The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Lyneham Community Association will be held on Sunday 30 April at 3.30 pm in the Lyneham Primary School Hall – enter through the school gate on Hall Street.
Feel free to arrive from 3 pm to chat to other LCA members, find out more about the LCA and share your ideas of what you would like to see the LCA doing in the future. The formal part of the Annual General Meeting will start at 3.30 pm.
We need new committee members
The main function of the AGM is to hear reports of last year’s activities and to elect a new committee. By joining the committee you can help make Lyneham a great place to live.
There are 8 positions on the committee:
- Chair
- Deputy Chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Four ordinary committee members
In addition to the formal roles, there are a number of other tasks performed by the committee which could be taken on by other members:
- Public Officer – responsible for liasing with the ACT Incorporated Associations registrar.
- Membership communication and development
- Newsletter production
- Social media (Website, Facebook,Twitter)
- Event organisation and promotion, eg Light Up Lyneham
- Drafting of submissions and letters to MLAs
- Liaising with the North Canberra Community Council and other residents associations
- managing our grant projects, eg tree planting in North Lyneham.
Committee meetings are generally held once a month in one of the members’ homes. How much more time you want to put into LCA activities is up to you. If you’d like to find out more about being on the committee, drop us a line to
contact@lyneham.org.au and someone will be in touch.
Nominations to be on the Committee are now openUnder the LCA constitution, any member of the LCA can nominate in writing for a position on the committee up to 7 days before the AGM.
If only one person nominates for a particular office-bearer position or up to 4 people nominate as ordinary committee members before the 7 day deadline then these people are automatically elected.
If insufficient nominations are received for any of the positions before the deadline then nominations can be made at the AGM.
If there is more than one nomination for particular office-bearer positions, or more nominations than the number of vacancies for ordinary committee members, then a ballot will be held at the AGM to elect these committee members.
You can nominate for a committee position simply by downloading and completing the
nomination form and emailing it to
contact@lyneham.org.au. You will need two other members to endorse your nomination but if you need help finding them then email us and you can expect to find two current committee members willing to endorse your nomination.
The deadline for receipt of emailed nominations is
3pm Sunday 23 AprilA number of our current committee members are stepping down so if you want the LCA to continue then please nominate to be on the committee. We particularly need some new office-holders, ie Chair, Deputy Chair, Secretary or Treasurer.
Rejuvenation of any group is important for its continuing development. If you’d like to find out more about helping the LCA or have ideas on how we can build an active, caring and resourceful community in Lyneham and north O’Connor, then please come along to the AGM and tell us what you think. We look forward to seeing you.
