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PRESENT:
Maya Ward; Paul Adams; Hamish McCracken; Tony Morton; Anna Morton; Sharryn
Muir; Adam Tiller; Sascha Tillermuir.
APOLOGIES:
Mara Ripani; Sam Grover; Noel Blencowe; Cathy Nixon; Fran Hoban.
2. WELCOME, ATTENDANCE, APOLOGIES
2. ADMIN:
2.1 Minutes:
Amendment to minutes
of Committee Meeting 5/2000 - Social gathering is at Sam's place! Subject
to amendment, minutes accepted.
2.2 Membership:
$150 membership for 9/2000 $O out Balance = $1, 806.35
2.3 Treasurer's Report
TM to revise and clarify membership categories to clarify people's intentions
(eg. live in coho; invest in coho; invest/live in eco vill.) Supporting
members - not clear whether memberships $10 or $20 - HM read from Proposals
of Membership - confirmed 'Information Membership = $10 (not $20 as
printed on some membership forms). Request for Process Group to also
clarify: 1. category of equity members 2. need to define what concession
membership is 3. how do we distinguish between those aiming to live
in coho and those only investing PA agreed to revise membership form
completely and present at next meeting (from which time all old forms
must be removed from circulation).
2.4 Incorporation
CN has sent letter to Wayne New (Deputy Registrar, Incorporated Associations
)with revised constitution - awaiting response. PA requests CN to contact
him as soon as incorporation received in order to inform webmaster.
PROCESS WORKING GROUP
3.1 Discussion Papers
None
3.2 Process outcomes from workshop
Deferred by consensus
3.3 Outcomes of Murray Raff presentation
Report tabled - others present to approve HM then to email report HM
and AT to report to next meeting
3.4 Business Plan - Construction Queen
offer
Report from NB John Timmer - Ecumenical Housing - met with Noel - v.
supportive - met with Moreland Council (MC) to suggest they provide
financial assistance - MC apparently unsure whether we are capable of
managing project, therefore not happy to provide $ Option = Construction
Queen (CQ) HM: could we ask AT for fuller report on CQ? [provided later
in meeting - see below] HM: Motion; that we make contact with someone
to make a finance plan by time of November Committee Meeting (8/11)
Seconded: MW Carried Other option: Community Housing (CH) Committee
requested AT + Finance Working Group to find appropriate body and make
agreement with them Question of cost: CQ - ? CH - $10,000 (TM: "= $9,000
more than treasury!") AT requested to check what CQ / CH require in
terms of a brief, in order to provide us with a quote. AT: Construction
Queen (Paula and Kate) - offered to do "everything we need within their
capacity" re. business/finance plan for free (except charge of putting
it together, est. $100) - v. supportive of our vision TM suggested process
- preliminary meeting, take all our info, discuss what would CQ need
clarifying or adding, then > committee to provide required info. PA,
AT, TM, NB to attend meeting if poss. HM: requested CQ be asked about
on-site management and self-build options? AT to liaise with CQ for
meeting time. AT to send/take Merri Coho info/publicity
3.5 Alternative sites: our approach?
HM: nothing to report AT: felt that overall focus was agreed to be on
current site - others as alternatives so group doesn't disintegrate
AM: brought attention of group to article in Community News re. Merri
coho - ?source (nobody knew) PA: design group will provide site plans
for three possible sites for marketing purposes AT: "hasn't the group
already committed to this site?" - questioned need for further canvassing
of committee members - assumed we are working on one site only HM to
prepare discussion paper re. this issue, requested assistance - VR offered
to assist (after his jolly hols) - other process group members to be
approached
4. FINANCE WORKING GROUP
4.1 Possible finance partners
possible finance partners AT: bank said we need partner with cash-flow
- further down road we get, less influence finance partners have AT
stressed need for group members to contact any possible finance partners,
eg. developers, land owners HM: we're also looking at Community Housing
and Ecumenical Housing
4.2 Strategy for approaching potential
partners
AT and PA; 'Investigate/cultivate company of rich people developing
land in Brunswick'. HM: can Ecumenical Hosing themselves be finance
partners? AT: suggested Merri Coho distance itself from CERES - believes
that Moreland Council unwilling to invest in something connected to
CERES - no strategy suggested. HM believed no action necessary. VR asked
AT to prepare discussion paper if he wanted to pursue this issue.
4.3 How do we run this project? - Maya's
motion
Deferred by consensus
5. DESIGN WORKING GROUP
5.1 Design
outcomes from workshop
Deferred by consensus
5.2 Car parking proposal
FH - apologies for this meeting
6. EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
6.1 Volunteers for CERES market
SM will run stall @ CERES market: 21/10; 4/11; 18/11; 2/12; 16/12. Seeking
offers from other members to run stall on other Saturdays, 9am - 2pm.
?SG to provide banner.
6.2 Review of information package
SM called for information to integrate into booklet she has prepared
for information sessions. PA: website not working; AT will contact Hans
to rectify SM: 'should MW or NB be named @ CERES as point of contact
for prospective members?' HM: 'process is: interested members of public
asked to contact PA, who arranges someone to talk to them.
6.3 Marketing assistance
AT: need to publicise information sessions, not happening at present
SM: need assistance for marketing/advertising HM: request to SM to write
list of related tasks
7. COMMUNICATION WORKING GROUP
7.1 7.2 Logo design competition
7.1 The 'buddy' system
SM to write discussion paper on how 'buddy system' would work.
7.2 TM: anyone with idea for logo for
TM/PA
HM: please confirm rules - eg. has to have Merri Coho Inc. + incorporation
number - TM to bang together rules and email to Committee.
8. Further Business
No further business
9. Meeting closed 9.45pm
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