We had a fair turnout, but we need more attendees to make it worthwhile for our lovely speakers who give up valuable family time to come to our meetings to answer questions. They do this for all the many small NHW groups around Helensvale, and Division 2, and are giving their time free of charge for the community. If you care about keeping our beautiful suburb safe, come along to our next meeting, the AGM, on 25th February. You can become a committee-member, a block or zone coordinator if you wish - just present yourself on the day.
Committtee-members are voted in each year : the posts up for election are Coordinator, Secretary and Treasurer. If you think you can do a good job in any of these offices, put yourselves forward.
Zone coordinators are responsible for a sub-division of our area, usually about 120 households. They organise the delivery of the newsletter, quarterly, by liasing with the block coordinators who deliver to particular streets. Zone and block co-ordinators are expected to attend two meetings per quarter, one informal gathering to collect newsletters, the other, the main meeting. Zone and block coordinators can chat with residents about NHW when they deliver the newsletters, if the opportunity arises. This does't amount to a lot of time, but we really need your presence at the meetings. Because these positions carry responsibilities, all officers have to undergo a Police check, but it usually only takes a few days for clearance to come through.
We particularly need block coordinators in Lindfield Road and Doyalson Place because we will shortly have residents in the 68 new apartments, so numbers in our area will soon total 800. If any Central residents are reading this, welcome to the area, and welcome to NHW! You are members by virtue of living in Helensvale Area 2, so we would love to see you at our next meeting.
Meanwhile, have a very Happy Christmas and New Year holiday until we see you on 25th February!
Margaret McDermott,
Coordinator
