Management Committee | Cootharaba Community Association

Management Committee

The Management Committee (MC) meets approximately twice per quarter to:

discuss issues relating to the management of the CCA
formulate the agenda for the next general meeting
delegate tasks.

Current incumbents on the management committee are:

President: Lester Kirkwood

Vice President: Jan Green

Treasurer: Rosey Edgar

Secretary/Web Admin: Paula Viljoen

Ordinary member (Minutes Secretary): Karen Eddy

Ordinary member: Rob Dessaix

Ordinary member: Ada Medak

Ordinary member: Brenda Kirkwood

The roles of the MC

President – as the head of the association, the president:

chairs all meetings
drives and coordinates the MC to meet the objectives of the association
ensures the association complies with all the rules and regulations of an incorporated association
ensuring compliance with legal requirements
liaises with council and heads of other organisations in matters about the issues raised by the CCA membership.

Vice President – provides support to the role of president by undertaking some of the above responsibilities.

Secretary – administration role focusing on:

manage correspondence
membership and correspondence registers
meeting notifications and publishing minutes etc.
website administration

Treasurer – responsible for organising the association’s finances:

preparing budgets and financial reports
managing membership payments
ensuring compliance with relevant financial regulations

Other roles:

General committee members – a minutes secretary (taking minutes), and other volunteer members who support the MC.

The functions of the management committee are set out in Item 22 of the Constitution of the Cootharaba Community Association Inc.

Support for the Management Committee

The association was established with the following objective: ‘to represent the Cootharaba Community on issues that affect the community’.

Many hours of work are undertaken by the association's members, particularly the management committee, who give their time voluntarily to ensure the views and concerns of the community are highlighted with the appropriate state and local government representatives.

As volunteers, members of the management committee require the support of the other members of the association to meet the association's objective. It is not always possible or feasible for members of the management committee to participate in every meeting, workshop or community consultation regarding matters of interest or concern to the community.

Ordinary members may be required to take on the role of community representative or form a sub-committee with other members of the association to investigate and progress a particular matter. These members will need to provide progress updates to the management committee and respond to questions by members of the association at general meetings when required. Any decisions arising from the community representatives/sub-committee activities would require ratification by the Management Committee at a MC meeting.