AGM Minutes
11 March 2009
Stirling Conferencing & Events Stirling
Attendance
- Bea Hackula (Chairlady)
- Bianca Sommerfeld (Coordinator)
- Pat McCarlie (Committee member)
- Lizelle Maurice
- Michelle Coetzee
- Zimasa Daniels
- Wendy de Bruyn
- Lungiswa Moko
- Linda Promnitz
- Ntsiki Njamela
- Sinomtha
- Nolufefe Dlepu
- Ntombentsha Nkwentsha
- Liza Wright
- Janet Rous
- Adv Naledi Bisiwe
- Poonam Harry
Apologies
- Di Stap
- Nandipha Vena (Committee member)
- Kate Blackburn
- Gcina Deliwe
Previous Minutes
The minutes were read and accepted without any changes.
Matters Arising
No matters arising.
Chair Report
- Bea took the members through the branch report for 2008. Bea informed the members on our strategy to increase our membership database. Bea indicated that in order to increase our database to the targeted amount Bianca will have to sign up a minimum of 8 members per month to reach the target of 210 paying members by end of November 2009. Bea also expressed the importance of corporate memberships as the branch already has 3 corporate members on board namely ELIDZ, IDC and J&J.
- Bea went through the events for 2008 and explained how the branch will be implementing the same events in 2009. Bea compared the events from 2008 with events that have taken place in 2009 namely the Valentines Masked Ball and the Networking functions. Bea also explained the different events and what the aim for each event was.
- Bea gave an overview of what the BWA offered in 2008 and indicated how the branch would improve in 2009.
Treasurer's Report
Noeleen Barry gave her Treasurer's report and thanked BWA Committee for all the support and opportunity she had enjoyed in her term of office as Treasurer and wished the new treasurer, to be elected, all the best in 2006.
Committee
Bianca introduced the 9 nominees for the 2009 BWA Committee. The Committee for 2009 is as follows:
- Nandipha Vena : From IDC
- Di Stap: From Di Stap Communications
- Poonam Harry: From Harry’s Printer
- Michelle Coetzee: From Siyaphambili Staffing Solutions
- Zimasa Daniels : From ECDC
- Ntsiki Njamela : From Terra Consulting
- Linda Promnitz: From ABSA Bank
- Lungi Moko : From Ntinga Construction
- Wendy be Bruyn: From Healthcor
- Adv Naledi Bisiwe: An Independent Consultant
- Nolufefe Dlepu: From Price Waterhouse Coopers
The ladies all accepted their nomination and the members accepted and welcomed the new committee.
Bea thanked Pat McCarlie, the Nedbank Champion, for all her support in the previous year and thanked her for remaining on the 2009 Committee as the Nedbank champion.
Main events for 2009
Bea went through the calendar of main events for 2009. Bea also explained how the BWA would like to partner with different businesses in 2009 and how the partnerships the BWA had in 2008 were beneficial to the organization.
Main Events:
- Thursday 23 April 2009: Golf Day
- Thursday 21 May 2009: Business Workshop
- Saturday 27 June 2009: RBAA Gala Dinner
- Saturday 8 August 2009: Women’s Day Cinderella Ball
- Thursday 27 August 2009: Corporate Women Leaders Summit
- Friday 4 September 2009: Secretary & Spring Day Lunch
- Friday 25 September 2009: Spring day Fashion Show
- Thursday 29 & Friday 30 October 2009: BWOYA Road Show
- Saturday 14 November 2009: End of year function
RBAA 2009
Bea spoke about the 2008 RBAA and the good feedback we received regarding this function. The BWA formed many partnerships from this event. The RBAA for 2009 will be held at Le Terazza Resturant on Saturday, 27 June 2009. Bea encouraged the ladies to nominate a phenomenal businesswoman for this award. Bea also informed the ladies that the tickets for the 2009 RBAA Gala dinner would be ready by April 2009.
Sponsorships and strategic partnerships
Bea spoke about the partnerships the BWA had in 2008 namely: Deloitte & Touché, IDC, ELIDZ, ECDC and Billion Group. Bea also informed us that these companies are willing to partner with the BWA in the future with other projects the BWA has to offer.
Bea mentioned the partnerships the BWA are targeting for 2009. Bea expressed the importance of these partnerships not only for the BWA but for the companies involved. Bea announced the partnership the BWA has with Old Mutual who sponsored the 2008 BWOYA Road Show and is possibly going to sponsor the 2009 Golf Day. ECDC has also agreed to partner with the BWA on one of our 6 workshops for the year. Bea informed the members that she and Bianca are in the process of securing the partnerships for 2009.
Finance
Bea indicated that although the financials indicate a loss of R 10990.00 for 2008 there had actually been a saving of approximately R 14000.00. Bea indicated that when the budget for 2008 was submitted in November 2007 the coordinators salary at the time was R 5000.00 pm. In February 2008 there was a new coordinator appointed with an expected salary of R 7000.00 per month, so the salary budget for the branch had to increase. Nedbank only covers 4 months of the coordinators salary and the amount that was allocated to the branch for these 4 months was R 20000.00 instead of R 28000.00. If calculated the expected salary allocation for the year of 2008 should have been R 60000.00 and instead it was R 84000.00. Therefore it was summarized that the branch made a loss of R 10990.00 where it should have actually been R 24000.00.
Bea informed the members that the audited financials are not yet available but as soon as they are available from head office they will be presented to the members.
Year Plan 2009
Bea presented the BWA Branch report to the members. This report indicates how the BWA will structure the partnerships secured with the different corporate companies. This report will be presented to the companies the BWA will be partnering with in 2009. This report gives an overview on how the funds sponsored will be allocated in the branch and how the different ownership and branding opportunities may be implemented.
Bea informed the members that this report is available to all the members should they wish to obtain it.
Bea thanked everyone and wished everyone well.