Notice of FY 16/17 Annual General Meeting and screening of “Citizen Jane – Battle for the City”

Save Our Suburbs Inc (Vic) will hold its 2017 AGM on Sunday 19th November 2017 at 2:30pm in Meeting Room 1, Hawthorn Library, 584 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn.
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The SOS Committee decided earlier this year not to levy membership fees for the 17/18 financial year, and that all paid-up members from FY 15/16 would remain current members for this financial year. Consequently, all SOS members financial until 30 June 2016 (FY 15/16) or later are current members and may vote at this AGM.

At this AGM, the Association will –
– Confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting;
– Receive a report from the President and a s94 financial report for last financial year
– Elect a proportion of the Officers and Committee members of the Association, as follows:
Vice-President, Treasurer & Secretary; three ordinary committee members

Nominations for the committee:
DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM HERE
Nominations must be in writing and signed by the current member and two other current members of the Association. Nomination forms are on our website home-page: but any format is acceptable if it contains the required information. Call 0424 104 274 for further details.
Nominations must be received at least 7 days before the AGM (ie, by Nov. 12th, 2017). Send to:
The Secretary, SOS, PO Box 739, Richmond 3121; or scan and email to sos@sos.asn.au
Any candidate statements received will be posted on the SOS website.

Proxies:
DOWNLOAD PROXY FORM HERE
If you are a current member unable to attend the AGM and want another current member or the Chair to act on your behalf, please complete a Proxy form and send it by 3pm Thursday November 16th 2017 to:
The Secretary, PO Box 739, Richmond 3121; or scan and email to sos@sos.asn.au

The Secretary,
Save Our Suburbs

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After the AGM we will screen the 2016 feature documentary

“Citizen Jane – Battle for the City”

This inspiring feature film details the successful struggle of activist Jane Jacobs and local NY residents against the motorways and soulless hi-rise blocks proposed by despotic planner Robert Moses in post-WW11 New York City.

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody” – Jane Jacobs
“A celebration of grassroots activism and a cry for community” – The Observer

Reviews:
“Citizen Jane: Battle for the City review – New York’s urban planning war retold” (Guardian, 4.5.17)
“A new documentary leaves Jane Jacobs trapped in the rubble of old arguments” (LA Times, 13.4.17)
“Street fighter: how Jane Jacobs saved New York from Bulldozer Bob” (Guardian, 1.5.17)

     with GUEST SPEAKER  Dr Crystal Legacy: 

     “Community consultation for democratic planning

      – how they did it in Vancouver and Perth”

     TALK AVAILABLE SHORTLY (18mb mp3)

     Save Our Suburbs Inc (Vic) will hold its 2012 Annual General Meeting on

     Sunday 25^th November 2012 at 2:30pm

     Ross House – Ground floor meeting room, 247-251 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000

     Followed at 3pm by

    GUEST SPEAKER –  Dr Crystal Legacy

Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, University of NSW

“Democratic Urban Planning Strategies – why we need deliberative community consultation, and how they did it in Vancouver and Perth”

Dr Legacy is a former researcher at the University of Melbourne, where she completed her PhD on how metropolitan strategic plans were developed in Vancouver and Perth and how the feedback from deliberative community consultation can be translated into planning policy.  She has wide practical and research experience in Canada and Australia on planning and governance,  sustainable cities and urban renewal.

   Refreshments will be served after the meeting

   The room will be opened by 2.15pm if you would like to talk to candidates or committee members       informally before the meeting, and proxies will also be available for inspection.

    At this AGM, SOS will

–  Confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting;

–  Receive reports from the Committee on transactions of SOS during the last financial year

–  Consider the statement submitted by the Association under section 30(3) of the Act.

–  Elect officers of the Association and the ordinary members of the Committee

      NB: At this AGM, the President, Treasurer and three ordinary committee members will be elected.

    SOS members financial until 30 June 2012 or later are eligible to vote

   Proxies:  If you are a financial member unable to attend the AGM and wish another financial    member to act on your behalf at the meeting, please complete a proxy form  here and return it to the Secretary at the address below by 3pm, Thursday November 22^th, 2012.

  Nominations for the committee must:

(  a) be made in writing by a current financial member, signed by two other financial members of the Association and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate (which may be endorsed on the form of nomination); and

(  b) be delivered to the Secretary of the Association not less than seven days before the date fixed for the holding of the annual general meeting (ie before November 18th, 2012).

  You can download a nomination form here, but any format is acceptable as long as it contains the required information. Any candidate statements will be posted unedited on the SOS web site (email well beforehand to sos@sos.asn.au).  If you would like a mailed statement or nomination form, contact us on 9513 9674 and we’ll post you a copy.

