Location: The Woolshed, Stratton St, Normandale, Lower Hutt, 7:30pm
Present
Tyrone McGrath, Marco Renall, Matt Clarke, Craig McGinnity, Nicole Swain, Ryan Williamson, Steve Elden, Richard Aston, Paul Scoble, Jeremy Paterson.
Apologies
Sam Dungey.
Minutes of last Meeting
“Paul offered to pay†was deleted, otherwise approved.
Finances
Last meeting opening balance – $924.88
Interest earned- $0.00
Refreshments approved last mtg- $(22.35)
This meeting opening balance- $902.53
This meeting refreshments approved and cheque signed – $0
We owe IRD $73.71 for tax on our race income. Nicole is seeking an exemption.
Chartitable Status
Matt has sent the  revisions to our Constitution to Paul May lawyer, written by Colin Ryder, to allow us to become a Charitable Society.  We should aim to approve this at the AGM in one month.
Website
It was agreed that Nicole would refund Angus $45.94 for 1 year subscription to Freeparking for our website www.bamba.org.nz.
BNZ Volunteer Digging
It was approved that Angus could ask BNZ workers to volunteer 1 day of their time digging on our new trail on 8th or 9th Sep. We noted Angus has the skills to guide them but we must ensure enough is
taped clearly.
New Track
Paul has opened out the bottom 2 corners on our new track.
Names suggested were Hootenany, Bull Run, Sweet Haven, Sweet Fury and Sweet Gravity. Bull Run seemed most popular (a huge bull likes our new track and is destroying the surface), but we are open to votes or other names.
Tyrone moved that the new track will be 2 way until it meets Sweetacres, then the DH will be one way Grade 4 to Hill Rd.
Chicken lines are to be built to bypass any extreme sections. Seconded by Nicole & approved.
Paul found our man-hours board on the ground so it will be moved further up out of sight. Jeremy said it’s important that trail workers write down their hours on the board so we can work out how many man hours it takes per metre of trail constructed.
Jeremy will fix the bottom fence which has had its wires cut. Please advise if you know who cut it. It is designed to keep out MTB riders until the trail is ride-able and keep the bull in.
There was much discussion on the route that the track should take.  Ian’s email was tabled. It was agreed that any forward taping of the route is to be done without cutting any bush and the taped route be agreed with Tyrone and Jeremy. Once agreed, cutting and digging can begin on that taped section only.
The next working Bee is Sunday 4th Sep from 9am at the Woolshed.
DANZIG FELLING
Paul read an email from Sharon Lee GWRC to BAMBA which advised that no felling decisions have been made yet. If felled, natives were a replanting option.
Jeremy advised that log prices had fallen through the floor, the wharf was full of logs and the forest of 21 hectares was nearly 30 years old. GWRC was waiting on the Production Plan from the feller before they could make any further decisions.
Tyrone said we will do minimal trail maintenance in the forest, but enough to be ready for the PNP race on 30th Oct.  Marco will apply to GWRC to stage the event.
MOU
Matt said we wanted a flexible document with no rigid commitments. Jeremy will extract information from Hoz’ MOU and paste it into the GWRC MOU template. When done, he will send it to Amanda Cox for review, then to BAMBA. Colin gave us the Friends of Baring/GWRC MOU as an example of one that was signed off by GWRC.
It was agreed to send Hoz a $60 voucher with a thank you note for his work on the MOU. Matt moved and Tyrone seconded.
General Business
It was agreed that we obtain a first aid pack for working bees. Matt & Nicole will investigate.
Tyrone said that all future media correspondence had to go through the Committee for approval.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be the AGM held on Tues 20th Sep 2011 at the Woolshed
Meeting closed 9:15pm
Marco Renall, Secretary BAMBA
