Murray Valley Bushwalkers Inaugural Meeting
Date: July 7 2011 7-30PM to 9PM
Location: Commercial Club Piano Lounge
Agenda
- Welcome
- Background to proposal to form a new club
- Discussion, amendment, ratification of draft constitution
- Why do we need to become an incorporated body
- Steps to work through to achieve Incorporated status
- Membership scale of fees - set by committee initially and then ratified by AGMs down the track
- Proposal for a MVB founding member category of membership
- What sorts of activities will we be promoting?
- Election of officers
- public officer
- Committee structure and election of office bearers
- Introduction to the website
- Insurance considerations
- Finance considerations
- The committee will meet as soon as possible
- Minutes of committee meetings to be made made available on the website immediately following the meeting
- Activities program will based on the calendar of activities
- We will be encouraging online booking enquiries
- Banking details - current and future
- Direct deposit instructions in place on the website and receipt form currently in design stage
- Ideas for a logo to be canvassed
- Meeting centre for the club on activities days
- Purchase of equipment - priority list
- Suggestions laptop computer, wireless modem - dongle, PLB and GPS
- Expenses currently incurred
- Funding applications
- Any other general business