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Minutes 2024 March

Written by April Daley-Holmes

The Celebrants Network Inc – Committee Meeting Minutes

Monday 8^th April 2024

Meeting opened 6:50 pm EST

Item 1: Quorum – Yes

Present:

Debbie Payne – QLD

Ree Daly – NSW

Kerri Goodman – VIC

April Daley-Homes – QLD

Stacey Maguire – QLD

Helen Pearce – VIC

Apologies:

Wayne Eadon – WA

Robyn Ryan - QLD

Absent:

NIL

Item 2: Previous Minutes Confirmed.

Meeting Minutes of 11th March 2024– confirmed 08/04/2024.

Accepted by:   Kerri Goodman                         Seconded by: Stacey Maguire

All in favour

Item 3: Matters arising from previous Minutes including Conflict of Interest Declarations.

NIL conflicts.

Item 4: Motions raised online during the month and matters arising from these Motions.

Nil Motions

Item 5: Correspondence In and Out – Deb/April.

See actions for follow up.

Item 6: Retiring, Resigning, New Committee Members

NIL to report.

Item 7: Chairperson’s Report – Debbie Payne – on Forum.

1. OPD – committee discussion about best practice to provide members with a forum approach to understanding the OPD requirements for 2024.

Session to accommodate 10 participants, each participant to have read OPD learning materials and prepared to participate in Q&A. Dates to be determined.

2. AG meeting coming up. Committee to table any questions for Chair to raise at this meeting.
3. 2024/2025 Membership. Thank you to everyone, getting this up and running. We will look to streamline this process for 2025/2026.

Motion that the Chairperson’s Report date 08/04/2024 be accepted.

Moved:  Kerri Goodman                       Seconded: Stacey Maguire

All in favour

Item 8:  Treasurer’s Report – Ree Daly – Reports to uploaded to Forum.

           Bank Balance $77543.83 as at 04/04/2024

           Membership apportioned.

          TCN Shop going well.

          New membership enhanced bank balance.

          Committee members remittance.

         

          Motion that the Treasurer’s Report date 08/04/2024 be accepted.

          Moved:  Debbie Payne                                Seconded: April Daley-Holmes

          All in favour

 

 

 

Item 9:  Events – Helen Pearce

1. Newsletter – some backend issues, however Nathan from Snaffle has rectified. Chair to be advised if issues continue.
2. 31 celebrants have renewed and 6 student members.
3. Back-end authorisations to be reviewed to ensure that Helen can access details required for newsletters.

Item 10: Membership Report –Kerri Goodman

1. 31 celebrants have renewed and 6 student members.
2. Kerri has provided committee with process for adding new members during leave. Melissa Sheehy has volunteered to assist with the membership upload during Kerri’s absence and notification of how to administer this process will be sent to all committee members. The committee approved Melissa Sheehy assisting with this portfolio during Kerri’s leave.
3. Some ex-members required to be unsubscribed for our end, may require the assistance of Nathan.
4. Discussion about the website design and layout still to be considered with the assistance of Nathan at Snaffle as the preferred provider.

                  

                  Moved:   Ree Daly                                                           Seconded: Debbie Payne
                  All in Favour

Item 11: Social Media Report – Stacey Maguire

All stats remained the same as previous month.

1. Members Group
   40% increase in posts

       148% increase in comments

       85% increase in reactions

      Public Page
      33% decrease in reaction from followers

       66.9% increase in reaction from non-followers

Posts on social media from Guidelines on the Marriage Act 1961 for authorised celebrants, to encourage members to use the guide to source the correct information.

2. Stacey is in the process of setting up the FB ad for general advertising for TCN.

            

 

 

Item 12: Other Business

• Committee members continued the discussion of updating the website to modernise in line with current information and navigation for members, and to created TCN Resources for members,
• Job descriptions / Process Forms to be review and updated where required, still requires action.
• Committee members celebratory days!

Item 13: Next meeting  

Monday 12^th May 2024

6:30 pm EST

Item 14: Review of Actions

1. Questions to take to AG’s meeting for Deb. Committee.
2. OPD sessions for members, Deb and Stacey.
3. Committee access to what functions on JOOMLA to be advised. Deb, Ree, Kerri & Nathan.
4. Stacey to compile a list of considerations/changes to present to Nathan Morrow for quote for website upgrade.
5. Job descriptions / Process Forms to be review and updated where required by each committee member.

Item 15: Meeting closed 7:55pm EST

Minutes by

April Daley-Holmes

Secretary