Wildcare family Pending action: Sheryl Hamilton and Mark No progress. Place as Agenda Item for next meeting. membership and Holdsworth (with input from Stan Matuszek) to children volunteering prepare a discussion paper on children/families and Wildcare. Wildcare Minor Wildcare Constitution amendments were Malcolm reported that the amended Malcolm to send Andrew amended MM Constitution reforms passed at a Special General Meeting on 28th March Constitution will be proof-read and released Wildcare Constitution to go on passed at March 2015. next week. Wildcare website. 2015 Special General Meeting Wildcare Board MM Directors provided relevant contact details for an Wildcare Board Directory finalised and None Directory internal Board Directory. circulated. Sponsorship MM Pending action: Malcolm MacDonald to circulate Malcolm noted in his CEO report that the Pending action to be completed Workbook Sponsorship Workbook to Board. workbook still needs to be finalised. Directors’ Review SS Some (but not all) Directors have completed the Remaining Directors to submit the questionnaire self-assessment questionnaire in regard to Wildcare Review questionnaire to Sally. Board of Management progress and workings. Common themes in responses: Not enough time dedication to the Concern about lowering of tone and lack of respect within the Board, Lack of progress in actioning Strategic Plan, Lack of participation by members, Concern about Website lack of Web Master, – Concern about lack of commitment from government to embrace things that Wildcare can offer. Crowdfunding SH Sheryl circulated Mark’s summary of None None recommendations regarding crowdfunding. Letter to Dick Smith MM Malcolm sent a letter of congratulations to Dick None None Smith regarding his award of Companion (AC) of the Order of Australia and included an invitation to meet Wildcare BOM representatives the next time he is at Frenchmans Cap National Park. WildTimes WildTimes has been redesigned (for free) by Thanks to Dixie Design and Mercury Walsh None AS newsletter graphic designer Dixie Makro (Dixie Design). Dixie printers for their contribution to the new also managed to get a much better rate with a production of WildTimes.
Wildcare family membership and children volunteering Pending action: Sheryl Hamilton and Mark Holdsworth (with input from Stan Matuszek) to prepare a discussion paper on children/families and Wildcare. No progress. Place as Agenda Item for next meeting. Wildcare Constitution reforms passed at March 2015 Special General Meeting MM Minor Wildcare Constitution amendments were passed at a Special General Meeting on 28th March 2015. Malcolm reported that the amended Constitution will be proof-read and released next week. Malcolm to send Andrew amended Wildcare Constitution to go on Wildcare website. Wildcare Board Directory MM Directors provided relevant contact details for an internal Board Directory. Wildcare Board Directory finalised and circulated. None Sponsorship Workbook MM Pending action: Malcolm MacDonald to circulate Sponsorship Workbook to Board. Malcolm noted in his CEO report that the workbook still needs to be finalised. Pending action to be completed Directors’ Review questionnaire SS Some (but not all) Directors have completed the self-assessment questionnaire in regard to Wildcare Board of Management progress and workings. Common themes in responses: Not enough time dedication to the Concern about lowering of tone and lack of respect within the Board, Lack of progress in actioning Strategic Plan, Lack of participation by members, Concern about Website – lack of Web Master, Concern about lack of commitment from government to embrace things that Wildcare can offer. Remaining Directors to submit the Review questionnaire to Sally. Crowdfunding SH Sheryl circulated Mark’s summary of recommendations regarding crowdfunding. None None Letter to Dick Smith MM Malcolm sent a letter of congratulations to Dick Smith regarding his award of Companion (AC) of the Order of Australia and included an invitation to meet Wildcare BOM representatives the next time he is at Frenchmans Cap National Park. None None WildTimes newsletter AS WildTimes has been redesigned (for free) by graphic designer Dixie Makro (Dixie Design). Dixie also managed to get a much better rate with a Thanks to Dixie Design and Mercury Walsh printers for their contribution to the new production of WildTimes. None
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