We thank our 2014/2015 Board

Our Commerce North West Board for 2014/2015 was represented by:

PRESIDENT: Travis Crowther, The Boss Shop

VICE-PRESIDENT Richard Harvey, Glencore

TREASURER: Raj, Gunitalke, followed by Dan Horrobin

SECRETARY: Deanne Ivers, State Development

COMMITTEE: Gary Murray, Airside Logistics

Ryan Mackenzie, Isadraulics

Peta MacRae, MacRae News

James Murdoch, BlueScope Distributors

Sue Wicks, Wick-Ed Consulting (and CNW Manager)

A reminder to all members and exhibitors that MineX

is now biennial. Stay tuned for announcement of dates

for MineX 2017

Annual General Meeting

9 November 2015

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Commerce North West

Annual General Meeting—AGENDA

Ibis Styles Mount Isa - Verona

Monday 9 November 2015 – 5.30pm

AGENDA ITEMS

1. Welcome Travis Crowther

2. Open Meeting and Call for Apologies Travis Crowther

3. Minutes of the 2014 Annual General

Meeting

Travis Crowther

4. Business arising from the 2014 Annual

General Meeting

Travis Crowther

5. Presentation of Treasurer’s Report and

Auditor’s Report

Dan Horrobin

6. Presentation of President’s Report Travis Crowther

7. Committee Members stand down.

Meeting handed over to neutral chair.

Travis Crowther hands to

Maryann Wipaki

8. Election of Committee Members.

Maryann Wipaki

9. Incoming President Welcome

President 15/16

10. Appointment of Auditor for 2015/2016 President 15/16

11. Close AGM

President 15/16

Members invited to stay for networking. ALL

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MINUTES OF THE 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Location: IBIS Styles Verona – Moondarra Conference Room.

Date: Monday 17th

November 2014 at 6pm. Meeting opened by Interim President Travis Crowther at 6.02pm

Attendance (as per signed attendance register): 28 members; 5 staff; as per attendance sheet.

Apologies: Gary Murray, David Glasson, Richard Harvey, Brain Atherinos, Gunhild Sickinger and Leigh Houldsworth.

Minutes of the Previous Annual General Meeting:

Moved: Peter Tuppurainen Seconded: Travis Crowther Business Arising from Minutes: There was no business arising.

President’s Report presented by Travis Crowther

A year in review was presented by Travis Crowther. An amendment was proposed by Hon Cr Tony McGrady – to read

“This year we were also very fortunate to secure funding from Glencore Mount Isa Mines and Mount Isa City Council for the implementation of a City Development Officer. “

The amendment to the original report was then duly recorded as the President’s Report.

Moved: Travis Crowther Seconded: Tony McGrady

Treasurer’s Report presented by Peter Tuppurainen

The audited figures for 2013 and 2014 were presented by Peter Tuppurainen,

Moved: Peter Tuppurainen Seconded: Travis Crowther

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Election of Office Bearers & Committee Members: Outgoing President Travis Crowther handed the meeting over to interim chair, Rod Wilkinson, State Development.

Rod Wilkinson declared all positions on the committee vacant. As only one nomination for each executive position has been received these positions were declared filled. They are:

President: Travis Crowther

Vice President: Richard Harvey

Treasurer: Raji Gunatilake

Secretary: Deanne Ivers

Board Positions:

Six nominations were received for the remaining 5 committee positions. The nominees were:

Gary Murray

James Murdoch

Peta MacRae

Ryan Mackenzie

Sue Wicks

Vipul Gupta

Nominees were given 2 minute each to introduce themselves to qualify for the position. ballot was then conducted. The results of the ballot were that the following 5 committee members be appointed:

Gary Murray

James Murdoch

Peta MacRae

Ryan Mackenzie

Sue Wicks

Rod Wilkinson handed the meeting over to incoming President, Travis Crowther.

Travis thanked everyone for their nominations and their participation in the Commerce North West and wished the members a Merry Christmas and successful 2015.

Appointment of Auditor for 2014/2015: O’Regan & Partners was nominated as the Mount Isa Cham-ber of Commerce’s Auditor.

Moved: Travis Crowther Seconded: Deanne Ivers

Meeting Closed by Travis Crowther at 6.53pm

In February, Sue Wicks stepped in as

Manager to continue the smooth

delivery and implementation of our

MineX; and in April 2015, she

accepted the role in a permanent

capacity. I would like to add my

personal thanks to Sue and the work

that she has done to continue to

connect our members throughout

the year. Sue, we look forward to

your continued contributions over

the next 12 months.

Also to the outgoing board of

Commerce North West. I thank you

for all of your assistance this past

year; it has been appreciated. I

would like to make special mention

of Ryan Mackenzie and Dee Ivers

who have chosen not to run again

this year. We wish you well for your

future endeavours; Commerce

North West is better due to the

contributions from you both over

the years.

