Residents fight Baptist church apartment block plans
The Age recently published an article on the proposed development by the Baptist Church on the intersection of King St. and Hawke St. Read the article here.
Agenda for June 2014 general meeting
The June 2014 monthly general meeting of the Association is this Tuesday (17/06/2014) at 7.30pm. The venue is the Dewey Common, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne (enter from Union Street to the west with access for all). [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/agendaGeneralMeeting-20140617.pdf"]
2014 Annual General Meeting
The NWMA Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 20 May 2014, 7.15pm for 7.30pm start in the Dewey Common Room Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne (enter off Union Street on the west side of the building). The AGM zip bundle contains the following PDF documents: AGM Agenda Constitution and Rules of the NWMA Call for Nominations for Committee for 2014–2015 form and Membership renewal form. Notice of AGM form and proxy form Unconfirmed Minutes of 2013 AGM Financial Statement for AGM 2014 Annual Report [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/nwmaAGMdocs-2014.zip"]
New Residential Zones Submission
On behalf of the NWMA, Geoff Leach has submitted a response to the New Residential Zones proposal. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/NWMA-new-zones-submission.pdf"]
Minutes from 15th April 2014 general meeting
Minutes from the 15 April 2014 monthly general meeting. Includes a summary of a presentation by David Mayes, Manager Strategic Planning, and Giselle Pratt, Project Manager for New Residential Zones. Here are presentation slides used for the meeting: [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/presentation-newResidentialZones-20140415.pdf"] [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/genMtgMinutes-20140415.pdf"]
Agenda for April 2014 general meeting. David Mayes will talk about the new Neighbourhood Residential Zones
The April 2014 monthly general meeting of the Association is this Tuesday (15/04/2014) at 6.30pm sharp. The venue is the Dewey Common, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne (enter from Union Street to the west with access for all). We advise that David Mayes, Manager Strategic Planning with the City of Melbourne, will talk about the new Neighbourhood Residential Zones at 6.30pm sharp. The new Neighbourhood Residential Zone is being offered by the Minister of Planning as the strongest level of protection of three residential zones. The recommendation presented at a recent City of Melbourne Future Melbourne meeting and
Minutes from 18th March 2014 general meeting
Confirmed minutes from the 18 Mar. 2014 monthly general meeting. Includes a summary of a presentation by Steven Weir, Neighbourhood Development Officer. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/genMtgMinutes-20140318.pdf"]
Minutes from 18th February 2014 general meeting
Confirmed minutes from the 18 Feb. 2014 monthly general meeting. Includes a summary of a presentation by representatives of The Eighth Day Baptist Church, West Melbourne, on the development of their site on the corner of Curzon, King and Hawke streets. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/genMtgMinutes-20140218.pdf"]
Agenda for March 2014 general meeting
The March 2014 monthly general meeting of the Association is this Tuesday (18/03/2014) at 7.30pm. The venue is the Dewey Common, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne (enter from Union Street to the west with access for all). [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/agendaGeneralMeeting-20140318.pdf"]
Volunteer(s) needed to organise delivery of the North and West Melbourne News
A number of Association members are already regular distributors of the paper to a block of letterboxes in their neighbourhood. The News urgently needs a new Distribution Coordinator(s) to bundle and arrange delivery of the paper to distributors' doorsteps. You must have access to a suitable vehicle to do this. Four times a year, on a Thursday, the News is delivered to The Centre, where the Distribution Coordinator(s) sort(s) it into appropriately sized bundles for the delivery team. The bundles are labelled with pre-prepared sheets describing their delivery area. Some distributors collect their bundles from The Centre, which makes things