BR&RA Constitution: Please click here to view our constitution.
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Betty Bakhanyo’s Tales of Bathurst
See various Articles written by Betty Bahanyo for the Talk of the Towns, by clicking here.
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Minutes of Bathurst Residents and Ratepayers Association
Annual General Meeting 2024
Held on 13th November 2024 at Memorial Hall, Bathurst Showgrounds
Elizabeth Milne opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. She read out several apologies.
Attendance Register and apologies are available on request.
Minutes of last year’s AGM were proposed, seconded and accepted.
Chair’s report: Elizabeth reported on the past year’s activities, “What we hoped to do, what we didn’t succeed at, what we managed, what’s more or less under way, and what we hope for in the coming year.” See attached Chair’s report.
Financial Report: Warwick Lewarne reported on Finances and membership. See attached Financial report.
Chris Boyd raised some questions about dogs, zoning and tourism plans and what BR&RA’s stance were on these questions. Elizabeth explained that these were touchy subjects on which BR&RA was not going to take sides, so as to not create a division amongst the community.
Elections:
The entire committee stood down and Ryana Johnson proceeded to hold the election of the committee for the new year. The entire committee was re-elected, namely
Elizabeth Milne Chair
Warwick Lewarne Finances
Clare Rothwell Special Projects
Monty Roodt Commonage Management
Danie Boneschans Safety & security
Thea Venter Pineapple Festival Coordinator
Michele Rowley Sunshine Coast Tourism Liaison
Maya Stricker Website and records
Elizabeth thanked the community for their support. She expressed the wish to co-opt more volunteers for the specific areas where the committee needs to have a helping hand.
These are: Membership Recruitment and Relations, Municipal Liaison, Environmental Care and Township Liaison.
The meeting closed at 19.40 pm.
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BR&RA Constitution: Please click here to view our reworked constitution.
History of BR&RA
In 2021 some residents in Bathurst reinstated the Barthurst Residents and Ratepayers Association and thus a General Meeting was held on 28th August 2021. A second GM was held on 19th April 2023, the first Annual General Meeting in November 2023 and regular AGM’s are scheduled every November.
Minutes of General Meetings and Chairmans report: please click here to read GM minutes and the BR&RA annual report from Chris Boyd dated 19th April 2023.
Minutes of monthly Committee Meetings are filed separately and can be viewed in the Archive.