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POW’s next general meeting will be this Wednesday 24th August, 7pm at 22 Tiernan St, Footscray. If you would like to get more involved in your community or just meet other members of POW, please come along. We will be discussing our strategic plan and roles up for renewal at our AGM in September, so it’s a perfect occasion to come and let us know what you’d like from POW and to happen generally in your community over the coming year!

Please bring a small offering of food or drink to share with others.

Imagine if you could source most of your family’s food, not just locally but from urban gardens in Melbourne’s west. Imagine sharing your wheelbarrow, your drill or even your car with your neighbours.  Imagine regular beer brewing nights or bottling days with likeminded friends, you haven’t even met yet! Imagine swapping a regular massage for regular home cooked meals. With an empowered and connected community, the possibilities are endless.

POW has a vision of such a community in the West, but we need a broad base of likeminded and enthusiastic people to make it happen. We know such people are everywhere in the West and we’d like to bring them together.

So…join us for a drink,  share your dreams and meet likeminded people:

3pm, Sunday 6th March.

Dancing Dog Cafe, 42a Albert St, Footscray

This event is FREE, but please RSVP:  membership@pow.org.au

The date and time of the Xmas party have changed due to heavy rainfall and flooding at Werribee orchard.

New Details

The Xmas party and last meeting of the year at to be at Anders Park West Footscray. Details below.

Facilities BBQ and table.

Date: Sunday 19th December
Time: 11am until 2pm
Location: Anders park, West Footscray…

The park is called Anders park it is an internal reserve. Entry is via Robbs rd, Hansen st or Exhibition st, West Footscray. It can be hard to find as it is hidden behind surrounding houses so look for the red council signs on the footpath at the entrances on Robbs rd & Hansen St.

Map

We’d planned to have the POW Christmas Picnic this Sunday, but with all this wonderful rain, Werribee Park Heritage Orchard has flooded.

We’ve moved it to Sunday 19th December….but still to work out where.

Stay tuned for the announcement.

Well, a whole year has gone by, and POW is officially a year old. As part of the birthday celebrations, we’re going to have our very first Annual General meeting to elect people for roles of Convenor, Secretary, Treasurer, Events Co-ordinator and Fund raiser. Don’t feel that you could do any of these roles –  the people in these roles at the moment have never done these roles before. You learn as you go along, and maybe help improve it by seeing the role in a different way.

The meeting will be held at De’s home, 28 Fontein St West Footscray, starting at 6.30pm. So, feel welcome to come along and maybe even throw your name into the ring for one of the roles. We’re more than happy to join new members up on the night.

There will be a cake!

The POW Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 25th August 2010 at 28 Fontein St West Footscray.

The elections will be held for the following roles:

CONVENOR – Description

• receive and answer emails addressed to admin@pow.org.au
• receive and respond to correspondence, written and electronic, or forward to someone else to handle where appropriate
• Arrange venues for meetings
• Keep PcM up to date with goings on with POW

SECRETARY – description

Generally administer the organisation’s affairs – unless delegated to someone else, including -

• Maintain hard copy files of correspondence, including copies of emails that are pertinent to POW decisions (any correspondence listed on POW agendas)
• Maintain hard copy records of the Minutes of all Committee and General Meetings and of Annual Reports and forward copies of minutes to PcM Secretary.
• In consultation with Office Bearers prepare and circulate agendas in advance of POW Executive and General Meetings
• Keep minutes of POW Executive and General Meetings, circulate drafts to participants for comment and final versions to be uploaded POW Website
• Receive and process applications for admission to membership and of renewals
• Provide lists of applications for membership for the agendas for Executive meetings
• Maintain a Register of Members of POW
• Maintain contact with external groups that have similar interests to POW
• Arrange the exchange of newsletters with external groups, by email or post
• Forward to the Events Coordinator the details of events proposed by other groups that are of potential interest to PcM members (Events Co-ordinator forwards to PcM)
• Receive and answer emails addressed to info@pow.org.au
• Receive and answer emails addressed to membership@pow.org.au

