Dear Member,

The Board has rescheduled the 2022 Annual General Meeting for:

Tuesday, 13 December 2022 at 7:30 pm, via Zoom

This is not the official Notice for the AGM; you will be sent a meeting notice 14 clear days before the meeting.

New call for Director nominations

It has been brought to the Board’s attention that a number of members were not notified of the call for nominations issued on 9th September 2022. It is the legal right of every eligible active member to stand for election to the board, and so the decision has been made to reopen nominations so that nobody misses out.

If you have already sent in your nomination, you need do nothing further. If you have not, and would like to, now is the time.

Vacant Positions

There are four full-term Directors’ positions to be filled at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Down To Earth Co-op. The following directors’ terms are expiring: Elisa Brock, Suzie Helson, Gary Lasky, Kate Shapiro.

Nominations are now open for these 4 Director positions. Active members are invited to nominate for one of these positions. Please lodge your nomination as early as possible.

Nominations must be received by 5pm AEDT, Monday 14 November, 2022

The three Directors whose current term continues are Brian Denham, Kathy Ernst, and Robin McPherson. The election will be conducted online with optional preferential voting, tallied using the Single Transferable Vote [STV] method, as in previous years.

Things to consider

Enclosed is a copy of the nomination form and a list of directors’ and other officers’ responsibilities. This is not an exhaustive list but may serve as a guide. In addition to the

Down To Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Limited PO Box 295 Brunswick East 3057 https://dte.coop

meetings outlined, DTE Board meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, online via Zoom.

You can read the DTE Rules at https://dte.coop/rules or https://www.dte.org.au/dterules.html The Co-operatives National Law can be found at https://dte.coop/cnl

Successful candidates are required to have information about them listed on a publicly accessible government register.

How to lodge your nomination

A nominee must be an active member, and the nomination must be supported by two active members.

A scan of the completed nomination form, your supporting statement and photo should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (preferred option)

Alternatively, nominations may be mailed to or lodged in person at the registered office:

Down To Earth,
Suite 201, 2 Queen St, Melbourne Victoria, 3000

Call for motions

If you are considering putting a motion forward, now is the time to put it together. If you would like a motion included in this AGM, please send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before the cutoff on 5pm AEDT, Monday 7th November, 2022.

All motions must be proposed by a member, and supported in writing by at least two active members. Motions must be not more than 200 words long, though supporting documents can be attached.

Motions can be submitted as a scanned document which has been signed by all three active members. A motion may also be submitted by all three members emailing separately to advise that they are the proposer or supporter of the motion but all emails must contain the full text of the motion.

Call for reports to be given at the AGM

The Board, Organising Committee, and officers of the co-op are encouraged to supply a report for presentation to the AGM.

Kind regards,
The Board
Down to Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Ltd