Excerpt from the Bend Management Statement
Functions of the Secretary
19.21 The functions of the Secretary include:
a) preparing and distributing minutes of meetings of the Neighbourhood Association and the Coordination Committee;
b) giving, on behalf of the Neighbourhood Association and the Coordination Committee, notices required to be given under the Act;
c) maintaining the Neighbourhood Association roll;
d) supplying certificates in accordance with Clause 2 of Schedule 4 of the Act;
e) answering communications addressed to the Association or the Coordination Committee;
f) convening meetings of the Coordination Committee and Neighbourhood Association (other than the first Annual General Meeting);
g) performing administrative or secretarial functions on behalf of the Coordination Committee;
h) performing administrative or secretarial functions on behalf of the Neighbourhood Association; and
i) keeping records under Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Act.
Community Land Management Act 1989
Sets out a number of responsibilities of a Neighbourhood Association which fall to the Secretary, including:
- Keeping the association’s seal
- Giving adequate notice of General Meetings and AGMs
- Keeping Association roll up to date
- Giving & receiving notices
- Keeping & distributing meeting minutes
- Retaining records & voting papers
- Providing certificates when requested