SGM Meeting
To all DTE members
Down to Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Ltd. ABN 77 380 803 219
A Special General Meeting of the Down To Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Ltd will be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 13th September 2022 Location: Online through Zoom application https://data.dte.org.au/meeting . Meeting No. 636 606 0624 Passcode 123456 (Zoom now requires a passcode).
John Reid on behalf of the OC.
General Meeting Portal
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A Special General Meeting of the Down To Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Ltd will be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 13th September 2022 Location: Online through Zoom application https://data.dte.org.au/meeting . Meeting No. 636 606 0624 Passcode 123456 (Zoom now requires a passcode).
Down to Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Ltd. ABN 77 380 803 219
Down To Earth SGM 13 September 2022
Agenda
Acknowledgement of Country Minutes of previous GM Financial Reports
Other Reports Motions to be voted on Close
~ Motions ~
Motion 1: That the sum of $14,000.00 be appropriated to the ConFest Committee for Sydney ConFesters Inc. expenses covering their five-day Summer Gathering in January-2023 at Castle Mountain, Webbs Creek in NSW.
Proposed by: Melody Braithwaite 1900 Supported by: Marie Sitter, Kevin Taylor
Preamble: In the past DTE has spent a lot of money on renting / hiring / leasing equipment for use at Confest by people who already own the equipment outright. Hence they are being paid to use their own equipment / materials.
Motion 4: DTE does not pay for the rent, hire or lease of any equipment, materials or merchandise that an individual, company, co-operative or village already own.
Proposed by: Lindy Hunt
Supported by: Denise Banville, Malcolm Matthews
Motion 2: The market committee seeks an appropriation of $12,580 to deliver the market for Easter ConFest 2023
This is made up of $7570 for infrastructure and repairs including sullage, $2400 for a trial grass conversion, $2610 for lighting, playground and common spaces.
Proposed by: Emma Bennett
Supported by: Fulvio Gerardi, Corinne Armstrong,--
Preamble: At an SGM last year a motion was passed that the next confest would be limited to a budget of $250,000. To stay in line with this our previous expenditure will need to be drastically curtailed. In the last few years the Village budget in total has blown out. Many individuals / groups have used the village budget process as a means of funding other events ie getting DTE to buy equipment etc that has them been used elsewhere. As we have not had a festival in 3 years our resources have also decreased. Given that our compliance costs are likely rise steeply we need to be more economically efficient. In line with this I propose that for 5 festivals or years which ever is shorter. That there be an upper limit of $3,000 for the 5 large villages Arts, Family, Gypsie, Permaculture and Tranquility and an upper limit of $500 on all other spaces including smaller villages, workshop spaces.
Motion 3: For the next 5 years or 5 festivals which ever is shorter that there be a cap on the villages budget of $3000 each for the 5 major villages Arts, Family, Gypsie, Permaculture and Tranquility and cap of $500 for all other spaces including but not limited to workshop spaces and smaller villages.
Proposed by: Lindy Hunt
Supported by: Melody Braithwaite, Malcolm Matthews
Preamble: DTE is a social change, socially conscious organization, thus it should take a stand on human, animal and ecological rights thus we should not be buying from or supporting the economies of countries, companies or regimes that violate human rights, have enforced labour practices / slavery, invade other countries, commit war crimes, take away the rights of large parts of the population based on their gender, ethnicity or religious or cultural views or deny them an education, health care or the right to work.
Motion 5: No DTE funds are to be spent on any new purchases including but not limited to products, merchandise, materials or services from China, Russia and Afghanistan. Any DTE funds found to have been spent must either be reimbursed in full to DTE, or the item/s must be returned and a refund obtained.
Proposed by: Lindy Hunt
Supported by: Melody Braithwaite, Jude Murray,
Motion 6: That facilitators / sub-groups of the OC and CC be empowered to make decisions based on best practise and safety in relation to the running and / or administration of their relevant role/s.
Proposed by: Emma Bennett
Supported by: Suzie Helson, Brian Denham, Andrew Wilkinson, Kevin Taylor
~ End of Motions ~
June 2022 Market Budget
220809_SydneyConFesters SGM Appropriation for Jan-23 Gathering SUMMARY A4
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