AGM 2023

The Society’s Annual General Meeting

will be held on Tuesday 30th May 2023 at 7:30 pm

The meeting will take place at the Old Library (formerly the Red Cross Hall), Pioneer Village, Silverdale. Members unable to attend in person may join the meeting by Zoom. A link to join the meeting will be e-mailed to those members for whom we hold a current e-mail address.

AGENDA

  1. Welcome
  2. Minutes of the 2022 AGM (download Minutes)
  3. Matters arising from the 2022 AGM minutes
  4. Financial report (download Financial Report)
  5. Chairperson’s annual report (download Chair’s report)
  6. Election of officers and committee members *
  7. Subscriptions for 2023/24 year (no change recommended)
  8. Any other business

*The officers of the Society comprise the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary, and the constitution requires at least two other committee members. Nominations for all of these positions will be accepted by mail (or email), to be received by the Secretary at PO Box 100132 North Shore, Auckland 0745, by Friday 26th May. Nominations may also be accepted from members attending the meeting. All nominees, proposers and seconders must be current financial members of the Society.

AGM 2022

The Society’s Annual General Meeting

will be held on Tuesday 24th May, 2022 at 7:30 pm

The meeting will take place at the Old Library (formerly the Red Cross Hall), Pioneer Village, Silverdale. Alternatively, members have been e-mailed a link to join the meeting by Zoom.

AGENDA

  1. Welcome
  2. Minutes of the 2021 AGM
  3. Matters arising from the 2021 AGM minutes
  4. Financial Report (see Chairperson’s Report webpage)
  5. Chairperson’s Annual Report (see Chairperson’s Report webpage)
  6. Election of officers and committee members *
  7. Subscriptions for 2022/23 year (no change recommended)
  8. Any other business

*The officers of the Society comprise the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary, and the Constitution requires at least two other committee members. Nominations for all these positions will be accepted by mail, to be received by the Secretary at PO Box 100132 North Shore, Auckland 0745, by Friday 20th May. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor of the meeting. All nominees, proposers and seconders must be financial members of the Society.

AGM 2021

The Motuora Restoration Society’s Annual General Meeting

will be held on Tuesday 25th May, 2021 at 7:30 p.m

The meeting will take place at the Old Library (formerly Red Cross Hall), Pioneer Village, Silverdale.   Alternatively, members have been e-mailed a link to join the meeting by Zoom. 

AGENDA

1.  Minutes of the 2020 AGM

2.  Matters arising from the Minutes

3.  Financial Report (copy posted on Chairperson’s Report webpage)

4.  Chairperson’s Annual Report (copy posted on Chairperson’s Report webpage)

5.  Election of Officers and Committee Members*

6.  Subscriptions for the 2021/2022 year

7.  Any other Business

*The officers of the Society comprise the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary, and the Constitution calls for at least two other committee members.  Nominations for all these positions will be accepted by mail, to be received by the Secretary at PO Box 100132 North Shore, Auckland 0745, by Friday 21st May.  Nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the meeting.  All nominees, proposers and seconders must be financial members of the Society.

Accommodation for volunteers

Cabins are now located where a shade house once stood and have been used extensively by visiting monitoring teams during the past months.   These are basic but really snug with the convenience of solar-powered lights and charging points for phones.    We had a builder erect a roof over the decked area between the pods to provide a dry place to drop wet or dirty gear and footwear.  The next part of the project is to roof over each of the cabins which will protect them from harsh environment and extend the life of their construction.  Rain water collection is also planned.

accommodation cabins

Seabird news

Pycroft’s petrel monitoring – 2021 breeding season

John Stewart reports the Pycroft’s petrel news from Motuora is pretty good.  As of 4th January 2021 there were 16 pairs on eggs, with one new pair occupying a box but with no egg and two single birds in different boxes That’s up from 10 eggs/chicks last year. Unfortunately, Covid-19 related restrictions on Island visits in 2020 meant that last year chicks fledged without being banded so there will be some uncertainty about their return rate.

This year 15 Pycroft’s petrel chicks hatched and grew steadily.  Monitoring teams made fortnightly trips to the island to check progress and on 10th March a small team made a brief visit to the Island to band the chicks. It went well and all chicks were banded. They were all looking good with just one chick noticeably smaller than the rest, but even that one was fine, just running a bit later than the others. Estimate is that all will fledge before the end of April.

Pycroft’s petrel chick at early stage
Pycroft’s petrel chick with feathers well developed