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MINUTES OF
THE 18TH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING OF THE BEAUMARIS TREE PRESERVATION
SOCIETY HELD AT

BEAUMARIS
COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 8 PM ON MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 1970

PRESENT:

Chairman (Mr [William]
Ridland) and 21 members.

IN
ATTENDANCE:

Mr Edgar, Guest Speaker, from
Natural Resources Cons. League

APOLOGIES:

Mrs Browning, Mr & Mrs R. (Robert) Goode,
Mrs (Bea)
Hosking, Mr (William)
Leech, Mrs Lynne, Mr (James) McArdle,
Mr (Colin)
Macrae, Cr (Charles)
Moore, Mr (Michael)
Johnstone, Mr & Mrs Parks, Mrs (R.) Sinclair and
a prospective member, Mr Mervyn Sharpe

MINUTES:

It was moved by Mr J. (John) Iggulden
and seconded by Mrs W. Ridland that the minutes be
taken as read subject to the right of any member to
inspect them and challenge them at the next General
Meeting. The motion was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:

The Annual Report is shown on the
opposite page. It was AGREED that the Report should be
received.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

The Treasurer, Mr (Alfred) Gilford,

reported that the balance of $195-92 as at 24th September 1969
had decreased to $181-92 as at 28th September 1970.
Income over the period was 14 dollars and expenditure
was 28 dollars.

It was MOVED Mr (Alfred)

Gilford and seconded by Mrs M. Johnstone
that the report be adopted. The motion was CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY

It was moved by Mrs W. Ridland and seconded by Mrs M.
Johnstone that the annual subscription be raised from
50 cents to 1 dollar. An amendment was moved by Cr
Goode and seconded by Mrs K. Rendell that the limit
for any family should be 1 dollar. There were 10 votes
for the amendment and one against it. It was therefore
carried. On becoming the motion it was CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.

AMENDMENT TO
CONSTITUTION

In accordance with Section 9 of the
Constitution Mr W.
(William) Ridland gave the Secretary a
written notice of motion to amend the Constitution on
19th August
1970. The Secretary arranged for the
required one month’s notice to members by placing an
article in the Beaumaris Newsletter. Notices
were later placed in the Sandringham Advertiser
and posted to members.

Mr (William) Ridland
vacated

the Chair after the meeting agreed that Mr (Alfred) Gilford
should temporarily chair it. From the floor, Mr
Ridland moved and Mr J. (John) Iggulden seconded that
Section 1 of the Constitution be amended to read “The
name of the organization shall be “Beaumaris
Conservation Society”. Mr (William) Ridland spoke
explaining this and a further motion he intended. The
motion was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

Mr (William) Ridland
then

moved and Mr (John)
Iggulden seconded that Section 2(a) of the
Constitution be amended to read “to encourage to the
greatest degree possible and with special reference to
the Beaumaris area

(1) the conservation and restoration of native flora
and fauna,

(2) the protection of natural landscape, including
geological features

(3) action to eliminate or prevent pollution
affecting land, sea and air.”

The motion was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ELECTION
OF OFFICERS & COMMITTEE

The temporary chairman, Mr (Alfred) Gilford,
called for nominations for President. Mr (William) Ridland

was nominated by Cr (Geoffrey)

Goode and seconded by Mr (John) Iggulden.
There being no other nomination, Mr Gilford declared
Mr Ridland elected President and vacated the Chair in
his favour. Mr Ridland explained Mr (William) Leech’s
reasons for resigning and those of Mrs (Bea) Hosking for
declining election as President.

Mr Ridland called for nominations as follows:

POSITION      
NOMINEE              

NOMINATOR               

SECONDER
Vice-President  Mrs (Bea) Hosking  Mr (William)
Ridland      Mrs

C. (Susanne)
McDougall
Secretary         

Mrs M. Johnstone    Mr (Alfred)
Gilford         

Mrs K. Rendell
Treasurer         
Mr

(Alfred)
Gilford  Mrs W. (Sheila)
Ridland  Mr (John) Iggulden

There being only the above nominations, the nominees
were declared elected. Other members of the committee
included in the following list were elected.

GENERAL BUSINESS

1.      It

was moved by Mr J. (John)
Iggulden and seconded by Mr A. (Alfred) Gilford that the
Secretary should write to the Sandringham City Council
objecting to the scheme at Half Moon Bay involving dumping
concrete blocks on a sandy beach. Cr (Geoffrey) Goode
asked that it should be recorded that he took no part
in the discussion or voting. The motion was CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.

2.      It

was moved by Mrs C. Macdougall and seconded by Mrs P.
Russell that the new committee should attend to the
Gramatan Avenue Reserve as a matter of special
concern. The motion was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

3.      It

was moved by Mr J. (John)
Iggulden and seconded by Mrs C. Macdougall that the
question of the Beaumaris
High School
site should be treated with vigour by the new
committee. The motion was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

4.      Mr

G. Davidson raised the question of garden refuse on Beach
Park for
the consideration of the new committee.

The meeting closed at 9.10 p.m. and was
followed by an address on “Native Trees and Shrubs
Suited to Coastal Areas” by Mr Edgar of the Natural
Resources Conservation League.

Geoffrey Goode,

Immediate Past Secretary.

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