  Candidates should send nominations directly to:      

  The Secretary,

  Save our Suburbs

  PO Box 739, Richmond 3121

  David Rayson

  Secretary, Save Our Suburbs

Click here to get one of our new waterproof corflute signs to deter developers (standard size – 600mm  x 900mm):

Save Our Suburbs Inc (Vic) will hold its 2011 AGM on
Sunday 20th November 2011 at 2:30pm at
The Alma Club
I Wilks St Caulfield North 3161    (Melways 58 J9)

Followed at 3pm by
GUEST SPEAKER
Associate Professor Michael Buxton, RMIT

Dr Michael Buxton is Professor of Environment and Planning at RMIT University. He has held senior positions in government planning and environmental agencies, been a Victorian local councillor and
Mayor, and is a former lecturer at Monash University.

Refreshments will be served after the meeting

At this AGM, SOS will

– Confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting;

– Receive Committee reports on SOS transactions for the last financial year.            

– Consider the statement submitted by the Association under section 30(3) of the Act.

– Elect officers of the Association and the ordinary members of the Committee   (NB: At this AGM, the Vice-President, Secretary and four ordinary committee members  will be elected.  SOS members financial until 30 June 2011 or later are eligible to vote)

Proxies:  If you are a financial member unable to attend the AGM and wish another financial member to act on your behalf at the meeting, please complete the Proxy form (download here) and return it to the Secretary at the address below by 3pm, Thursday Nov 17th, 2011.

Nominations for the committee must:

(a) be made in writing by a current financial member, signed by two other financial members of the Association and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate (which may be endorsed on the form of nomination); and
(b) be delivered to the Secretary of the Association not less than seven days before the date fixed for the holding of the annual general meeting (ie before the 13th of November, 2011).

A nomination form can be downloaded here, but any format is acceptable as long as it contains the required information. Any candidate statements will be posted unedited on the SOS web site (email well beforehand to sos@sos.asn.au). 

Candidates should send nominations directly to:
The Secretary,
Save our Suburbs
PO Box 739, Richmond 3121

At the Association’s AGM on 14 November 2010, a new committee for 2011 was elected. Community planning consultant Ian Wood was re-elected unopposed as president of SOS. 

Lou Delacretaz and Cheryl Forge remain vice-president and secretary respectively, while Julie Buxton was elected treasurer.  Other committee members are Libby Blackett-Smith, Ray Smith, lawyer Ann Birrell, urban designer David Rayson and Don Dunstan (president of the Glen Eira Residents Association).

Guest speaker at the AGM was Julianne Bell, Secretary of Protectors of Public Lands Vic), who outlined some of the positive actions that PPL and other groups have been taking recently to oppose planning and transport projects that are increasingly threatening the residential amenity of Melbourne.

SOS is looking forward to working with the new Coalition state government and networking more this year with local councillors for much-needed reforms to the State planning regime, including the need for more effective community consultation.

  Save Our Suburbs Inc (Vic) will hold its 2010 AGM on Sunday 14th November 2010 at 3pm at The Elsternwick Club, 19 Sandham St Elsternwick (Melways 67 G3).

GUEST SPEAKER

Julianne Bell, Secretary of Protectors of Public Lands Vic), will outline some of the positive actions that PPL and other groups have been taking recently to oppose planning and transport projects that increasingly threaten the residential amenity of Melbourne.

Protectors of Public Lands is a coalition of community, environmental and heritage organisations formed to protect and preserve significant public lands in public ownership for present and future generations.

Refreshments will be served after the meeting

At this AGM, SOS will:

• Confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting; 
• Receive reports from the Committee on the Association’s transactions during the last financial year –
  • Consider the statement submitted by the Association under section 30(3) of the Act. 
• Elect officers of the Association and the ordinary members of the Committee
  •  (NB: At this AGM, the President, Treasurer and three ordinary committee members will be elected. SOS members financial until 30 June 2010 or later are eligible to vote)

1. be made in writing by a current financial member, signed by two other financial members of the Association and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate (which may be endorsed on the form of nomination); and
2. be delivered to the Secretary of the Association not less than seven days before the date fixed for the holding of the annual general meeting (ie before the 7th of November, 2010). 

Ian Wood,

President, Save Our Suburbs

The April 2010 SOS newsletter is now online!  In this issue –
*  Thumbs down to the Draft Planning Bill and the VCAT Review Report
*  The Romsey pokies case
*  Sydney's Independent Public Transport Inquiry

Download the April newsletter from the link below: