Minutes of Meeting
WA RANGERS ASSOCIATION INC
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING
Held at 6.30pm on 20 January at the City of Nedlands,
71 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands.
1.Welcome
Mr Eric Ayers opened the meeting at 1840hrs and welcomed attendees to the first meeting for 2010. He thanked the City of Nedlands for hosting the meeting and he looks forward to a productive and enjoyable year.
2.Present
Mr E AyersCity of WannerooPresident (Chairperson)
Mr D LawrenceCity of NedlandsVice President
Ms D RohanCity of ArmadaleTreasurer/Membership Secretary
Ms S MurtonTown of BassendeanSecretary
Mr M BettridgeTown of Bassendean
Mr D ValcicCity of Rockingham
Mr P PostmaShire of Toodyay
Mr L PreedyCity of Stirling
Mr D O’HaraCity of Subiaco
Mr B WilkinsonTown of Kwinana
Mr C VenablesTown of Kwinana
Ms A BricknellTown of Narrogin
Guests
Mr D WhiteLife Member
Mr K PleitnerLife Member
3.Apologies
Mr J ScotlandCity of Geraldton-Greenough
Ms S JordanC Y O’Connor College of TAFE
Mr M JenkinsonCity of Joondalup
4.Confirmation of Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on Wednesday 9 December 2009
Moved / Seconded / MotionMark Bettridge moved that the minutes of the Committee Meeting held at the Town of Bassendeanbe accepted as true and correct. / Paul Postma / Carried
5.Business Arising From Previous Minutes
Nil
6.Correspondence In
Merchandise Orders
Merchandise offers
Remittance advice
OCP Newsletter
Requests for Information
Job Adverts
OIPA Newsletter
World Animal Day information
New Rangers/Rangers on the move
Agenda Items
Apologies
Request to fill vacancy
Dog Line
Membership renewals
Media Release – Rodway
WALGA eChristmas Card
WARA Business Rules Drafts
Unwanted Cats Information
Ranger Roy Mascot at Bayswater Information
Dog Welfare Book Information
Cat Alliance Information
Change of Details
Request for ORV Area Information
AWU Info
WARA Newsletter
Animal Welfare Inspectors Information
Rex McLeod replies
Christmas messages
Comments/Ideas for Calendar
Letter
Free the Bears Fund Inc Newsletters
Christmas Cards
Conference Venue Information
7.Correspondence Out
OCP Newsletter
Comments/Ideas for Calendar
OIPA Newsletter
Agenda Items
Job Adverts
WARA Newsletter
Animal Welfare Inspectors Information
Rex McLeod replies
Christmas messages
Minutes
Agenda
New Merchandise
Thank you correspondence to Shire of Harvey, Town of Cottesloe, City of Melville for contributions to DVD
Letter to Rex McLeod
Moved / Seconded / MotionBrad Wilkinson moved that correspondence in is accepted and correspondence out be endorsed. / Anika Bricknell / Carried
8.Reports
8.1President – Mr Eric Ayers
8.1.1Mr Ayers gave his condolences and sympathies to the residents of Toodyay and offered any assistance they may require.
8.2Treasurer – Ms Dee Rohan
8.2.1Ms Rohan advised that the main cheque account has a balance of $25,887.54. The high interest account balance is not available at this time.
8.2.2Ms Rohan advised that there is new merchandise for sale.
8.3Membership Secretary – Ms Dee Rohan
8.3.1Ms Rohan advised that renewals are on-going and would like to remind members to pay their memberships.
8.4Webmaster – Mr Paul Postma
8.4.1Mr Postma advised that there have been 162,000 hits on the website to date and the merchandise, job adverts, meetings and member’s pages have been updated.
8.5Strategic Plan Update – Mr Eric Ayers
Nil
8.6North East Zone – Mr Paul Postma
8.6.1Mr Postma advised that the next meeting will be held 3 February 2010.
8.7Authorised Officers Professional Development Forum – Mr Clinton Venables
8.7.1Mr Venables advised that there is on-going planning and details are to be advised.
8.8Training Conference
8.8.1Mr Venables advised he has accepted the role of coordinator. He also advised that TeamBuilding exercises are currently being considered.
8.8.2Mr Lawrence advised that he is currently investigating speakers.
8.8.3Mr Valcic advised he is currently investigating activities and provided information pamphlets that are available regarding accommodation.
8.8.4Mr Wilkinson advised he has sourced a possible new sponsor.
8.8.5Mr O’Hara agreed to assist with Sponsorship and Marketing for the Conference.
8.9AIAM – Nil
8.10WARA History update – Mr Keith Pleitner
8.10.1Mr Pleitner advised that he is continuing to update the history and has been interviewing more Rangers and is organizing a new presentation for the Confrence.
Moved / Seconded / MotionLuke Preedy moved that all reports be received / Brad Wilkinson / Carried
1950 Break
2010 Meeting resumed
9.General Business
9.1Rangers on the move
Ash Smtih – to Town of Vincent
Ian Wyborn – to Shire of Esperance
Matt Bowen – to Senior Ranger at Town of Vincent
Troy MyGlynn – exited industry
Shawn Nancarrow – to City of Bayswater
Brett Stein – City of Cambridge to City of Cockburn
Trevor Allan – City of Subiaco – Retired
Darren Lowden – exited industry
Frank Lawrence –left City of Cambridge
Mark Sargeant – City of Stirling to City of Cambridge
9.2After discussion it was decided to investigate the dates and possible swap of locations.
9.3Discussions were held and ideas were considered for Calendars. Ms Rohan requested ideas for other mechandise.
9.4After discussion it was decided to dedicate the next meeting at City Of Rockingham to draft policies.
9.5Ms Bricknell requested the Association send the Shires of Williams and Wagin a letter to Council to advise the she is available to present any issues they may have at meeting and also extend an invitation to join the Association.
9.6Ms Bricknell requested an update on Appreciation Certificates for Committee members. Mr Ayers advised members of the Committee that would like a letter to send details to Secretary for production of letter.
9.7Mr Postma offered his thanks for the offers of support from Mr Ayers and Mr Brian Willcox from the Animal Welfare Team. Mr Postma gave a minor debrief of the incident and there was a discussion of issues that arose.
Action:Mr Ayers to write an appreciation letter to Mr Brian Willcox
10. Next Meeting – Committee
To be held at the City of Rockingham3 March 2010.
11. Close
There being no further business the meeting closed at 2145hrs.