budget (~$800K) available, plus the ongoing maintenance costs.
3. Question from John Davenport about the possibility of a BBQ in the park.
4. Mr Dowling advised the the path to the shops from The Oval Drive is still ongoing
but is in the hands of JR.
5. John Davenport asked about forest management for the reserves within the estate
and fuel reduction burn offs.
6. John Davenport asked about derelict cars on the nature strip.
Next AGM Date and me to be determined and advised.
Close Meeting closed at 11:29