TREASURER – description

• Maintain hard copy records of all financial transactions
• Prepare periodic and annual financial reports and annual financial statement for lodgement with Consumer Affairs
• Pay accounts
• Prepare and maintain a budget for the management of the organisation’s finances
• Process and bank subscription fees
• Maintain records of rebates due to POW from PcM (e.g. memberships etc)

FUNDRAISER – description

• Work with Treasurer
• Co ordinate ways of raising funds and present them to the POW meetings

EVENTS / PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR – description

• Liaise with all branches of PcM to coordinate the holding of events
• Maintain a Calendar of events and forward to the PIE Editor periodically for publication
• Maintain lists of equipment held by branches of PcM and coordinate its use for events
• Maintain stocks of publicity material (banners, posters, brochures) for use at public events

On 25th August, POW will be holding its AGM and we will be voting in new committee members.  If you have enjoyed your weekly digest and would like to get more involved, then please come along. Roles up for renewal are:

• Convenor
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Workshop coordinator
• Permablitz coordinator
• website administrator

We are also interested in hearing from anyone keen to perform other roles, such as events coordinator or fundraiser or interested in running projects such as a LETs or urban wwoofing.  So if you have something you think you can offer, please come forward.  We have a vision of a thriving, sharing community in the West, but we need lots of active members to make this happen.

If you would like to be more involved in any capacity, please come along to our AGM on Wednesday 25th August at 6:30pm. 28 Fontein St, West Footscray. If you can’t make it, but would like to come to be more involved, then please email us via the contact tab.

Location: Maidstone Community Centre, 21 Yardley St, Maidstone.

POW ordinary meeting
28th April 2010
6:00 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Location: Maidstone Community Centre, 21 Yardley St, Maidstone.

6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Socialise
6:30 p.m. – 6:35 p.m. Introduction,
• Apologies – Nyree, Delia, Deb, Mel
• Present – Ann, Angela, Kat, Scott, De Chantal, Phillip,
6:35 p.m. – 6.45p.m. PcM related update
– next meeting? Who will go? Meeting & PIE submission roster?
Action from last meeting – Met to email PcM re dates of upcoming meetings and for PIE submissions?
• PcM didn’t give sufficient notice. We will try to attend, but really need more notice. Would like a number of dates in advance, so we can set up a roster.
• PIE submissions – closing date for submissions is in the previous edition
• Anything that is written for other purposes, should be sent to nyree to see if it could also go to PIE
• We will put together a quarterly roster for submissions. The person submittion is responsible for establishing relevant deadline.
• ACTION: Email PcM re need for meeting dates in advance. Write up meeting and submission roster (Kat to discuss with Mel)
6:45-7:50 Convenor update. Role of convenor was to be discussed at exec meeting and role reallocated?
• At exec meeting, Convenor role was split between deb, mel and scott – deb check email, mel is doing admin and organizations side and membership. Scott PR, HR, complaints, questions. If there’s an admin question, contact Mel. If there’s a permaculture question, ask Scott.
• ACTION: kat clarify with mel who is doing membership
6:50 p.m. – 7:05p.m. Exec meeting summary and adoption of anything needing adoption
• Exec meeting was on 21st
• Basically, it was decided to cut key events by half – meeting, blitz and workshop every second month instead of monthly. Dates are in minutes from Exect meeting.
• Mailing list – see minutes from meeting. Kat also raised that it might be best if one person was responsible for uploading info on website, so that the digest always followed same structure and format. De Chantal is happy to do this
• De asked for more photos on website
• Generally agreed we need more info about POW and what we do as discussed at exec meeting
• Perhaps a website task force to discuss with deb when she has more time
• Conscious that we don’t want to load up Deb with too much work. Ann is keen to learn more about web design and would be happy to assist.
• Blitzes – see minutes of exec. We are booked out for rest of year.

