Gold Creek SchoolParents and Citizens Association

Minutes of Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 23 March 20166:00pm, Junior Site Staff Room

Present: Michele Justin (President, Gold Creek School P&C)Rebecca Evans (Vice President, Gold Creek School P&C)Chris Sant (Secretary, Gold Creek School P&C)Carmel Looby (Treasurer, Gold Creek School P&C)Priscilla Wray (Associate Principal)Jacqueline Chapman (Associate Principal)David PollardMichael RushDarlene SebaljLyndal ReidNerida WhitehorneSandra ElliottLeonard OeiKerrie Oei

Associate Principal Priscilla Wray took the chair, and opened the meeting with an Acknowledgement of Country,

Apologies

Linda Baird, Toni Harmer, Dani Einam, Briony Taylor, Elen Perdikogiannis

Minutes

The minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting, held on 25 March 2015, were accepted.

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President’s report

Michele Justin presented the President’s report for 2015. Highlights included

Establishing Parentlink Reducing the P&C’s focus on fund-raising Still successfully holding the disco, trivia night, movie nights, Mothers’ and Fathers’

Day breakfasts. Teacher appreciation day

Michele thanked the rest of the P&C committee for their work over the year.

Treasurer’s report

Carmel Looby presented the audited statement of accounts for the year ending 31 December 2015.

Income for the year was approximately $14,000 Expenditure for the year was approximately $21,500, including the purchase of

playground equipment and whiteboards The balance of the P&C bank account stood at $4,428.

Election of Office Bearers

Nominations for the positions below were called.

a. President

David Pollard was nominated for the position of President by Lyndal Reid and Rebecca Evans. There being no other nominations, Mr Pollard was declared elected.

b. Vice President

Darlene Sebalj was nominated for the position of Vice-President by Rebecca Evans and Lyndal Reid. There being no other nominations, Dr Sebalj was declared elected.

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c. Secretary

Chris Sant was nominated for the position of Secretary by Darelene Sebalj and Rebecca Evans. There being no other nominations, Mr Sant was declared elected.

d. Treasurer

Mike Rush was nominated for the position of Treasurer by Chris Sant and Darlene Sebalj. There being no other nominations, Mr Rush was declared elected.

e. Additional committee members

Sandra Elliott, Lyndal Reid and Nerida Whitehorne were nominated for additional committee member positions by Chris Sant and Darlene Sebalj. There being no other nominations, Ms Elliott, Ms Reid and Ms Whitehorne were declared elected.

f. Public Officer

There were no nominations for the position of public officer.

g. P&C Council representative

There were no nominations for the position of P&C Council representative.

Mike Rush moved a vote of thanks to the outgoing executive. CARRIED

Close and next meeting

The next Annual General Meeting is to be held in the first eight weeks of Term 1 2017, in accordance with the P&C Constitution.

The meeting closed at 6:40pm.

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