I also thank Raji Gunitalake who was

our Treasurer for half of this financial

year before he left Mount Isa. We

appreciate that Dan Horrobin was

able to step in and act as Treasurer

for the past few months, assisting the

board.

To our members, you are the reason

why Commerce North West exists.

The stability in membership numbers

over the year is a testament to your

faith in what we can offer you.

Where to for 2016? With new

members stepping up into positions

on the board, we expect to see a

new wave of ideas and enthusiasm.

I will look forward to 2016 and will be

working towards the continued

growth of Mount Isa and the Region

for all areas of business and tourism.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT—2014/2015

Although this has been a difficult year,

economically speaking, it has been a

busy one for Commerce North West

and our members.

During these difficult economic times, it

is encouraging to see many of our local

businesses are looking at other avenues;

diversifying into new business venture

and expanding their range of products

and services. It demonstrates faith in

the long-term success of Mount Isa.

And the Commerce North West Board

have been doing the same. Tonight

we launch our Partners and Sponsors

Packages, which give local businesses

the opportunity to partner with us to

increase their profile and exposure.

You will also have seen the positive

publicity regarding our Buy Local

Campaign which is currently in its fourth

month. We have already announced

three winners of the $5,000 prize, and

another two to go. The campaign has

been opened to all businesses in Mount

Isa; and we are looking forward to an

increase in participants during the

December month.

The networking events have been

another successful venture for the

Chamber. This year they were held at

Lake Moondarra Accommodation, TAFE

North Queensland, Laura Johnson

Home and Red Oasis Early Childcare

Centre; and we thank all our hosts for

their support.

We have had a number of informative

and interesting business lunches this

year including our first one in March with

Hon Dr Anthony Lynham MP. As

Queensland's Minister for State Develop-

ment and for Natural Resources and

Mine, he shared his insight into mining in

the region. This was followed by

another successful lunch when the State

Treasurer, Hon Curtis Pitt MP delivered his

post-budget luncheon.

During the year, we ran a number of

sessions for our members and guests

including Top Tips for Grant Funding by

the RDA; and a presentation from

Jemena, one of the main proponents in

the NT Gas Pipeline project.

We welcomed members to our general

meetings in February, April, June and

August; and we welcome you all again

to this, our AGM.

In 2015, we also saw the appointment of

Sheridan Ward, our City Development

Officer. The continued funding for this

role is from a joint venture with

Glencore, Commerce North West and

Mount Isa City Council. A special

mention goes to Gary Murray and Ryan

Mackenzie who have been the task-

force representatives for Commerce

North West, and we look forward to

more new developments from this task-

force in the near future.

With more than 100 exhibitors and over

2000 registered visitors, MineX2015

turned into a successful event, with

positive feedback from the exhibitors

about the set-up. We have also

received reinforcement that moving to

a biennial event was the right decision

with sponsors and exhibitors. The intro-

duction of the Mine Rescue Challenge,

where exhibitors were able to compete

against each other in a race of physical

fitness, was hotly contested. And our

closing event – our own mini-rodeo –

was a fantastic way to showcase Mount

Isa.

The EMO Trans Northern Outback

Business Awards received a new

naming rights sponsor this year, and with

some newly introduced awards, 400

people at a gala dinner, and a fantastic

new venue, the dinner was an event

not to be missed. Celebrating our Out-

back Stars is what we did, in style; and it

was a success thanks to all our sponsors

and supporters.

However, the change to a biennial

MineX means that we have also had to

look at our own income streams and

operational expenses. Unfortunately

that means that we will be farewelling

our administration officer, Gemma

Murphy, at the end of November.

Gemma has been a great source of

energy and vitality to the Chamber

office, and we wish her all the best in

her future endeavours.

Over the last 12 months, since our last

AGM, we also said good-bye to Loretta

Gladstone who was in the Manager’s

role for 6 months; and to Nicole

Landsberry who left us in September.

We thank both Loretta and Nicole for

their positive contribution to chamber.

By Travis Crowther, President

TREASURER’S REPORT—2014/2015

By Dan Horrobin, Acting Treasurer

TREASURER’S REPORT—2014/2015

By Dan Horrobin, Acting Treasurer

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We are excited to announce the new look to our Easifind Business

Directory for 2016.

The directory will now contain details of businesses only; the

residential component of the directory has been removed. This

enables us to focus on the true purpose of the Easifind Business

Directory.

We will still be printing 10,000 copies of the directory, and it will be

delivered to each premises in Isa, with deliveries also to regional areas

of Cloncurry, Camooweal, Burketown, Boulia and Dajarra.

The white pages will contain alphabetical listing of all businesses, with the option of highlighting and

print ads, and we plan to enhance the yellow pages section with more categories. Closing date for

Easifnd is 30 November, so contact Gemma if you haven’t yet secured your entry.

NEW LOOK EASIFIND BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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must present your Member’s key ring at

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