7:00 p.m. – 7.05p.m. Maidstone update – social event
• success – saved site, but not for our market garden. Sarah Carter was very impressed by POW. Maidstone community was really happy and wants to have a social event with POW.
• Social event can be at Maidstone. We can bring alcohol, but not provide it.
• ACTION: Kat send Scott tentative dates to make a booking.

7:05 p.m. – 7:10p.m. Permaplaygroup update
• Both are firing on all cylinders. Both models appear to be working.
• Hobsons Bay? – De has contacted them, but not heard back.
• ACTION:; De to follow up with H Bay
• There is now something on POW website about playgroups
• De is in process of getting permission to put photos up and Delia is writing a package to put up on site.
• Process to seed a group is to contact De then come along to each group to see how it works. Then de can give them what they need to do set up themselves.
• Would be good to put an ad on the permablitz site and give something to PIE – De to follow this up.
7:10 p.m. – 7:15p.m. Blitzes update
* angela wanted to know when we will find out about LMW blitz – will be on website
7:15 p.m. – 7.20p.m. Workshops update
• Actions from last month – Mel to contact joel meadows to see if he will do course on permaculture architecture – too busy.
• Mexican cooking workshop? Not discussed
• We have workshops for rest of year listed in exec meetings.
• Angela suggested doing her workshop for her blitz prior to the blitz. Will discuss when organizing the blitz
• Kat chase sourdough person. Scott happy to show how to make a batch of beer, but is using a kit.
• Architecture one would be good for next year.
• When we get enough bottles, we’ll do an informal session at Kat and Joel’s. Joel email Scott to discuss.
7:20 p.m.-7:25 p.m. Project proposal application update – Candice
• what’s next
• project officer?
• Candice not present. Deferred until later
7:25 p.m. – 7:30p.m. Membership Drive & Freebies offered
• Action from previous meeting: list or what we offer and how to track new members – Kat to follow up with Mel
• Have all new members received their freebies so far? – Kat check with mel
7:30 p.m. – 7:35p.m. Werribee Mansion Heritage Orchard update– Richard/Scott
• Scott met with Werribbee mantion yesterday
• Chris pattern and harry van morse from werribee eco centre have done a great job sorting out paper work
• Had a meeting with parks Victoria. They will fence of area with rabbit proof fence.
• Governance issues are being sorted out
• Will order 300 root stock when Richard gets back, which parks Victoria will pay for.
• Still working out water – probably 20,000 litre tanks and reclaimed water from sewage system diluted with rain water
• No shed on site.
• June or july official opening. Grafting workshop july 17th. All trees off site will be registered on a database. Idea is to preserve varieties by getting them out there cheaply.
• Tentative date for public meeting to announce it. – 27th may at pavilion at mansion.
• Entrance to mansion gardens is now free.
7:35-8:00 Other
• Social gathering? – Candice at lentil as anything. Confirm email date. Beer session – joel to email scott re date. Maidstone – kat to email scott re dates., solstice at LMW with de’s quartet. Saturday 19th June. Fire sculpture by angela. Combine with working bee? Kat to talk to srebrenka.
• Olives? – missed the boat.
• LMW committee – Kat and Nyree have been nominated for LMW committee. Have requested and been given permission to be POW reps.
• Update on inner north permaculture group? Ideas on how we link in other than just as a branch of PcM? – at this stage just keep in touch. Mel is in touch with Kate already and De has volunteered to be official liaison. Invite to social events etc. Should have official contact person with responsibility to distribute info.
• ACTION: check with Mel current situation and arrange for De to be contact
8:00 p.m. Close meeting

POW ordinary meeting

24th February 2010

6:00 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Location: Maidstone Community Centre, 21 Yardley St, Maidstone.

POW’s first general meeting for the year will be held at Maidstone Community Centre in Yardley St, Maidstone at 6pm on Wednesday 24th February. We’d love to see some new faces – especially if you’re considering becoming more involved with POW and our activities. We have a range of exciting projects we want to get going in the West this year and we will need lots of motivated people to work on them, so come along and meet with us next week to see how you might get more involved!