Annual General Meeting - 2015

Introduction
Our AGM was held on 19 November. More than 70 residents listened attentively to the Chairman's Report in which he pointed out that greatest single problem this year proved to be a water crisis that caught Bela-Bela in a state of unpreparedness.

What? No water?

Current water crisis
This matter was debated at some length. The meeting was informed that the causes were easy to identify. Firstly, the country is in the throes of the worst drought since 1982. Secondly, poor maintenance of the municipal water infrastructure resulted in water consumption exceeding supply. This was confirmed by Clr. Kobus van der Merwe who also attended the meeting. Among other things this caused no water being available in the upper parts of the village for days at a time during the first half of November. Fortunately, residents have exclusive access to four 10 000ℓ water tanks on the property due to the foresight of a previous Management Committee.

The country is suffering from the worst drought since 1982

It was emphasised that the Management Committee had no control over water supply to the village.

An urgent appeal was made to residents to conserve water by not using their garden hoses and/or sprinkler systems to water their gardens until further notice. 

Donation
A donation of R7 500 was handed to the local Chairman of Afriforum in recognition of services rendered to the community. Our village benefits directly from their hard work. Click HERE to read a previous post in this regard.

Finance
The proposed budget for 2016 and re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our auditor were unanimously approved. The meeting also agreed to the appointment of Frikman Nel from Rent Admin Real Estate as the Management Agent with effect from 1 June 2016. He and his company will succeed Elrado's Reanett Bezuidenhout, who will be retiring next year.

Elrado's Reanett Bezuidenthout

New Management Committee

Gerhard van Rooyen was re-elected as Chairman of the Management Committee for 2016

The following residents were elected to serve on the Management Committee in 2016: Gerhard van Rooyen (Chairman), Barry Vosloo (Vice-Chairman & Communication), Lirpa Kuntz (Secretary), Elsa Erasmus (Finance), Piet Combrink (Conservation), Louis van Wyk (Maintenance), Flip Dreyer (Maintenance Assistant), George Yeo (Security), Tiny Hitge (Electricity & Water Meters), Braam Cilliers (Administration), and Marie Snyman (Support).