Waar is die wilde diere?

Ons het vriende van Swartruggens oorgenooi sodat ons kon spog met ons eie "wilds plaas" hier in die middel van die dorp.

Probleem is ons het hulle genooi voordat die diere verminder is. Ons het 'n hele paar keer die hele landgoed plat gery, maar niks gesien nie. Wat 'n anti-klimaks!

Hoeveel diere het ons van die landgoed verwyder?

Ek reken nie eers 'n veedief sal twee keer na ons landgoed kyk nie, want daar is niks om te steel nie.

Ou suinig

Explanation of levy rise & GDACE rules

Thanks again for all the people that voted for me.

I have decided to do my posting through Ciarra’s blog as well as the official estate’s website in the hope of being able to reach more home owners.

With regard to the levies, and many complaints that the home owners don’t fully understand the justification for the increases we will publish more explanatory brake-down of the figures after the next finance meeting on the 18th November 2010.

I will, due to my accountancy qualifications in devour to look for ways to seek ways to reduced levies in line with common business practise – I am concerned just as much as anyone else. We have worked hard for our money and this we have achieved by not wasting it. I will be a strong campaigner against frivolous and unnecessary expenditure.

On a different subject, there will be a complaints, compliments and suggestions register at the management offices for all home owners to use. I would however like to be e-mailed directly at rynette@orbitaldistributors.co.za so that I may follow up on any such submissions.

Complainants must understand that most of the rules have been stipulated by GDACE and as such are LAW. Should you wish to make representation to GDACE to have a regulation changed you may get their address from the manager Fred Botes. Home owners must understand that even if we think a rule is ridiculous it is not our call. If people appreciate this it will cause less ill feeling.

Regards

Rynette

Wie en wat is ons nou eintlik?

Wie en wat is ons – Meyersdal Nature Estate of Meyersdal Eco Estate?

Die munisipaliteit dokumente sê dat ons in die Meyersdal Nature Estate uitbreiding 1, 2 & 3 bly. Die bestuur van ons landgoed sê dat ons die Meyersdal Eco Estate is.

Ek verstaan ook dat die grense van ons landgoed soos dit uitgesit is deur ons grensdrade, ook nie die waarheid is nie. Is dit waar en as dit is waar is, waar is ons grense nou eintlik? Waarin het ons ingekoop?

Blou Bulle

Thank you for the giraffe’s

I just want to thank the developer Mr Booysen for sponsoring the three giraffe’s for our estate. I am getting sick and tired of people criticising this man. He has also been an asset to the Alberton community. He is just a normal guy in business.

Regards

Mrs Zeely



I have publish just for you a beautiful picture of the giraffe on our website. I also want to say thank you to Mr Booysen for donating these wonderful creatures to our estate.

Ciarra

Strange voting regulation

For a start why was it necessary at the vote counting for the developer to cast his extra votes at the vote counting office, and why was this not all explained to us at the beginning. Most likely because this is a contentious subject. Never have I heard of an election whereby this happens. Some of us are new to the estate. Of the fifteen nominees available for democratic election we had to choose seven. Some of these I believe have been for ever or were previous board members. I think there were only three new-blood elected trustees. Out of thirteen how strange?

On another point regarding proxy votes I have also never heard of people canvassing for proxy votes. May I suggested that in the future any member who is unable to attend an AGM and wishes to give their votes to a proxy, that this is limited to 2 proxy votes per attendee. For example, Joe Soap gets 30 proxy voting rights and wishes to vote for himself as a board member, he will do so.

With the estate expanding we will never achieve the percentage required to prevent the unreasonable hold that the developer has with his voting rights.

Any clues?

Gato

Time will tell

I wish to congratulate all the new board members but obviously not to those directors who are purely "pals" or "business associates" of the developer. How undemocratic!

Congratulations to the organisers for running a far less chaotic AGM this year.

We all hope that the new blood will be able to stand up to the domineering tactics of the guys that have been there forever.

The transparency that we all want should come from the new comers, if they walk the walk like they talk the talk. Only time will tell.

Cheers

Spiro

Congratulations to the new board members

Please forgive me not attending to the blog as I was out of town on unplanned business. I even missed the AGM which I really wanted not to. This is always an interesting event.

There is quite a bit of post which I will try and fit in over the next few days in between kids, cooking and work.

I just want to use this opportunity to congratulate all the newly elected board members and hope that this year would be a successful one for you all.

I have asked someone to take photos of the new board members and I will change the website accordingly.

I also just want to remind the Erasmus family to forward me their photos and information as they are our "Your next" family on the website.

Speak to you later

Ciarra