General Meeting Nov 24th 2011

[riderdown]

Dear Member,


NOTIFICATION OF GENERAL MEETING – South Coast United Mountainbikers Thursday 24th November 2011



I have pleasure in drawing your attention to the General Meeting of the South Coast United Mountainbikers , which will be held on 24th November, 2011 at the Bomaderry RSL Club located on the corner of Coomea and Bunderra Street, Bomaderry. The meeting will commence at 7pm.

The agenda of the meeting consists of;

1. Opening the Meeting

2. Apologies

3. Correspondence

4. Informal update reports from each office bearer present

5. To discuss and vote on the acceptance of the draft Occupation Permit with Forest NSW

6. Breif discussion on direction for Juniors

7. Close Meeting

This is a great opportunity for members to voice any comments, concerns or views that they have on any aspect of SCUM. The Club always welcomes healthy, positive comments, opinions and feedback on current and possible future initiates and plans relating to our Club. If you have any concerns with Draft Occupantion Permit please discuss it with me before the meeting so we can make alterations before hand.

If you are unable to attend the meeting but wish to have something voiced at the meeting, please e-mail or call me (e-mail would be preferred in order to convey your words accurately) and I will read your correspondence at the meeting on your behalf. I, as of always, can be reached on the below details.

Yours Sincerely,

Matthew Grootenboer

SCUM President

[e-mail]

0435568096

[riderdown]

If there are any other pionts that members wish to add to agenda for discussion please let us know so that we can let everyone prepare.

Cheers
Matthew Grootenboer
SCUM President
18 Bay Street
Callala Bay
NSW 2540
[e-mail]
0435568096

[riderdown]

There will be at least one change to to Occupancy Agreement however I'm still waiting to hear back from MTBA and IMBA and they may wish to suggest some alterations. I will email and post on forum any changes as soon as possible, sorry for the delays on updates.

If I get a chance I may post my presidents report to read before meeting and cut down the gum flapping at the meeting.

Cheers
Matt

[dunkman]

Probably a bit late for some before tonights meeting but;

Just to be clear the draft agreement includes Coondoo, Superbowl, Butterfly tracks as well as the Funnelweb DH track and (at SF's initiative) Cabbage Tree.

Under the agreement all these tracks would have to be SIGNED, and MANAGED by SCUM.

I raise this because while including tracks like Cabbage Tree means we can still use them under the agreement, there is a distinct possibilty that the area will not be SF's to manage in the new future, which may mean that our efforts and cost will be lost anyway.

It is also important to understand that all tracks covered in this agreement become SCUM's responsibilty. So it is our job to ensure that the tracks are maintained in good condition at all times and rectify issues regardless of how they are caused.

After the initial cost and effort of signing etc I think it's safe to assume that we will have to replace signs due to wear and damage at varying rates. We will also be required to keep the trails in good repair (at all times), rectifying issues that arise from legitimate and other users.

Ok not sounding too positive, but what I'm really asking is how much can the club realistically take on and we should consider whether we need to accept all the tracks currently mentioned.