Retirement Village Residents Association

Retirement Village Residents Association (Inc)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday 2nd September, 2010 at 10 a.m. for 10.30a m. commencement.

Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

280 Pitt Street Sydney. (between Park and Bathurst Streets)

   BUSINESS:

         1. Opening of Meeting

         2. Introductory Address by The Hon.Virginia Judge MP, Minister for Fair Trading

         3. Apologies for Non Attendance

         4. Confirmation of Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on 28 August 2009

         5. President's Report (and comments thereon) on the Association's activities for the year.

         6. Secretary's Report (and comments thereon) on current subjects

         7. Financial report by the Treasurer

         8. Peter Hill, Solicitor for RVRA Management Committee - presenting the Notice of Motion from the Committee -
                  To Receive and adopt the Constitution (see details below)

         9. Election of Office-Bearers comprising President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer plus Eight Committee members

         10. Address by Mr Greg Aplin MP, Shadow Minister for Fair Trading (subject to parliamentary business)

         11. General Business including a Question and Answer opportunity for members to question committee members about issues of concern.

In accordance with the Association's Constitution, nominations are invited from financial members of the Association for the positions listed in Item 9 above. Nomination forms are available in writing from the secretary.

Written nominations for the above positions must be received by close of business on Thursday August 19th 2010 at the address below:
          Secretary RVRA
          PO Box 3176
          North Turramurra NSW 2074

N.B. Nominations will only be accepted at the Annual General Meeting if there are unfilled positions when nominations close.

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Agenda Item 8 - Proposed Change of the RVRA Constitution and By-Laws

Motion 1 – “That the Constitution of the Retirement Village Residents Association (Inc.) NSW (last amended in 2008), be replaced in its entirety by the Constitution prepared in 2010 as submitted.“

Motion 2 – “That the By-Laws relating to the Association be adopted in their entirety prepared in 2010 as submitted.“

This constitution is based on the Model Rules published in conjunction with the Associations Incorporation Amendment Act 2009 - Associations Incorporation Regulations 2009.

The following two documents have been prepared by the committee of the RVRA, and have been checked by and are supported by Peter Hill, Solicitor of the RVRA Committee.

The documents are available to read and download here:

Draft Constitution

  Draft By-Laws

or by application to the Secretary:
      Mail: PO Box 3176 North Turramurra 2074
      Email: secretary@rvra.org.au
      Phone: 02 9488 5410

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PROXY FORM
A proxy form is available on application to the secretary (as above) or can be downloaded here:

  Proxy Form
A member of the Association can hold only five proxies under the current Constitution.

RSVP for AGM (to assist with catering and seating arrangements) by Monday August 30th August 2010.

RSVP by Email: secretary@rvra.org.au

RSVP by Phone: For the most local call for your area -

      Sydney Metropolitan Area - John Wheeler - 9858 1757;

      Sydney Metropolitan Area - Betty Fletcher - 9713 1384

      South-Western Sydney Area - Malcolm McKenzie - 4655 1622

      Central Coast Area - Phil Pearson - 4369 2648

      North Coast Area - John Cooper - 6559 6934

      Albury Area - Vass Mortimer - 6021 3229

      The ACT - Milt Cottee - 6288 6601

For Postal RSVP click here:

Postal RSVP