Committee Meeting 2018-08-19
Agenda
- Review new constitution (as required by regulations up date)
Minutes
Members Present
- Present: James, Mel, JM, Steve, Fletcher, Hugh, Lemming, Stuart, Tim, Blake
- Apologies: Tanner
- Absent: None
- Minute taker: Blake
- Chair: Lemming
Meeting Times
- Opened: 16:00
- Closed: 19:10
- Next meeting (for constitution discussion): Tuesday 21-08-2018 6pm
Constitution Review
- Discussion on objectives
- Discussion on quorum for general meetings
- Decided to keep it the same
- Definitions - ok
- Applying for membership - ok
- Membership applications
- Discussion around process for new members. Didn't change constitution.
- Discussion on provisional membership
- Classes of membership
- Band membership - band has representative, people belonging to band can have their own memberships to the space
- Discussion on wording - member can only hold one class of memebership
- Discussion on membership types - refine wording
- Membership ceases - ok
- Resignation
- When does resignation take effect? When Secretary receives it
- Break
- Continue reviewing resignation section
- Membership fees - reword slightly
- Register of members - ok
- Suspensions
- Questions on if we want to be able to suspend members immediately - to follow up later
- Grievance procedures and mediator - ok
- Discussion on how mediation works - ok
- Committee section - nominations
- discussion on written nominations - change so they are on equal footing with people nominated on the day
- decided not to change rules
- agree to have office bearers voted by committee after meeting
- Out of pocket expenses
- Made so it doesn't apply
- Committee meeting
- Agreed need 24 hours to call meeting
- Discussion members attending meeting - ok
- Discussion around how long to wait for quorum for meeting
- Finished at Section 45
- Section 16 incomplete