General Meeting

A General Meeting of the Members of the WCMS was held on Thursday 14th September at 10AM.

A General Meeting was called by the committee to discuss and vote on the adoption of a refreshed set of Rules.

The WCMS Committee had reviewed the existing Rules (2016) of the WCMS Shed. The review has been deemed necessary due to several factors:

  • Request by auditor to update and amend our Finance Management to
    reflect current use of EFTPOS and Credit Cards, and to remove
    references to outmoded instruments, e.g. cheques;
  • Changes in Taxation laws that require Associations such as ours to
    become registered charities to maintain our tax exempt status giving
    rise to the inclusion of Financial Model as a section;
  • Changes in methods used by WCMS regarding applications for
    membership and membership fees;
  • Change to reflect that our associations is formally registered as The
    Weston Creek Men’s Shed Incorporated and to amend all references
    within the document to our preferred acronym: WCMS;
  • Removal of two appendices that referred to Application for Membership
    and Appointment of Proxy Forms; and
  • Update of logo, address, and contact details.

Dennis Mitchell proposed an amendment to the actual rules:
Section 11 Fees, (1) Membership Fees, (a)

Delete words “shall be confirmed at the next Annual General Meeting of the WCMS.”
Replace with: “60 days notice shall be given of any change in fees prior to 1 July.”

This amendment was discussed and passed without dissent.

Therefore it was It is moved that:
“In accordance with the Rules (2016) Section 38(2), the updated Rules (Aug 2023, as amended at the General Meeting of 14 September 2023, be adopted by the Weston Creek Men’s Shed Incorporated”.
Moved: Brian Black
Seconded: Dennis Mitchell
Discussion: No further discussion
Result: Carried unanimously

Dennis Mitchell proposed a vote of thanks to Brian Black for all of the hard work Brian had put into updating the rules, especially while he was on leave.

These Rules as validated by the the Members of the Weston Creek Men’s Shed have been submitted to ACT Government, Access Canberra for endorsement.