BAMBA

Location: The Woolshed, Stratton St, Normandale, Lower Hutt, 7:30pm

Present

Tyrone McGrath, Paul Scoble, Marco Renall, Matt Clarke, Craig McGinnity, Paul Scoble, Angus Cotton, Jeremy Patterson, Wayne Boness, Daniel van Waveren, Kevin Bell, Ron Harfield.

Apologies

Ryan Williamson, Nicole Swain, Tony Brindle.

Minutes of last meeting

Minutes were approved.

Finances

Current

Last meeting balance	$647.55
Interest earned	+$0.00
Ground Effect – “Slush Fund” Donation	+400.00
Refreshments for meeting / Nicole (Nov 2011)	-$26.94
Refreshments for meeting / Craigt	-$37.98
This meeting closing Balance	$982.63

Cheques written, not yet presented

Web site Domain fee / Angus	-$22.94
Refreshments for this meeting / Craig	-$24.99
MTBNZ Club Affiliation (Liability cover)	-$171.00

Election of officers

Was noted prior to elections that Nicole wished to stand down as Treasure

President;   Tyrone McGrath; Nominated Craig, seconded Marco – Carried.

Vice President; Craig McGinnity; Nominated Tyrone, seconded Marco – Carried.

Treasure;  Angus Cotton;  Nominated Marco, seconded Paul – Carried.

Secretary;  Paul Scoble;  Nominated Tyrone, seconded Marco – Carried.

Committee   To remain the same: Marco Renall, Matt Clarke, Ryan Williamson.

Plus new: Kevin Bell – Nominated by Marco.

General Business

Public liability

Matt had followed up with MTBNZ and forwarded the required forms to Paul.  Affiliation form was tabled by Paul and he went through in detail what BAMBA would receive as a member. It was agreed upon by all present that BAMBA join. The costs for Level 2 affiliation was (1 year plus 7 members) $171:00. Paul will complete forms and send off with cheque ASAP. Website Paul mentioned that more people post on Facebook etc. Both Angus and Paul keep the sites updated as best as possible! BAMBA web site needs to be updated ASAP with details re Danzig and The Bull Run.

Ground Effect Slush Fund Application

Marco advised that Ground Effect had now given the club an amount of $400.00 Good Stuff and Many Thanks Ground Effect! Awesome.

Constitution / Charitable society

Paul advised had followed up and that it was still being processed by the Charities Commission (Note: At time of writing it still shows as processing)

Tracks/Trails

Tyrone gave an overall update on both: details of proposed new track to Hill Road views Pylon and also progress with the “The Bull Run”.

The Bull Run is still pending a DOC visit at this stage due to the discovery that most of this trail runs through a DOC covenant area which Jeremy unfortunately only discovered after we were nearly completed   -  (Refer further down: GWRC update).

Tyrone made mention that we have been steadily tidying up sections of this trail and on Tuesday 8th May 2012 the BNZ Closed for Good day volunteers also did some great work planting and working on lower  sections of the trail. We have put some drainage in at a few points and also a small bridge at the lower end of the trail.  Tyrone stated we have spent around 450 – 500hrs now on this trail easily and we just need the final tick to push thought to the end and then sweeten up the whole trail! It was noted that a lot of public are starting to ride this trail, even though it’s mentioned at the start that it is still under construction, so the sooner we can get this completed the better!

Proposed new track

This has been walked and marked out thanks to some good work from Tyrone, Ian O’Donoghue and Angus. This Track is to be between Bull-a-Varde and the Hill Road views pylon. It will be a two way track. It consists of two sections and will be around an average gradient of 6% (estimated) it is planned to be a grade 2 trail and should be used by many as a good loop also. Tyrone noted that the BNZ Closed for Good day and its 20 or so volunteers were to start on this trail, however 2 days prior we were informed by the GWRC Ranger that due to changes and some possible issues with other interested land parties, what had come to light over the Bull Run Doc area, we would have to now submit a “Project proposal”.  (Refer to: GWRC update)

GWRC Update – Danzig felling (logging) / The Bull Run

Logging: Wayne Boness (Principal Ranger) spoke in length about the new time frames for the logging of Danzig. There had been further delays with the consent process at the last minute and also the Logging contractors had been delayed else-where due to the weather!  A lower Skid site and also Culvert will be put in place in June. It’s hoped this will only affect the lower Danzig area for 2 or 3 days? The rest of the logging will not take place till around October or November.

The Bull Run:  Wayne discussed in great detail the issue with the DOC covenant. He has finally managed to talk to the correct / higher up staff member but due to changes happening within DOC this has taken a few weeks. In short DOC should be up to inspect the area in question before the end of June to advise. Wayne stated however that DOC was very open and what had been done so far should hopefully not be of too much concern for all parties!

Future projects:  Wayne mentioned that Both Amanda Cox (GWRC Manager Parks) and he had agreed that a process needs to put in place so issues like the DOC covenant can be avoid in the future! He had come up with a “Project Proposal” document that will assist for future works that BAMBA wish to do in the park.

Jeremy tabled this document and had made a few tweaks to help assist all involved. He went through the document and it is hoped that by doing this it will be more transparent to all for future projects etc. This document will also cover communication with other user groups / interested parties within the park. He will Email an electronic version to Paul ASAP and it’s hoped we can progress on the new proposed Hill road Views pylon track (Still to be given a name) in the near future!

Meeting closed at:  9.35pm Paul Scoble, Secretary BAMBA.