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KCC Park Facilities Committee are looking for twelve volunteers to assist with planting trees in the new garden beds at KCC Park on the southern boundary near the dam.

Date: Wednesday 15^th May

Time: 10am to 2pm

Volunteer work will consist of placing trees in pre dug holes and tying to stakes. You will not be required to dig the holes.

As part of the KCC Park planning permit to remove and trim the ‘at risk’ tress at the venue, we are required to plant 93 indigenous canopy trees.

Over recent months new garden beds have been built on the southern boundary along two fence lines near the dam. On Wednesday 15^th May Facilities Committee will organize the planting of the trees that have been on order.  

All holes will be pre dug, all that is required is to assist in planting the trees and tying to the stakes. 

This is an important project for the Park and assistance from the membership is required to complete the task.  

Free lunch will be provided.

Please share amongst your Club and RSVP attendance via email to events@dogsvictoria.org.au

The 2023 Dogs Victoria Annual Report including the 2024 annual general meeting agenda is now available in the below link

https://dogsvictoria.org.au/about/annual-report/

Notice to Members - Wednesday 17/4/24 AUSNET Power Outage KCC Park 3 hour Office Closure 

Dear Members

AUSNET have advised that power to Dogs Victoria KCC Park will be turned off on Wednesday 17 April 2024 from 10am to 1pm as AUSNET undertake essential maintenance on the electricity network in the area.

Unfortunately, as this impacts every facet of the Dogs Victoria Office operation, I am advising that the Dogs Victoria office will be closed for these three hours on Wednesday 17 April 2024, from 10am to 1pm.

The Dogs Victoria Office team will utilise this time to undertake a staff meeting offsite and be back on board at 1pm to resume normal operation.

We apologise for the short interruption to member services caused by the AUSNET power outage.

Regards

Jason Eggleton | Chief Executive

President Election

At the close of nominations at 4pm on Monday 8 January 2024, three nominations were received for the president position on the management committee.  On Tuesday 16 January 2024, one candidate withdrew their nomination for this position, leaving two nominations for the president position.

The scrutiny and count of ballot papers, received before the close of voting (5pm 4 April 2024) was conducted on Friday 5 April 2024 at the Victorian Electoral Commission, Level 4, 530 Collins St, Melbourne. The following first preference votes were polled by the candidates, listed below in ballot paper order:

Formal Ballot Papers included in count: 1479

Informal ballot Papers: 13

Total Ballot Papers: 1492

FROST, Peter Anthony          963

HARTFORD, Jason               516

Peter Anthony FROST attained an absolute majority on the first preference for the election and is therefore declared the President for a term of four years. 

Management Committee Election

At the close of nominations at 4pm on Monday 8 January 2024, four nominations were received for the three positions on management committee.

The scrutiny and count of ballot papers received before the close of voting (5pm 4 April 2024) was conducted on Friday 5 April 2024 at the Victorian Electoral Commission, Level 4, 530 Collins St, Melbourne.  The following first preference votes were polled by the candidates, listed below in ballot paper order:

Formal Ballot Papers included in count: 1483

Informal ballot Papers: 8

Total Ballot Papers: 1491

Quota: 371

HIGGINS, Mike                       386     

KEENAN, Julie                       451     

HARTFORD, Jason                403     

PARK, Mal                              243                 

Following the distribution of ballot papers and pursuant to Rule 2.74 of the VCA Inc Rules, I hereby certify the result of the election and declare the following six candidates elected.

Julie KEENAN                        1^st elected       Four year term

Jason HARTFORD                 2^nd elected       Four year term

Mike HIGGINS                        3^rd elected       Four year term

Sally Leung

Returning Officer

Dogs Victoria has offered its submission to the Animal Care and Protection Bill. To read through Dogs Victoria's submission, please click here.

Prior submissions have also been included in our report from 2020 and 2022.

Dear Members,

I would clarify that as required by the Dogs Victoria Constitution 1.5.35, Dogs Victoria will publish the Dogs Victoria Annual Report in the month of April 2024, which contains 30 days, and is the month preceding the Annual General Meeting, scheduled for 22/5/24.

For member reference the relevant section of the Constitution is which reads as follows

DOGS VICTORIA CONSTITUTION

1.5 POWERS OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

.35 (As amended 5.11.92, 20.4.94, 26.11.96 and 15.8.16)

To publish in the VCA Gazette in the month preceding the Annual General Meeting of that year:

.1  a detailed audited Income and Expenditure Account of the VCA for the year ended 31st December in the preceding year (including a detailed schedule in the Notes to the Accounts of the various individual categories of expenditure which, either singly or aggregated, exceed $500 and which are incorporated in the total for Sundry Expenses) and a detailed audited balance sheet as at that date and annual reports of the President and the Chairpersons of other Committees;

.2 an Income and Expenditure Budget and Cash Flow Budget for the current year ending 31st December, such Budgets to include all proposed new capital works expenditure, proposed expenditure on new projects undertaken or to be undertaken during the current year and the funding of same; and

.3 an Expenditure Budget and Cash Flow Budget for the period 1st January to 31st March in the year following the current financial year, showing all proposed new capital works expenditure, proposed expenditure on new projects undertaken during the period and funding of same.

Regards

Jason

Dogs Australia have updated the official Dogs Australia judges contract form.

The official judges contract form is available from the Dogs Victoria website in the below link

https://dogsvictoria.org.au/forms/judges-forms-contracts/

We remind all affiliates when sending your judges contract form to the Dogs Victoria office, you will need to use the current form ONLY and we require all three pages.

Dear Members,

Notices for the 2024-2025 membership period (with new common renewal due date of 31 March 2024) have now been issued by email through our new online renewal portal. 
Members without a registered email address or on request have been posted their notices to their nominated postal address.

Please contact our Office on (03) 9788 2500 or by email office@dogsvictoria.org.au if you haven't received your renewal notice.

Dear Members,

Dogs Victoria – PFAS Capping Works due for completion by 1/4/24 as per EPA EAN-00006255-1 will be delivered for Dogs Victoria late W/C 11/3/24 and take approx. 7-12 days to complete.

In order for the capping works to be completed, there will be some additional truck deliveries of clay material onto site late W/C 11/3 and movement of fill material from the rear development batter (ie downslope of hill) along Rodds Drain.

These works will not impact on any of the current areas of KCC Park used by Members.

Frankston City Council and EPA have been updated and are aware of this schedule.

Regards

Jason

From 6th February all members with a registered email address will receive their first full annual renewal notice by email for membership to run between dates 01 April 2024 – 31 March 2025. Memberships that don't have an email address registered will continue to receive a posted renewal notice.
Members that have received a pro-rata renewal notice that has held due dates in January or February will require payment to align with the new billing dates.

Invoices received by email can be paid directly through the link in the email provided, this does not require sign up or logging into the new portal. Alternatively, you can log in to the new portal to review your contact details as well as accessing your invoice.

Please see our Frequently asked questions about the new renewal platform https://www.dogsvictoria.org.au/media/5947/dv-membee-faq.pdf

For feedback or queries please email in the first instance to office@dogsvictoria.org.au