This is an early notification of this General Meeting.  The range of topics to be covered include wording changes to our Constitution.  The are several reasons for this.  One is to comply with the Australian Tax Office rules to specifically indicate where we will allocate FBBGSA tax deductible donations if we were to cease to exist.  Currently our Constitution covers any money FBBGSA has if it ceases to exist but this is not specific enough to be able to acquire the DGR status for tax deductible donations as communicated to Julie by the Tax Office.

The second area is to tidy up some of the wording which differs from a Constitution prepared by the Australian Charities & Not for Profit Commission (ACNC) which FBBGSA is registered with.

To make this trip worthwhile for the Committee and very welcome members we will be running a video!  To top it off we will be supplying tea and coffee (and soup if anyone wishes to make some for us) and a pre-dinner snack. 

For these resolutions to be passed we do need a quorum of people.  Please allocate this evening as one of the meetings you will attend (and the AGM in September too).  The importance of these Constitutional change relates to FBBGSA’s ability to acquire grants for projects we have planned, for example, setting up the Greenhouse with irrigation and equipment and the 50^th Anniversary for Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha in May 2026. 

I will be sending a formal invite to members in the new future with the specifics of the changes and look forward to celebrating with you, the first 6 months of the new Board.  See you there!

Thanks

Julie