Dec Cai-Vic Minutes 2002
MINUTES of CAI Victorian Branch Meeting
Held at 92 Rosslyn Street on 11 December 2002
Note taker: Kylie Davies
Present: Kylie Davies, Reuben Matene, Grant Diffey, Rob Brittain, Dean
Validas, Vic Koci, Daniel Stone and John Habberman.
Apologies: Penni Diffey
The minutes to the previous meeting were declared accurate.
Actions Arising
Roster: Kylie is revising this over the holiday break. She will send an
emaill to the list asking people to put their names down for rostered days.
The ability of volunteers to maintain attendance across regular days and
times will ensure Computerbank can remain open. Kylie notes that while
volunteers are important for mentoring purposes on Thursdays/Fridays - we are
able to open for complete days due to the WFD program. Days that we are
unable to do this include Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Grant suggested that we should be open on both Saturdays and Sundays. He
suggested that we should still remain closed on Mondays.
Database: Grant reported no progress in this area due to difficulties
locating material that was developed.
Moving: We briefly discussed the properties that we had looked at. We also
noted that the Scout Hall, while at a great price, was off the list as it was
being retained by the Scout group.
30 Victoria St - 370sqm - 18-21K (+ outgoings) - Con speaks favorably of
this one as it is cheap and big. This property was quite run down and would
need considerable work to improve it. Includes 2 carparks and roller door.
2 Tinning St - 304 sqm - 25.5K + outgoings. Includes a large reception area.
Would need work but not as much as Victoria St. Includes 4 carparks and
roller door.
Supermarket in Northcote area. Not much is known about this property except
that it has not been used for sometime and is huge (1050sm). Rob said that he
would try and follow up with the property agent.
22 Mercier St - 450sqm - 18K + outgoings. This property has a large office
for training and a smaller office for admin.It also has 4 car parks, high
ceilings and roller door.
92 Rosslyn St - 365sqm - 23502.36 PA inc outgoings and GST
At the present stage, with some of the properties above looked at (30 V and 2
T) we have decided to remain at Rosslyn St as the high costs of moving dont
really equal a benefit. We acknowledged that while parking fines were an
issue for some volunteers/staff this was not reason for moving.
Dean agreed to call Killen Thomas to ask additional questions about outgoings
and GST. Dean will also thank KT for showing us the properties.
Kylie agreed to organise a site visit for the Mercier St property. This will
happen in the New year.
The meeting suggested that we should continue to look for other property
until the end of January in the new year.
The meeting also agreed to look for alternative solutions for storage as the
cost of Kennards could be better spent elsewhere.
Network Builds
Kylie explained that several clients had experienced considerable delays in
receiving their networks. She reported that some had been calling quite
regularly to find out if there had been any progress.
This was acknowldged as a problem and steps were being taken in order to
address the issues. The issue involved is purely a technical one - with MIT
cookies causing problems. Grant suggested that he would look at it over the
next two weeks. Kylie said that other volunteers may be able to help.
Grant said that he would call the clients to apologise and explain the delay.
Policy Stick
Kylie said that she would like to reiterate her email to the list for
consideration and thought over the holiday period. She suggested coming back
to this in the new year.
WFD Report
During the last month WFD has been going steady as usual. Our smaller WFD
project finished on Dec 6th. We are currently running one project of 20.
Program days are now only Thursday and Friday until Feb 03. Staffing levels
have been changed to reflect the new arrangements. Kylie is now working 2
days per week.
One of the ex-WFD participants (now sometime volunteer) has been busy
organising the end of Year Trivia night.
Kylie advised that she submitted an application to the WFD Awards 2002.
Trivia Night
Kylie reported that the organisation for this was progressing well. WFD
participants / ex have been quite helpful in organising this event as a
fundraiser for CAI-Vic.
Special Thanks
The meeting acknowledged all the work that David Hatton has contributed over
the years. We moved to purchase a gift and a card for David.
Other Business
Rob suggested that we donate / gift the CD discman (a recent dontation) to
Bill McPherson so that he can use it for talking books. Bill has a SCSI 4x
CDROM to donate to CAI-Vic in exchange. The meeting agreed to this
arrangement.
All other items on the Agenda were held over to the next meeting. It was
recognised that the agenda item on increasing RAM would need to be discussed
as a single issue meeting.
Next Meeting is to be organised via email lists.
Meeting finished at 7.35pm
